Marko Pirata
@markawilliams.bsky.social
Like a film noir Captain Birdseye! Politically homeless. Tofu-eating Wokerati. Test Engineer. Pirate! #Chester #CleanDee #BeMorePirate #Sarcoidosis #KeepChesterWeird
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Marko Pirata
@markawilliams.bsky.social
· Feb 14
If unearned income, from shares and dividends, is taxed at a lower rate than earned income, from wages, it bakes in inequality and ensures the rich get ever richer. #politics
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There are three things Rachel Reeves should bear in mind tomorrow: obscene wealth doesn't 'trickle down', tax cuts don't 'pay for themselves' and the private sector isn't 'more efficient'
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
There are three things Rachel Reeves should bear in mind tomorrow: obscene wealth doesn't 'trickle down', tax cuts don't 'pay for themselves' and the private sector isn't 'more efficient'
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I guess the brave BBC will be sandblasting Orwell's "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear" off the front of Broadcasting House?
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 10:28 AM
I guess the brave BBC will be sandblasting Orwell's "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear" off the front of Broadcasting House?
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Today I’m delivering my open letter to the Prime Minister and Chancellor calling on them to: Tax Extreme Wealth - Tackle the Cost of Living Crisis.
There’s still time to join over 20,000 others and add your name before I take it to Downing Street. 👇
bit.ly/TaxWealthAutumnBudget
There’s still time to join over 20,000 others and add your name before I take it to Downing Street. 👇
bit.ly/TaxWealthAutumnBudget
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Today I’m delivering my open letter to the Prime Minister and Chancellor calling on them to: Tax Extreme Wealth - Tackle the Cost of Living Crisis.
There’s still time to join over 20,000 others and add your name before I take it to Downing Street. 👇
bit.ly/TaxWealthAutumnBudget
There’s still time to join over 20,000 others and add your name before I take it to Downing Street. 👇
bit.ly/TaxWealthAutumnBudget
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🔥 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 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🔥 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.
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The City & the elites are apparently worried about me.
The people who bankrupted this country are spooked.
Won't someone think of the billionaires?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The people who bankrupted this country are spooked.
Won't someone think of the billionaires?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
UK Greens’ Populist Tilt Worries City With Disregard for Markets
Green Party leader Zack Polanski is winning over voters with his pledge to tax the wealthy and unleash borrowing to plow money into Britain’s ailing public services. His inequality-busting ideas are a...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The City & the elites are apparently worried about me.
The people who bankrupted this country are spooked.
Won't someone think of the billionaires?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The people who bankrupted this country are spooked.
Won't someone think of the billionaires?
Join.greenparty.org.uk
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Labour MP says that Polanski is giving people false hope. That says it all. (You do not deserve better plebs. Know your place.)
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Labour MP says that Polanski is giving people false hope. That says it all. (You do not deserve better plebs. Know your place.)
Funny how the billionaire owned right wing press are so against a wealth tax innit?
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Funny how the billionaire owned right wing press are so against a wealth tax innit?
They want you to fight a culture war to protect themselves from the class war. Stop falling for this and stop turning on each other.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
They want you to fight a culture war to protect themselves from the class war. Stop falling for this and stop turning on each other.
Fears over plans to include section of Conwy Quay in Civic Hall sale bid
#Conwy County Council's cabinet will meet behind closed doors to discuss the idea
www.dailypost.co.uk/news/fears-o...
#Conwy County Council's cabinet will meet behind closed doors to discuss the idea
www.dailypost.co.uk/news/fears-o...
Fears over plans to include section of Conwy Quay in Civic Hall sale bid
Conwy County Council's cabinet will meet behind closed doors to discuss the idea
www.dailypost.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Fears over plans to include section of Conwy Quay in Civic Hall sale bid
#Conwy County Council's cabinet will meet behind closed doors to discuss the idea
www.dailypost.co.uk/news/fears-o...
#Conwy County Council's cabinet will meet behind closed doors to discuss the idea
www.dailypost.co.uk/news/fears-o...
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Not since the Corn Laws have we had a government this committed to keeping food prices high.
UK supermarkets set to be hit by higher business rates after Treasury U-turn
Chancellor expected to use Budget to include large retail premises in the top band of the property-based levy
www.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Not since the Corn Laws have we had a government this committed to keeping food prices high.
Here’s how £100 in Tax was spent in 2023–24:
£22 → NHS
£6 → Defence
£10 → Education
£10 → Debt interest
£11.40 → State pensions
£4.15 → Working-age welfare (PIP, Universal Credit, health support)
£0.50 → Asylum system
£0.70 → Overseas aid
And what is the biggest issue that so many get angry about?
£22 → NHS
£6 → Defence
£10 → Education
£10 → Debt interest
£11.40 → State pensions
£4.15 → Working-age welfare (PIP, Universal Credit, health support)
£0.50 → Asylum system
£0.70 → Overseas aid
And what is the biggest issue that so many get angry about?
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Here’s how £100 in Tax was spent in 2023–24:
£22 → NHS
£6 → Defence
£10 → Education
£10 → Debt interest
£11.40 → State pensions
£4.15 → Working-age welfare (PIP, Universal Credit, health support)
£0.50 → Asylum system
£0.70 → Overseas aid
And what is the biggest issue that so many get angry about?
£22 → NHS
£6 → Defence
£10 → Education
£10 → Debt interest
£11.40 → State pensions
£4.15 → Working-age welfare (PIP, Universal Credit, health support)
£0.50 → Asylum system
£0.70 → Overseas aid
And what is the biggest issue that so many get angry about?
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Rich c*nts in Britain:
Yes — public pay taxes to heat their stables.
No — they won’t pay to lift children out of poverty. #ukpolitics
Yes — public pay taxes to heat their stables.
No — they won’t pay to lift children out of poverty. #ukpolitics
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Rich c*nts in Britain:
Yes — public pay taxes to heat their stables.
No — they won’t pay to lift children out of poverty. #ukpolitics
Yes — public pay taxes to heat their stables.
No — they won’t pay to lift children out of poverty. #ukpolitics
Bjork is 60? Wtaf! Oh wait I’m 55! How did this happen?
November 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Bjork is 60? Wtaf! Oh wait I’m 55! How did this happen?
Farage skipped the immigration debate in the commons this week? Then he lost the shred of any validity and should resign. Twat.
November 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Farage skipped the immigration debate in the commons this week? Then he lost the shred of any validity and should resign. Twat.
Well I won a wopping £2.60 last night on the euro lottery. Can’t even get a pint with that!
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Well I won a wopping £2.60 last night on the euro lottery. Can’t even get a pint with that!
The Covid enquiry needs to hold the politicians legally accountable and prosecute them.
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The Covid enquiry needs to hold the politicians legally accountable and prosecute them.
Let’s seize MP’s jewellery to pay for their subsidised meals.
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Let’s seize MP’s jewellery to pay for their subsidised meals.
Look if the tories, reform and tommy effin Robinson like you’re policy then you are doing it wrong! FFS
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Look if the tories, reform and tommy effin Robinson like you’re policy then you are doing it wrong! FFS
Seizing the assets of asylum seekers - as an appalling distraction - so we don't have to tax the rich!
New Labour are the same old nasty Tories...
New Labour are the same old nasty Tories...
November 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Seizing the assets of asylum seekers - as an appalling distraction - so we don't have to tax the rich!
New Labour are the same old nasty Tories...
New Labour are the same old nasty Tories...
Wait is MAGA still a thing? I thought that imploded with the Epstein files… Trump is a nonce.
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Wait is MAGA still a thing? I thought that imploded with the Epstein files… Trump is a nonce.
Did Farage ever go to Epstein island? Just asking questions! Would be awful if people kept asking it.
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Did Farage ever go to Epstein island? Just asking questions! Would be awful if people kept asking it.
Farage banged on about unelected EU beauracrats but now wants to appoint his own unelected cabinet if elected! Twat
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Farage banged on about unelected EU beauracrats but now wants to appoint his own unelected cabinet if elected! Twat
Oh I remember why we fought. My grandfathers fought fascism and were Antifa. Fake patriots celebrate war and death and country and killing other humans.
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Oh I remember why we fought. My grandfathers fought fascism and were Antifa. Fake patriots celebrate war and death and country and killing other humans.