Simon Jones
@lifeistobeexperien.bsky.social
Blissfully retired mid-market turnaround director with a 96% success rate. Now free to follow my life-long interests in travelling through cultural and geographical landscapes, political economics, and family history.
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Reposted by Simon Jones
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. I just signed this @australiainstitute.org.au petition calling to end government secrecy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_governme...
✍️ ADD YOUR NAME: End Government Secrecy
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. But the Labor Government’s proposed changes to freedom of information laws threaten ...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Australians have a right to access government information and to understand how decisions are made on their behalf. I just signed this @australiainstitute.org.au petition calling to end government secrecy: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_governme...
Quote of the day:
"The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.
Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America."
To which I add, people everywhere & their institutions.
"The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.
Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America."
To which I add, people everywhere & their institutions.
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Quote of the day:
"The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.
Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America."
To which I add, people everywhere & their institutions.
"The future of the Democratic Party must be rooted in investing in the American people — not Wall St., corporations, and consultants.
Otherwise, Trumpism will continue to use cynicism, racism, and distrust to divide America."
To which I add, people everywhere & their institutions.
Think about this next time sipping on a Starbucks coffee.
While unionized Starbucks workers are on strike for a fair contract, don’t cross the picket line!
Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders.
Listen to what they had to say.
Show solidarity — like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders.
Listen to what they had to say.
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Think about this next time sipping on a Starbucks coffee.
Follow the money to the end. Who benefited?
"The Australian Government has allowed the export of enough gas to supply all of Australia’s gas power stations for 60 years” – Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor, The Australia Institute
✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Follow the money to the end. Who benefited?
Reposted by Simon Jones
"The Australian Government has allowed the export of enough gas to supply all of Australia’s gas power stations for 60 years” – Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor, The Australia Institute
✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
December 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"The Australian Government has allowed the export of enough gas to supply all of Australia’s gas power stations for 60 years” – Mark Ogge, Principal Advisor, The Australia Institute
✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
✍️ Sign our petition urging the government to fix our gas export problem: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
When ‘common sense’ cuts are code for a cruel con job on you, the public.
Another neoliberal deceipt, while the wealthy go untouched.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Another neoliberal deceipt, while the wealthy go untouched.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
When 'common sense' cuts are code for a cruel con job
"NDIS costs soar as children flock to scheme" is a headline people accept – but other soaring bills are accepted as a cost of doing business.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
When ‘common sense’ cuts are code for a cruel con job on you, the public.
Another neoliberal deceipt, while the wealthy go untouched.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Another neoliberal deceipt, while the wealthy go untouched.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Government secrecy, in Australia, is being embedded to the country's shame.
www.davidpocock.com.au/senate_inqui...
www.davidpocock.com.au/senate_inqui...
SENATE INQUIRY CONDEMNS DEFICIENT FOI BILL
TRUST. INTEGRITY. LEADERSHIP.
www.davidpocock.com.au
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Government secrecy, in Australia, is being embedded to the country's shame.
www.davidpocock.com.au/senate_inqui...
www.davidpocock.com.au/senate_inqui...
The depravity of Trump's pardon can not be justified by a hypothetical when the substance of the drugged killing of many millions is caused by the person pardoned.
Trump pardoned former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez, who got 45 years in prison last year for conspiring to import cocaine to the US. Prosecutors said he ran Honduras like a "narco-state" and accepted millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers. He walked out of prison today.
Noem: You have saved hundreds of millions of lives with the Cocaine you’ve blown up in the Caribbean
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The depravity of Trump's pardon can not be justified by a hypothetical when the substance of the drugged killing of many millions is caused by the person pardoned.
Reposted by Simon Jones
Seminar at the UK Houses of Parliament.
The Post Office scandal is an example of the abuse of corporate power. Thousands of lives destroyed.
Date: 16 December 2025
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue: Committee Room 10, Houses of Parliament
Get your ticket at the link below.
The Post Office scandal is an example of the abuse of corporate power. Thousands of lives destroyed.
Date: 16 December 2025
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue: Committee Room 10, Houses of Parliament
Get your ticket at the link below.
Select tickets – The Post Office Scandal – Committee Room 10
The Post Office Scandal – Committee Room 10, Tue 16 Dec 2025 - After 30 years, victims of the Post Office scandal are still seeking justice. No perpetrator has been charged for false prosecutions and ...
www.tickettailor.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Seminar at the UK Houses of Parliament.
The Post Office scandal is an example of the abuse of corporate power. Thousands of lives destroyed.
Date: 16 December 2025
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue: Committee Room 10, Houses of Parliament
Get your ticket at the link below.
The Post Office scandal is an example of the abuse of corporate power. Thousands of lives destroyed.
Date: 16 December 2025
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue: Committee Room 10, Houses of Parliament
Get your ticket at the link below.
Reposted by Simon Jones
BOE Cuts Banks’ Benchmark Capital Requirements.
Just as the AI bubble readies to burst, and shadow banking is running amok.
Lower buffers will reduce bank ability to absorb shocks.
Guess who will bail out banks? We haven't recovered from the last crash.
archive.ph/ivAJV
Just as the AI bubble readies to burst, and shadow banking is running amok.
Lower buffers will reduce bank ability to absorb shocks.
Guess who will bail out banks? We haven't recovered from the last crash.
archive.ph/ivAJV
BOE Cuts Banks’ Benchmark Capital Requirements Ahead of Review
The Bank of England has cut its estimate of how much capital the UK’s banking sector needs for the first time in a decade, and signaled a consultation that could free up extra lending and higher payou...
www.bloomberg.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
BOE Cuts Banks’ Benchmark Capital Requirements.
Just as the AI bubble readies to burst, and shadow banking is running amok.
Lower buffers will reduce bank ability to absorb shocks.
Guess who will bail out banks? We haven't recovered from the last crash.
archive.ph/ivAJV
Just as the AI bubble readies to burst, and shadow banking is running amok.
Lower buffers will reduce bank ability to absorb shocks.
Guess who will bail out banks? We haven't recovered from the last crash.
archive.ph/ivAJV
On the way to modern day slavery status.
Budget hits the young in England
From 2027, repayment threshold for student loans frozen at salary of £29,385. Due to fiscal drag repayments will be sooner.
Graduates face 37% marginal tax rate
By 2030 minimum wage likely to be £29k. Graduates on min wage will be forced to repay loans. Why?
From 2027, repayment threshold for student loans frozen at salary of £29,385. Due to fiscal drag repayments will be sooner.
Graduates face 37% marginal tax rate
By 2030 minimum wage likely to be £29k. Graduates on min wage will be forced to repay loans. Why?
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
On the way to modern day slavery status.
Reposted by Simon Jones
Budget hits the young in England
From 2027, repayment threshold for student loans frozen at salary of £29,385. Due to fiscal drag repayments will be sooner.
Graduates face 37% marginal tax rate
By 2030 minimum wage likely to be £29k. Graduates on min wage will be forced to repay loans. Why?
From 2027, repayment threshold for student loans frozen at salary of £29,385. Due to fiscal drag repayments will be sooner.
Graduates face 37% marginal tax rate
By 2030 minimum wage likely to be £29k. Graduates on min wage will be forced to repay loans. Why?
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Budget hits the young in England
From 2027, repayment threshold for student loans frozen at salary of £29,385. Due to fiscal drag repayments will be sooner.
Graduates face 37% marginal tax rate
By 2030 minimum wage likely to be £29k. Graduates on min wage will be forced to repay loans. Why?
From 2027, repayment threshold for student loans frozen at salary of £29,385. Due to fiscal drag repayments will be sooner.
Graduates face 37% marginal tax rate
By 2030 minimum wage likely to be £29k. Graduates on min wage will be forced to repay loans. Why?
Oh, the irony 😁
Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
November 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Oh, the irony 😁
Reposted by Simon Jones
This is the most corrupt, lawless administration in the history of the United States and there’s no close second.
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
This is the most corrupt, lawless administration in the history of the United States and there’s no close second.
Reposted by Simon Jones
UK budget freeze on income tax thresholds
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
UK budget freeze on income tax thresholds
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
Reposted by Simon Jones
Rachel Reeves' Budget was a damp squib, delivering austerity by stealth. There was no vision, and no investment. There was just fear of the City of London. In this video, I ask why the Chancellor has surrendered economic power to finance. youtu.be/6pTpT_uB_4M?...
Rachel Reeves’ budget: Who really governs Britain?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Rachel Reeves' Budget was a damp squib, delivering austerity by stealth. There was no vision, and no investment. There was just fear of the City of London. In this video, I ask why the Chancellor has surrendered economic power to finance. youtu.be/6pTpT_uB_4M?...
Chancellor Reeves = gross incompetence.
UK budget freeze on income tax thresholds
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
November 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Chancellor Reeves = gross incompetence.
You elected the fraud, you fix it.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
You elected the fraud, you fix it.
Reposted by Simon Jones
The Labour Government refused a 1% asset tax on the super rich, yet raised taxes on people already struggling.
All whilst their "black hole" turned out to be utter nonsense.
Active choices to refuse to fund our communities which they desperately need.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
All whilst their "black hole" turned out to be utter nonsense.
Active choices to refuse to fund our communities which they desperately need.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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November 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Labour Government refused a 1% asset tax on the super rich, yet raised taxes on people already struggling.
All whilst their "black hole" turned out to be utter nonsense.
Active choices to refuse to fund our communities which they desperately need.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
All whilst their "black hole" turned out to be utter nonsense.
Active choices to refuse to fund our communities which they desperately need.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Reposted by Simon Jones
BOOM!! 100,000 signatures! Now let’s have a date for the debate
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
BOOM!! 100,000 signatures! Now let’s have a date for the debate
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Reposted by Simon Jones
Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights.
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights
Bridget Phillipson told the BBC the climbdown would enable wider benefits to be delivered quickly.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights.
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?