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Retired teacher of Mathematics. #IndependenceIsNormal #MMT #ClimateCrisis #Cycling #Cats #SlavaUkraini
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randomwanderer1.bsky.social
A really clear explanation of what Government 'debt' actually is and why it's nothing at all to be concerned about.
From @auchentrachle.bsky.social, Modern Money Scotland:
www.thenational.scot/news/2564668...
#MMT
There’s a lot of misinformation and scaremongering about government debt
An image currently doing the rounds from the Visual Capitalist website shows Japan sitting in the middle of indebted nations with a whopping 230…
www.thenational.scot
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
randomwanderer1.bsky.social
The 'Household analogy', often used by economists and economic commentators, is a false analogy fallacy. Sovereign governments are nothing like households as @richardjmurphy.bsky.social
clearly explains:
youtu.be/Q03GKwMxmAo?...
#MMT
Why the government is nothing like a household
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
randomwanderer1.bsky.social
This is seriously sad, but not unexpected, given the current climate in which '...NHS staff (are) bearing the brunt of a return to 1970s and 1980s-style racism in Britain where it is “socially acceptable to be racist”.'
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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theukrainianreview.bsky.social
🕯🇺🇦 Today we honor the memory of millions of Ukrainians whose lives were taken by one of the most terrible tragedies in human history - Holodomor.

It was a crime carried out by Moscow totalitarian state. A crime whose purpose was not only to take away bread, but also to break spirit of Ukrainians.
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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weegiest973.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/arySB...
Slava Ukrain 🇺🇦
Thirteen years since the start of Ukraine's EuroMaidan Revolution
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
randomwanderer1.bsky.social
This is not a 'just' peace. Has the appeasement of dictators ever resulted in a safer world?
#SlavaUkraini
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ukraine banned from Nato, Russia readmitted to the G8 and territory ceded: what’s in Trump’s draft plan
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he expects to discuss the plan – which was reportedly drafted by Russian and US officials – with Trump
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
randomwanderer1.bsky.social
Such a clear and well-informed discussion between @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and @zackpolanski.bsky.social showing that there is still hope!
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
How To Platform Socialist Ideas Through Billionaire Owned Channels | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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November 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
randomwanderer1.bsky.social
Rachel Reeves has "boxed herself in with her self-imposed fiscal rules”. The consequences for Scotland are not good.
www.thenational.scot/news/2560761...
Rachel Reeves's tax rise plans 'nightmare situation for Scotland', says Shona Robison
RACHEL Reeves's tax hike plans are a “nightmare situation” for Scotland, the Finance Secretary has said
www.thenational.scot
November 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
randomwanderer1.bsky.social
Well said! Are you listening, UK politicians?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
randomwanderer1.bsky.social
A Theory of Justice.
youtu.be/fPAMQer1K8I?...
If you didn’t know who you’d be, would you design this society?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
randomwanderer1.bsky.social
Scotland already has the capacity to produce more electricity than it needs - yet Westminster wants to turn our countryside into a nuclear export zone for England.
#IndependenceIsNormal #BelieveInScotland
www.believeinscotland.org/westminster_...
Westminster wants to force nuclear sites on Scotland to supply England’s energy
www.believeinscotland.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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ianfraser.bsky.social
Academics assess Grokipedia: the online encyclopaedia has lifted large chunks from Wikipedia, is full of inaccuracies and falsehoods, and promotes Elon Musk’s far-right “talking points”.
In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia
From publishing falsehoods to pushing far-right ideology, Grokipedia gives chatroom comments equal status to research
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
randomwanderer1.bsky.social
'The obsession with the 2% inflation target is crushing wages, stalling investment, and protecting the rich at the expense of everyone else.
It's time for an inflation policy that serves people, jobs, and the planet, and not financial markets.' #MMT #TheGreenTransition
youtu.be/971ZezThexQ?...
Why the 2% inflation target is killing the economy
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
randomwanderer1.bsky.social
Edinburgh Tram Extension: Yesterday's technology at enormous cost.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Edinburgh Council and its Tram Extension
Edinburgh is being consulted on a tram extension. The Council wants you to reject the idea.
substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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everydoctor.org.uk
The message is simple:
❌ No more PFIs.
❌ No new PPPs.

With the Autumn Budget coming up, we need to show politicians the public won’t accept more privatisation.

✍️ Sign the EveryDoctor Charter today: bit.ly/SignEDNHSCha...
Image of Rachel Reeves in front of a blurred background of British banknotes. Text on the image reads, “With Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget coming up... We’re delivering a message to leaders. Sign your name.” The design uses red and white accents to emphasise the campaign’s call to action.
October 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
randomwanderer1.bsky.social
"The moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies." - George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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premnsikka.bsky.social
UK subsidises energy prices in other countries.

Investors, state entities from Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, UAE & the US own most of UK energy sector.

£514bn operating profit since 2020.

Profits/Dividends go abroad.

Britons pay the price of privatisation dogma.
If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership
Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.
leftfootforward.org
October 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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premnsikka.bsky.social
Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.

90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.

90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.

Public ownership would make a difference.
If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership
Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.
leftfootforward.org
September 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
randomwanderer1.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer asks Conservative peer to write planning bill to block judicial reviews
Exclusive: One option could be to leave treaty that allows legal claims against projects such as Heathrow expansion
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
randomwanderer1.bsky.social
Do we really have to accept this 'near-certainty', or can we choose an alternative: a better, fairer, greener, wealthier, healthier, happier, and more successful Scotland?
#ScottishIndependence #IndependenceIsNormal #BelieveInScotland

yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
YouGov MRP shows a Reform UK government a near-certainty if an election were held tomorrow | YouGov
Second YouGov MRP model since the 2024 election projects Reform UK would win 311 seats, just 15 short of a majority
yougov.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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ncwnick.bsky.social
Time for change .. @greenparty.org.uk … @zackpolanski.bsky.social is a breath of fresh air in Uk politics
September 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
randomwanderer1.bsky.social
Clear, fair and realistic.
implausibleblog.bsky.social Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Sep 27
Nish Kumar, "What is the Green Party's vision for how we redraw the economy of this country?"

Zack Polanski, "The first thing is to have a big conversation about public ownership"

"Nothing we need, and need to use, should be in private hands. All of our utilities should be nationalised"
September 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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premnsikka.bsky.social
The PFI disaster

Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands £6m to advisers.

NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed.

Money will buy less. Higher taxes, lower value.

Say NO to privatisation of the NHS.
Fears of new PFI-style ‘disaster’ as firms handed £6m to advise on using private funds for NHS clinics
Exclusive: Consultants and lawyers hired to advise on using public-private partnerships to build ‘neighbourhood health centres’ in England
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
randomwanderer1.bsky.social
Congratulations Uruguay and Ramón Méndez Galain in particular! No more excuses, please, from leaders of other countries that these things are not possible.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
He got an entire country running on clean energy. Can he do it again?
Ramón Méndez Galain helped Uruguay decarbonize its grid in just five years, with 98 percent of its energy coming from renewable sources.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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ukstoptrump.bsky.social
Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.

Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.

This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.
September 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM