Joe Spearing
@joespearing.bsky.social
He/him. Labour/health economist.
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/joespearing/home?authuser=0
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/joespearing/home?authuser=0
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Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
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Yeah if you have any academic standards at all, this is a fail. At college level, you don't get to just "think" things. You have to have a reason for it. It's what makes academic work different to just "having an opinion".
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Yeah if you have any academic standards at all, this is a fail. At college level, you don't get to just "think" things. You have to have a reason for it. It's what makes academic work different to just "having an opinion".
“My daughter, who is autistic, does not sleep much so I am constantly exhausted. My body is in so much pain. I need to try to get some medication from the doctor to deal with this pain so that I will be able to work the extra hours.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to
Woman cancels all benefits including disability living allowance for daughter after policy change announcement
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“My daughter, who is autistic, does not sleep much so I am constantly exhausted. My body is in so much pain. I need to try to get some medication from the doctor to deal with this pain so that I will be able to work the extra hours.”
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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He was making a list,
And checking it twice.
Was gonna find out who’s naughty and full of vice.
Then President Trump had him murdered.
And checking it twice.
Was gonna find out who’s naughty and full of vice.
Then President Trump had him murdered.
November 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM
He was making a list,
And checking it twice.
Was gonna find out who’s naughty and full of vice.
Then President Trump had him murdered.
And checking it twice.
Was gonna find out who’s naughty and full of vice.
Then President Trump had him murdered.
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Remembering talking to a Chilean refugee who had finally been able to visit Chile after decades in UK. "It was nice, but it is a different country now." She had put down roots in the UK and raised a family. Her life was, and is, here. This is the human reality that Mahmood and Labour want to destroy
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Remembering talking to a Chilean refugee who had finally been able to visit Chile after decades in UK. "It was nice, but it is a different country now." She had put down roots in the UK and raised a family. Her life was, and is, here. This is the human reality that Mahmood and Labour want to destroy
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i now believe that jeffrey epstein killed himself because if i wrote like that i would kill myself
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
i now believe that jeffrey epstein killed himself because if i wrote like that i would kill myself
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A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
Cutting PIP in order to increase labour supply amongst disabled people makes no sense because PIP doesn't come with work restrictions and isn't means-tested.
Either the chancellor doesn't know that (unlikely) or she doesn't want to admit that she wants to cut PIP to save money.
Either the chancellor doesn't know that (unlikely) or she doesn't want to admit that she wants to cut PIP to save money.
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Cutting PIP in order to increase labour supply amongst disabled people makes no sense because PIP doesn't come with work restrictions and isn't means-tested.
Either the chancellor doesn't know that (unlikely) or she doesn't want to admit that she wants to cut PIP to save money.
Either the chancellor doesn't know that (unlikely) or she doesn't want to admit that she wants to cut PIP to save money.
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The case for tax rises is stronger & clearer than Reeves pretends. It's that, given our lack of productive capacity, we have an inflation problem, which means that the alternative to tax rises is either infeasible cuts in public spending or higher mortgage rates.
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The case for tax rises is stronger & clearer than Reeves pretends. It's that, given our lack of productive capacity, we have an inflation problem, which means that the alternative to tax rises is either infeasible cuts in public spending or higher mortgage rates.
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You’ve probably heard but I have been federally indicted by Trump’s DOJ.
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
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October 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
You’ve probably heard but I have been federally indicted by Trump’s DOJ.
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights.
Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal
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Aujourd’hui sort mon nouveau livre «Les milliardaires ne paient pas d’impôt sur le revenu et nous allons y mettre fin.»🧵
October 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Aujourd’hui sort mon nouveau livre «Les milliardaires ne paient pas d’impôt sur le revenu et nous allons y mettre fin.»🧵
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A scorpion wanted to cross a river but couldn’t swim. He asked a frog for a ride. The frog said, “You’ll sting me.” The scorpion replied, “If I sting you, we both drown.” The frog thought, He wouldn’t sabotage himself. So he agreed.
October 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A scorpion wanted to cross a river but couldn’t swim. He asked a frog for a ride. The frog said, “You’ll sting me.” The scorpion replied, “If I sting you, we both drown.” The frog thought, He wouldn’t sabotage himself. So he agreed.
Once again, if you support this immigration system you do not have "family values"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ashington father argues against UK visa costs keeping family apart - BBC News
Christopher Wade is seeking to reunite with his wife and two-year-old daughter who live in Canada.
www.bbc.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Once again, if you support this immigration system you do not have "family values"
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Was just canvassed by a reform activist who said it was not the party's policy to end indefinite leave to remain for everyone and that deporting my wife and mother of my daughter would be "crazy" and "we're not monsters". Has anyone told Nigel and Richard this?
October 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Was just canvassed by a reform activist who said it was not the party's policy to end indefinite leave to remain for everyone and that deporting my wife and mother of my daughter would be "crazy" and "we're not monsters". Has anyone told Nigel and Richard this?
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This is such a good corrective by @chrisgiles.ft.com to the "working-age welfare spending is exploding/out-of-control" narrative that more & more people seem to see as an incontrovertible fact www.ft.com/content/ee67...
October 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is such a good corrective by @chrisgiles.ft.com to the "working-age welfare spending is exploding/out-of-control" narrative that more & more people seem to see as an incontrovertible fact www.ft.com/content/ee67...
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Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
October 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?
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New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
September 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
Farage: lefty snowflakes need to toughen up it's called free speech.
Also farage: calling my policies racist is inciting violence
Also farage: calling my policies racist is inciting violence
September 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Farage: lefty snowflakes need to toughen up it's called free speech.
Also farage: calling my policies racist is inciting violence
Also farage: calling my policies racist is inciting violence
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every single person claiming to yearn for this would kill themselves if they were subjected to the tyranny of the 56k modem for one hour
This is doing numbers on social media right now and it's so depressing how people truly yearn for this shit and want to preserve that feeling indefinitely like a mausoleum of false memories.
September 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
every single person claiming to yearn for this would kill themselves if they were subjected to the tyranny of the 56k modem for one hour
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All discourse now involves groups of degree-holding middle class people accusing one another of being middle class and holding degrees. I don't make the rules.
August 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
All discourse now involves groups of degree-holding middle class people accusing one another of being middle class and holding degrees. I don't make the rules.
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It’s gone so quickly from ‘boat people’ to all immigrants. So quickly from ‘I don’t mind if they come here legally and pay taxes’ to ‘actually it’s anyone foreign’. We are living in the ‘first they came for’ poem. All to give the population a scapegoat so the super rich can hoard yet more wealth.
September 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
It’s gone so quickly from ‘boat people’ to all immigrants. So quickly from ‘I don’t mind if they come here legally and pay taxes’ to ‘actually it’s anyone foreign’. We are living in the ‘first they came for’ poem. All to give the population a scapegoat so the super rich can hoard yet more wealth.