Kacey
@kaceyvarren.bsky.social
Socialist, feminist & woke AF - Eco B&B owner....escaped England for the far north of Scotland
Angry at the state of things 📎
Angry at the state of things 📎
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Appalling to reflect that it's a Labour Government doing this. They have no shame and I hope they rot in hell.
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Appalling to reflect that it's a Labour Government doing this. They have no shame and I hope they rot in hell.
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An Israeli minister calls for the merciless bombing of Gaza
"We have no hostages [left]... We no longer have to be precise
We can attack without mercy"
substack.com/@tritaparsi/...
"We have no hostages [left]... We no longer have to be precise
We can attack without mercy"
substack.com/@tritaparsi/...
Trita Parsi (@tritaparsi)
While some pretend that Israel's conduct can singularly be pinned on Netanyahu, an Israeli lawmaker just called for merciless bombing of Gaza.
"We have no hostages [left]... We no longer have to be p...
substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
An Israeli minister calls for the merciless bombing of Gaza
"We have no hostages [left]... We no longer have to be precise
We can attack without mercy"
substack.com/@tritaparsi/...
"We have no hostages [left]... We no longer have to be precise
We can attack without mercy"
substack.com/@tritaparsi/...
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Nigel Farage, "Man of the People"...
Nigel Farage went to Dulwich college which charges £55,155 a year.
He then went on to be a Stock Trader like Rishi Sunak, he has never worked a day in his life.
He then went on to be a Stock Trader like Rishi Sunak, he has never worked a day in his life.
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Nigel Farage, "Man of the People"...
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According to @theifs.bsky.social UK median earners pay relatively low tax. ifs.org.uk/taxlab/taxla...
How do UK tax revenues compare internationally? | Institute for Fiscal Studies
UK tax revenue is below the average of other developed economies. The UK stands out as raising less from social security contributions.
ifs.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
According to @theifs.bsky.social UK median earners pay relatively low tax. ifs.org.uk/taxlab/taxla...
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Good to hear Rachel Reeves finally attack the 2 child benefit cap - but if Labour were so much against it, why’s it taken them so long to scrap it? And why were Labour MPs suspended for saying *exactly* the same last year? There’s no moral high ground here #budget2025
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Good to hear Rachel Reeves finally attack the 2 child benefit cap - but if Labour were so much against it, why’s it taken them so long to scrap it? And why were Labour MPs suspended for saying *exactly* the same last year? There’s no moral high ground here #budget2025
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If only more UK unions
weren't beholden to
Starmer's Labour 'Party Of Business'
"Belgium grinds to a halt in three day general strike against austerity"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/belg...
weren't beholden to
Starmer's Labour 'Party Of Business'
"Belgium grinds to a halt in three day general strike against austerity"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/belg...
Belgium grinds to a halt in three day general strike against austerity
BELGIUM ground to a halt on Monday as workers began a three-day general strike against government austerity plans targeting pensions, welfare benefits and employment rights.It was the 13th national st...
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
If only more UK unions
weren't beholden to
Starmer's Labour 'Party Of Business'
"Belgium grinds to a halt in three day general strike against austerity"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/belg...
weren't beholden to
Starmer's Labour 'Party Of Business'
"Belgium grinds to a halt in three day general strike against austerity"
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/belg...
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Imagine TV News covering this farmer protest - banned, but turned up anyway, grinding capital to a halt - if it were about Palestine or climate change, not inheritance tax. Would they present protesters as heroes? Or showing "I need to get to work" and "me auld mam missed her hip operation" voxpops?
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Imagine TV News covering this farmer protest - banned, but turned up anyway, grinding capital to a halt - if it were about Palestine or climate change, not inheritance tax. Would they present protesters as heroes? Or showing "I need to get to work" and "me auld mam missed her hip operation" voxpops?
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How the Daily Mail has responded to a Budget that will slightly raise wages for young people, vs how they responded to a Budget that almost crashed the entire economy
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
How the Daily Mail has responded to a Budget that will slightly raise wages for young people, vs how they responded to a Budget that almost crashed the entire economy
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Why does accepting bribes to support Russian policies
of invasion, fossil fuel greed, authoritarianism, homophobia etc
get you a long jail sentence
while accepting bribes to support Israeli policies
of slaughtering 30,000 children, genocide, ethnic cleansing
get you a Cabinet post ...
of invasion, fossil fuel greed, authoritarianism, homophobia etc
get you a long jail sentence
while accepting bribes to support Israeli policies
of slaughtering 30,000 children, genocide, ethnic cleansing
get you a Cabinet post ...
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Why does accepting bribes to support Russian policies
of invasion, fossil fuel greed, authoritarianism, homophobia etc
get you a long jail sentence
while accepting bribes to support Israeli policies
of slaughtering 30,000 children, genocide, ethnic cleansing
get you a Cabinet post ...
of invasion, fossil fuel greed, authoritarianism, homophobia etc
get you a long jail sentence
while accepting bribes to support Israeli policies
of slaughtering 30,000 children, genocide, ethnic cleansing
get you a Cabinet post ...
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A bent judicial system
is one of the signs of fascist state ...
'Emily Apple, the media coordinator for Campaign Against the Arms Trade, called Chamberlain’s removal from the Palestine Action case “deeply alarming” and urged the court to explain the reasoning behind it.'
is one of the signs of fascist state ...
'Emily Apple, the media coordinator for Campaign Against the Arms Trade, called Chamberlain’s removal from the Palestine Action case “deeply alarming” and urged the court to explain the reasoning behind it.'
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A bent judicial system
is one of the signs of fascist state ...
'Emily Apple, the media coordinator for Campaign Against the Arms Trade, called Chamberlain’s removal from the Palestine Action case “deeply alarming” and urged the court to explain the reasoning behind it.'
is one of the signs of fascist state ...
'Emily Apple, the media coordinator for Campaign Against the Arms Trade, called Chamberlain’s removal from the Palestine Action case “deeply alarming” and urged the court to explain the reasoning behind it.'
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Ex Lab minister Ed Balls, who happens to be married the Foreign Secretary, invokes 'economists' to attack the Green Partys proposal for a wealth tax
Well done to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for pointing out economists aren't impartial arbiters of truth but are often protecting power & wealth
Well done to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for pointing out economists aren't impartial arbiters of truth but are often protecting power & wealth
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Ex Lab minister Ed Balls, who happens to be married the Foreign Secretary, invokes 'economists' to attack the Green Partys proposal for a wealth tax
Well done to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for pointing out economists aren't impartial arbiters of truth but are often protecting power & wealth
Well done to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for pointing out economists aren't impartial arbiters of truth but are often protecting power & wealth
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "The attack on wokery is all a distraction from protecting the power and wealth of the super rich"
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "The attack on wokery is all a distraction from protecting the power and wealth of the super rich"
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social wants to introduce a wealth tax of 1% on assets of over £10m & 2% on assets over £1bn & if the super rich want to leave the UK because they are being taxed a tiny amount more then we should wave them goodbye
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social wants to introduce a wealth tax of 1% on assets of over £10m & 2% on assets over £1bn & if the super rich want to leave the UK because they are being taxed a tiny amount more then we should wave them goodbye
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
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new allegation concerning Farage’s behaviour when he was 18 years old
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
new allegation concerning Farage’s behaviour when he was 18 years old
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Labour seems frozen by “twin fears…that swing voters would freak out if they thought Reeves was a tax-and-spend fiend or Starmer might smuggle remainer convictions into Downing St”
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all | Rafael Behr
Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Labour seems frozen by “twin fears…that swing voters would freak out if they thought Reeves was a tax-and-spend fiend or Starmer might smuggle remainer convictions into Downing St”
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"A legal challenge a ban on Palestine Action begins today"
#GMB doesn't mention that the judge in the case has been changed at the last minute for a panel that includes a judge with a long history of working for the govt & another who ruled in favour of UK arms exports to Israel
#GMB doesn't mention that the judge in the case has been changed at the last minute for a panel that includes a judge with a long history of working for the govt & another who ruled in favour of UK arms exports to Israel
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 AM
"A legal challenge a ban on Palestine Action begins today"
#GMB doesn't mention that the judge in the case has been changed at the last minute for a panel that includes a judge with a long history of working for the govt & another who ruled in favour of UK arms exports to Israel
#GMB doesn't mention that the judge in the case has been changed at the last minute for a panel that includes a judge with a long history of working for the govt & another who ruled in favour of UK arms exports to Israel
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I've done more than my fair share of jury service - 4 cases in total - and am in favour of it as a direct result of that experience. It works. Feels like an important democratic check (not least) on the power of judges - who, through no fault of their own - must inevitably get jaded by experience.
November 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I've done more than my fair share of jury service - 4 cases in total - and am in favour of it as a direct result of that experience. It works. Feels like an important democratic check (not least) on the power of judges - who, through no fault of their own - must inevitably get jaded by experience.
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UK is going full on Nazi Germany
1/3 A panel of three judges for the Palestine Action hearing will now sit in place of Justice Chamberlain
Dame Victoria Sharp is a from a family with extensive & close ties to the Tories
Victoria Sharp is best known for jailing climate activists for in peaceful protest & for forcing journalist...
Dame Victoria Sharp is a from a family with extensive & close ties to the Tories
Victoria Sharp is best known for jailing climate activists for in peaceful protest & for forcing journalist...
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
UK is going full on Nazi Germany
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PFI is where Private Investment build NHS buildings and then the NHS rents it.
The result is the NHS permanently has 'no money' because it has to pay huge rent costs and the Government goes, "Oh dear we will have to cut services."
The result is the NHS permanently has 'no money' because it has to pay huge rent costs and the Government goes, "Oh dear we will have to cut services."
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
PFI is where Private Investment build NHS buildings and then the NHS rents it.
The result is the NHS permanently has 'no money' because it has to pay huge rent costs and the Government goes, "Oh dear we will have to cut services."
The result is the NHS permanently has 'no money' because it has to pay huge rent costs and the Government goes, "Oh dear we will have to cut services."
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The map on the left shades constituencies by % of top council tax band properties (Band H in England, Band H and I in Wales)
The map on the right shades by median house prices.
Very different maps. That's the problem with council tax.
The map on the right shades by median house prices.
Very different maps. That's the problem with council tax.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The map on the left shades constituencies by % of top council tax band properties (Band H in England, Band H and I in Wales)
The map on the right shades by median house prices.
Very different maps. That's the problem with council tax.
The map on the right shades by median house prices.
Very different maps. That's the problem with council tax.
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Starmer is part of the transnational ZioNazi criminal enterprise. He needs to be removed for treason and genocide.
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
Concerns have been raised after the judge who was expected to hear a legal challenge to the ban on Palestine Action was removed from the case at the last minute without explanation.
Mr Justice Chamberlain had granted permission for the judicial review and said that he would preside over the trial but it has emerged that a panel of three different judges will instead hear the case, which is due to start on Wednesday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Starmer is part of the transnational ZioNazi criminal enterprise. He needs to be removed for treason and genocide.
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John Major, "One aspect of reducing immigration would be to make it more palatable for migrants to remain in their own countries"
"That is why the policy of cutting aid and investment to poor countries is a very poor sighted policy"
"That is why the policy of cutting aid and investment to poor countries is a very poor sighted policy"
November 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
John Major, "One aspect of reducing immigration would be to make it more palatable for migrants to remain in their own countries"
"That is why the policy of cutting aid and investment to poor countries is a very poor sighted policy"
"That is why the policy of cutting aid and investment to poor countries is a very poor sighted policy"
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An excellent take on how the Government has numerous policy choices to boost public finances and move towards a fairer society. The fact that it won't deploy them underlines the corporate capture of Labour.
UK govt can save over £20bn a year by ending payment of interest on commercial banks’ central bank reserves.
Subsidy implemented after the 2007-08 crash. Banks are very profitable.
Since 2023, the EU stopped paying interest on central bank reserves.
UK can find better uses of £20bn+.
Subsidy implemented after the 2007-08 crash. Banks are very profitable.
Since 2023, the EU stopped paying interest on central bank reserves.
UK can find better uses of £20bn+.
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget
The chancellor has an opportunity to boost the public purpose and deliver redistribution
leftfootforward.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
An excellent take on how the Government has numerous policy choices to boost public finances and move towards a fairer society. The fact that it won't deploy them underlines the corporate capture of Labour.