@richardkelham.bsky.social
@richardkelham.bsky.social
Member of the arty-farty tendency. European, socialist, atheist, feminist, Unite union member. No DMs.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... What Stiglitz says...
The Guardian view on the inequality emergency: why a Nobel prize winner’s warning must be heeded | Editorial
Editorial: Rising economic division is destabilising nations and eroding accountability. Joseph Stiglitz’s G20 blueprint offers a way toward global economic renewal
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December 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... What Stiglitz says...
www.theguardian.com/business/202... At last, a glimmer of common sense from the ORR, however grudgingly conceded. The problem is that the regulator is so obsessed with punctuality they'd rather cancel trains than risk late running . Maybe they should cancel all trains and guarantee 100% reliability
Manchester-London 7am ‘ghost train’ to carry passengers after outcry over regulator’s decision
Avanti service was to have been axed from mid-December but would have still run because of needs out of Euston
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December 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
www.theguardian.com/business/202... At last, a glimmer of common sense from the ORR, however grudgingly conceded. The problem is that the regulator is so obsessed with punctuality they'd rather cancel trains than risk late running . Maybe they should cancel all trains and guarantee 100% reliability
Idiot Tories and their media friends are claiming that Reeves overstated the problems with the UK economy before the budget; in the aftermath of 14 years of Tory misrule it's virtually impossible to overstate the dire condition of UK PLC. Reeves can just be criticised for doing far too little.
December 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Idiot Tories and their media friends are claiming that Reeves overstated the problems with the UK economy before the budget; in the aftermath of 14 years of Tory misrule it's virtually impossible to overstate the dire condition of UK PLC. Reeves can just be criticised for doing far too little.
The Tories, and their media foghorns, are going apeshit about whether there is or isn't a fiscal 'black hole' and calling for Reeves to resign. Bollocks. Ignoring technicalities, there is still a massive shortfall in money going to the public sector thanks to 14 years of Tory austerity.
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The Tories, and their media foghorns, are going apeshit about whether there is or isn't a fiscal 'black hole' and calling for Reeves to resign. Bollocks. Ignoring technicalities, there is still a massive shortfall in money going to the public sector thanks to 14 years of Tory austerity.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It seems that Sweeting is planning to use PFI 2.0 to finance his new neighbourhood health centres. As we all know PFI really means Public Fraud Initiative as we are still having to pay for the previous round. Under PFI 1.0 a hospital that cost two hundred million to build has cost the NHS billions.
November 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It seems that Sweeting is planning to use PFI 2.0 to finance his new neighbourhood health centres. As we all know PFI really means Public Fraud Initiative as we are still having to pay for the previous round. Under PFI 1.0 a hospital that cost two hundred million to build has cost the NHS billions.
The gutter press is spewing out Tory lies about the state of the economy when we all know they totally fucked it up during their 14 years in power; it'll take much more than £30bn to fix the damage – and (memo to Reeves) the filthy rich must pay for it. Easier said than done of course...
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The gutter press is spewing out Tory lies about the state of the economy when we all know they totally fucked it up during their 14 years in power; it'll take much more than £30bn to fix the damage – and (memo to Reeves) the filthy rich must pay for it. Easier said than done of course...
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Remember when he mocked everyone else for being “low energy”? Look at him now.
Nodding off, slurring, and cutting his days short because he cannot keep up. The myth of unstoppable Trump is long gone.
Nodding off, slurring, and cutting his days short because he cannot keep up. The myth of unstoppable Trump is long gone.
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Remember when he mocked everyone else for being “low energy”? Look at him now.
Nodding off, slurring, and cutting his days short because he cannot keep up. The myth of unstoppable Trump is long gone.
Nodding off, slurring, and cutting his days short because he cannot keep up. The myth of unstoppable Trump is long gone.
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The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
Reeves has delivered her budget and as usual with this government it's too little, too late. The little is mostly welcome, but she needed to go so much further if she was to have any hope of salvaging this useless government – she needs to squeeze the rich much harder.
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reeves has delivered her budget and as usual with this government it's too little, too late. The little is mostly welcome, but she needed to go so much further if she was to have any hope of salvaging this useless government – she needs to squeeze the rich much harder.
WTAF?
Asked again and again whether he ever racially abused his fellow pupils, as 20 people at his old school have now said he did, Nigel Farage will only say that he never did so in a "hurtful way" or "with intent"
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
WTAF?
The new BBC series 'Civilisations: Rise & Fall started with the lead up to the sack of Rome in 410CE. The administration of the Empire was hollowed out financially, all the wealth was being hoarded by the super-rich while the common people suffered. Sound familiar?
November 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The new BBC series 'Civilisations: Rise & Fall started with the lead up to the sack of Rome in 410CE. The administration of the Empire was hollowed out financially, all the wealth was being hoarded by the super-rich while the common people suffered. Sound familiar?
The solution to overcrowded NHS hospitals according to think-tank Re:State – make them smaller. Clearly a lot more thinking is required.
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The solution to overcrowded NHS hospitals according to think-tank Re:State – make them smaller. Clearly a lot more thinking is required.
BBC bias? It is, and always has been, blatantly biased in favour of the Establishment, allowing the occasional lefty comedy/satire show as a kind of mask. Calls for right wing comedy shows "to provide balance" falter on the grounds that they are just not funny.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
BBC bias? It is, and always has been, blatantly biased in favour of the Establishment, allowing the occasional lefty comedy/satire show as a kind of mask. Calls for right wing comedy shows "to provide balance" falter on the grounds that they are just not funny.
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392,000 followers on X.
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
392,000 followers on X.
The proposed Ukraine cease-fire shows just how good an investment Trump was for the Kremlin. A real asset.
November 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The proposed Ukraine cease-fire shows just how good an investment Trump was for the Kremlin. A real asset.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... Case is not wrong. We've seen Centrist parties all over the world failing because they represent continuity – aka the same old shit. Oddly they are often replaced by Right wing parties that are guaranteed to make things worse. Only the Left wants to improve things
Voters could abandon centrist parties if budget fails, warns former cabinet secretary
Simon Case says voters will look elsewhere if chancellor cannot find solutions to tax, spending and debt problems
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November 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... Case is not wrong. We've seen Centrist parties all over the world failing because they represent continuity – aka the same old shit. Oddly they are often replaced by Right wing parties that are guaranteed to make things worse. Only the Left wants to improve things
www.theguardian.com/environment/... I guess you have to take Global Warming seriously when the COP30 venue catches fire.
Cop30 climate summit in Brazil disrupted after fire breaks out in venue
Event thrown into confusion after conference centre evacuated but UN says no one hurt
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November 20, 2025 at 9:02 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/... I guess you have to take Global Warming seriously when the COP30 venue catches fire.
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
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November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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Farage is just a fascist gadfly. I wouldn't trust to run a whelk stall.
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Farage is just a fascist gadfly. I wouldn't trust to run a whelk stall.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n... It's sad, embarrassing, in fact downright infuriating to see the British government – a Labour government supposedly – acting as a Mossad surrogate/patsy. Starmer & Co must go.
Sally Rooney says UK prisoners linked to Palestine Action face ‘shocking mistreatment’
Exclusive: author urges ministers to engage with those on hunger strike, who want better conditions, bail and lifting of ban
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November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n... It's sad, embarrassing, in fact downright infuriating to see the British government – a Labour government supposedly – acting as a Mossad surrogate/patsy. Starmer & Co must go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Everyone has known Trump is a bastard from way back – what's really chilling is just how many ordinary peoples, especially officials, are happy to collude with the bastard.
Death threats and accusations: the professor targeted by the US far right
Mark Bray has become one of the highest-profile people caught up in Donald Trump’s efforts to target Antifa
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November 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Everyone has known Trump is a bastard from way back – what's really chilling is just how many ordinary peoples, especially officials, are happy to collude with the bastard.
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From the US, but it will happen in the UK too.
Cost cutting, under staffed, under experienced, longer waiting times, more profits.
More deaths.
Cost cutting, under staffed, under experienced, longer waiting times, more profits.
More deaths.
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
From the US, but it will happen in the UK too.
Cost cutting, under staffed, under experienced, longer waiting times, more profits.
More deaths.
Cost cutting, under staffed, under experienced, longer waiting times, more profits.
More deaths.