Marion Davis
@mariondavis.bsky.social
Social policy & research in Scotland. Honorary 'daughter of the rock'. Personal account and views.
Ending two-child limit to benefit support was a win for anti-poverty charities. Next ..abolish the cruel benefit cap which is also child poverty creating.
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Ending two-child limit to benefit support was a win for anti-poverty charities. Next ..abolish the cruel benefit cap which is also child poverty creating.
Scotland didn't vote for the disaster that is Brexit. Huge hit to GDP. We were right about that! 🔻
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Scotland didn't vote for the disaster that is Brexit. Huge hit to GDP. We were right about that! 🔻
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🚨 New analysis alert!
Our latest modelling shows that living standards are still set to fall across this Parliament up to November 2029.
However, actions taken at the Budget have made this decline less pronounced *by more than half* for low-income households.
Our latest modelling shows that living standards are still set to fall across this Parliament up to November 2029.
However, actions taken at the Budget have made this decline less pronounced *by more than half* for low-income households.
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🚨 New analysis alert!
Our latest modelling shows that living standards are still set to fall across this Parliament up to November 2029.
However, actions taken at the Budget have made this decline less pronounced *by more than half* for low-income households.
Our latest modelling shows that living standards are still set to fall across this Parliament up to November 2029.
However, actions taken at the Budget have made this decline less pronounced *by more than half* for low-income households.
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Quick analysis of The Times today:
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Quick analysis of The Times today:
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
Wall to wall negative coverage of Labour’s budget. An editorial that tuts about lack of growth but takes no responsibility. And a double page ad to join Farage/Reform.
Absolutely no analysis on how rightwing ideology - including Brexit - has been utterly ruinous.
This billionaire, Peter Thiel, owner of Palantir, the company involved in the English NHS is so dangerous. Politicians need to wake up to the threat ! 🔽🔽
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This billionaire, Peter Thiel, owner of Palantir, the company involved in the English NHS is so dangerous. Politicians need to wake up to the threat ! 🔽🔽
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…And here’s how Michael Gove’s Spectator reported on Homelessness this Month.
(Gove is now a Judge for the Orwell Prize on “Reporting Homelessness” )
🤷♂️🤦🏻♂️
(Gove is now a Judge for the Orwell Prize on “Reporting Homelessness” )
🤷♂️🤦🏻♂️
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
…And here’s how Michael Gove’s Spectator reported on Homelessness this Month.
(Gove is now a Judge for the Orwell Prize on “Reporting Homelessness” )
🤷♂️🤦🏻♂️
(Gove is now a Judge for the Orwell Prize on “Reporting Homelessness” )
🤷♂️🤦🏻♂️
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It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
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Starbucks has billions for CEO pay and stock buybacks, but not a fair contract for its workers.
Baristas are on a ULP strike to remind executives who actually creates the company’s profits.
#NoContractNoCoffee ✊🏾☕️
Baristas are on a ULP strike to remind executives who actually creates the company’s profits.
#NoContractNoCoffee ✊🏾☕️
November 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Starbucks has billions for CEO pay and stock buybacks, but not a fair contract for its workers.
Baristas are on a ULP strike to remind executives who actually creates the company’s profits.
#NoContractNoCoffee ✊🏾☕️
Baristas are on a ULP strike to remind executives who actually creates the company’s profits.
#NoContractNoCoffee ✊🏾☕️
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Did you know Starbucks is the biggest labor-law violator in modern U.S. history, and Colorado workers are now filing even more complaints?
This piece lays out exactly what baristas are up against and why the ULP strike is happening.
https://seiu.co/3XOx8y0
This piece lays out exactly what baristas are up against and why the ULP strike is happening.
https://seiu.co/3XOx8y0
How Starbucks tried to quash union activity in Colorado
The coffee giant shuttered a store in Colorado Springs in 2022 shortly after its workers voted to unionize. A federal agency later ordered Starbucks to reopen that store, along with 22 others.
seiu.co
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Did you know Starbucks is the biggest labor-law violator in modern U.S. history, and Colorado workers are now filing even more complaints?
This piece lays out exactly what baristas are up against and why the ULP strike is happening.
https://seiu.co/3XOx8y0
This piece lays out exactly what baristas are up against and why the ULP strike is happening.
https://seiu.co/3XOx8y0
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Between 2000 & 2024, the top 1 per cent captured 41 cents of every dollar of wealth generated — while just 1 cent has been shared by the bottom half of humanity. It should alarm us all - first trillionaires within years, while close to half of humanity still lives in poverty.
on.ft.com/3XMFzKd
on.ft.com/3XMFzKd
Lula, Ramaphosa and Sánchez: We face an inequality emergency
The needs of ordinary people must be placed at the centre of the world’s agenda
on.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Between 2000 & 2024, the top 1 per cent captured 41 cents of every dollar of wealth generated — while just 1 cent has been shared by the bottom half of humanity. It should alarm us all - first trillionaires within years, while close to half of humanity still lives in poverty.
on.ft.com/3XMFzKd
on.ft.com/3XMFzKd
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Musk's 'DODGE' is dead, what a disaster it was ! 🔽
DOGE was nothing short of a catastrophic failure, taking a wrecking ball to everything from cancer research to lifesaving humanitarian aid that will almost certainly lead to millions of preventable deaths.
The real fraud and waste is happening at the White House.
The real fraud and waste is happening at the White House.
Trump’s DOGE Is Dead and We Won’t Miss It
RIP, Department of Government Efficiency.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Musk's 'DODGE' is dead, what a disaster it was ! 🔽
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Charlie Mackesy rocks.
He just does.
It shouldn't be extraordinary when people are just decent.
But that is, apparently, where we are.
He just does.
It shouldn't be extraordinary when people are just decent.
But that is, apparently, where we are.
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Charlie Mackesy rocks.
He just does.
It shouldn't be extraordinary when people are just decent.
But that is, apparently, where we are.
He just does.
It shouldn't be extraordinary when people are just decent.
But that is, apparently, where we are.
Amazing 👌
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Amazing 👌
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British Navy made legal threats to try to keep nuclear pollution secret www.theferret.scot/navy-try-kee...
Navy made legal threats to try and keep nuclear pollution secret
Emails reveal that naval chiefs piled pressure on environment watchdog to hide details of radioactive contamination on the Clyde.
www.theferret.scot
November 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
British Navy made legal threats to try to keep nuclear pollution secret www.theferret.scot/navy-try-kee...
Prescription charges were abolished in Scotland by the @snp government in 2011. Sad that in England 68% of in-work families on UC have gone without essentials such as prescription meds because of cost...(Trussell Trust,2024).
Prescription charges in England to be frozen at £9.90 next year, chancellor confirms
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Prescription charges were abolished in Scotland by the @snp government in 2011. Sad that in England 68% of in-work families on UC have gone without essentials such as prescription meds because of cost...(Trussell Trust,2024).
Very interesting, and absolutely frightening, insights into the Epstein elite.🔻
“…there is a highly private merito-aristocracy at the intersection of government and business, lobbying, philanthropy, start-ups, academia, science, high finance and media that all too often takes care of its own more than the common good.” 🔥
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Very interesting, and absolutely frightening, insights into the Epstein elite.🔻
Beautiful 😍
Library, Château de Fontainebleau
#PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #Stunday #SilentSunday
#CeilingsOnSunday #books
#PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #Stunday #SilentSunday
#CeilingsOnSunday #books
November 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Beautiful 😍
Yes!
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
Follow Sam Bright on Substack. He specialises in exposing dark money and the trends in the far right full of charlatans
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
Follow Sam Bright on Substack. He specialises in exposing dark money and the trends in the far right full of charlatans
open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Yes!
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NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
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www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Reform UK and Russian bribes: a Nathan Gill timeline
As Reform’s former leader in Wales is sentenced to ten and a half years for taking bribes from a pro-Russian actor, here's a chronology of his actions and the wider context of Putin, Ukraine and Brexi...
www.thenerve.news
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NEW: If you have *any* interest in the Nathan Gill story, you need to look at this.
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
We’ve put all the dates into a timeline & it’s incredibly revealing.
1/
www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...
Samir Shah, chair of BBC board, needs to resign. Put an end to all 'politicial' appointments! 🔻🔻
BBC board member resigns and criticises 'governance issues' at top of corporation
In blaming governance issues, Banerji appears to have made a direct criticism of chairman Samir Shah and other members of the board.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
In blaming governance issues, Banerji appears to have made a direct criticism of chairman Samir Shah and other members of the board.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC board member resigns and criticises 'governance issues' at top of corporation
Shumeet Banerji, an ex-management consultant, leaves the BBC board and criticises its governance.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Samir Shah, chair of BBC board, needs to resign. Put an end to all 'politicial' appointments! 🔻🔻
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Anyone know why Nigel Farage and his fellow MEPs voted against plans to tackle Russian propaganda?
Coincidently, it was around the time Nathan Gill was taking bribes from Russia.
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/o...
Coincidently, it was around the time Nathan Gill was taking bribes from Russia.
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/o...
Brexit party MEPs vote against plans to tackle Russian propaganda
Resolution seeking upgrade of EU counter-disinformation unit nevertheless passes easily
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Anyone know why Nigel Farage and his fellow MEPs voted against plans to tackle Russian propaganda?
Coincidently, it was around the time Nathan Gill was taking bribes from Russia.
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/o...
Coincidently, it was around the time Nathan Gill was taking bribes from Russia.
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/o...
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This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
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Gill’s conviction for taking Kremlin money is yet more evidence of Russian influence in our politics, as the Russia report itself found. So when will Ministers finally investigate this wider interference? Why are we forced to pursue it in court? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Gill’s conviction for taking Kremlin money is yet more evidence of Russian influence in our politics, as the Russia report itself found. So when will Ministers finally investigate this wider interference? Why are we forced to pursue it in court? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social