Russ Cheshire
@russcheshire.bsky.social
Island dweller. Observer. Still learning.
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If every country is in debt, where's the money? youtu.be/Ki8QUa3oVF0?...
If every country is in debt, where's the money?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
If every country is in debt, where's the money? youtu.be/Ki8QUa3oVF0?...
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Trump thinks immigrants will destroy Europe. The truth is the opposite.
This column is about the long arc of population change, the hybridity of European cultures, and the widely-misinterpreted results of demographic momentum.
Big issues we need to understand.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This column is about the long arc of population change, the hybridity of European cultures, and the widely-misinterpreted results of demographic momentum.
Big issues we need to understand.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction | George Monbiot
These are the facts: plummeting birth rates mean that without attracting immigration, many countries are sliding towards collapse, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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December 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Trump thinks immigrants will destroy Europe. The truth is the opposite.
This column is about the long arc of population change, the hybridity of European cultures, and the widely-misinterpreted results of demographic momentum.
Big issues we need to understand.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This column is about the long arc of population change, the hybridity of European cultures, and the widely-misinterpreted results of demographic momentum.
Big issues we need to understand.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Petition asking the #BBC to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is allowed to take part.
38d.gs/dvit
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Sign the petition: tell the BBC to boycott Eurovision unless Israel is banned
This is big: Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands have all pulled out of Eurovision, because Israel have been allowed to enter. We need the BBC to do the same to up the pressure on the competition's bos...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Petition asking the #BBC to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest if Israel is allowed to take part.
38d.gs/dvit
38d.gs/dvit
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How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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Six months on, this video is as relevant as when we first made it, except a crash is probably nearer now. Every time stock markets drop, headlines say that billions have been lost. But where does that money actually go? If you want to understand crashes, this one’s for you
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Where does the money lost in a crash go?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 10, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Six months on, this video is as relevant as when we first made it, except a crash is probably nearer now. Every time stock markets drop, headlines say that billions have been lost. But where does that money actually go? If you want to understand crashes, this one’s for you
youtu.be/QZntEyjROcg?...
youtu.be/QZntEyjROcg?...
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Too many campaigners talk about what’s wrong, but never explain what must change or how it could happen.
Real campaigning means finding solutions: identifying causes, proposing reforms, and then doing the maths on the finances to show how they would work in practice.
youtu.be/uF40KyuRp8Q?...
Real campaigning means finding solutions: identifying causes, proposing reforms, and then doing the maths on the finances to show how they would work in practice.
youtu.be/uF40KyuRp8Q?...
Why moaning isn’t campaigning, and how we could really change the world
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Too many campaigners talk about what’s wrong, but never explain what must change or how it could happen.
Real campaigning means finding solutions: identifying causes, proposing reforms, and then doing the maths on the finances to show how they would work in practice.
youtu.be/uF40KyuRp8Q?...
Real campaigning means finding solutions: identifying causes, proposing reforms, and then doing the maths on the finances to show how they would work in practice.
youtu.be/uF40KyuRp8Q?...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Richard Murphy: Scotland’s banks, not its currency, hold the key to real independence www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
Richard Murphy: Scotland’s banks, not its currency, hold the key to real independence
PEOPLE in Scotland worry a great deal about money when the subject of independence comes up
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December 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Richard Murphy: Scotland’s banks, not its currency, hold the key to real independence www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
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People feel politics has nothing to do with them — and they’re right to feel ignored. In this video, I explain why our democracy is failing, why so many feel powerless, and how we can put people back in charge.
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Why people have given up on politics — and how we fix it
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 8, 2025 at 7:10 AM
People feel politics has nothing to do with them — and they’re right to feel ignored. In this video, I explain why our democracy is failing, why so many feel powerless, and how we can put people back in charge.
youtu.be/pql220L0kqc?...
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A badger in the rainforest at night, captured in this image by Ross Bartley.
7,319 of these amazing, gorgeous native animals were culled by the Irish state last year alone, and 66,000 since 2014, in a pointless, cruel attempt to eliminate bovine TB, despite a promise to switch to vaccinations.
7,319 of these amazing, gorgeous native animals were culled by the Irish state last year alone, and 66,000 since 2014, in a pointless, cruel attempt to eliminate bovine TB, despite a promise to switch to vaccinations.
December 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A badger in the rainforest at night, captured in this image by Ross Bartley.
7,319 of these amazing, gorgeous native animals were culled by the Irish state last year alone, and 66,000 since 2014, in a pointless, cruel attempt to eliminate bovine TB, despite a promise to switch to vaccinations.
7,319 of these amazing, gorgeous native animals were culled by the Irish state last year alone, and 66,000 since 2014, in a pointless, cruel attempt to eliminate bovine TB, despite a promise to switch to vaccinations.
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Modern Monetary Theory describes how money works in the real economy.
In this video, I share 12 essential questions to challenge politicians when they deny economic reality — and ensure the power of money is used for people, not for the wealthy few.
youtu.be/S3RGCq5KnTU?...
In this video, I share 12 essential questions to challenge politicians when they deny economic reality — and ensure the power of money is used for people, not for the wealthy few.
youtu.be/S3RGCq5KnTU?...
12 questions that expose the truth about money
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Modern Monetary Theory describes how money works in the real economy.
In this video, I share 12 essential questions to challenge politicians when they deny economic reality — and ensure the power of money is used for people, not for the wealthy few.
youtu.be/S3RGCq5KnTU?...
In this video, I share 12 essential questions to challenge politicians when they deny economic reality — and ensure the power of money is used for people, not for the wealthy few.
youtu.be/S3RGCq5KnTU?...
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The Bank of England has issued a stark new Financial Stability Report — and beneath the cautious language lies a clear message: the global risk environment has deteriorated sharply. A systemic crisis now looks more like “when” than “if”.
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The Bank of England is warning a financial crash is coming
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The Bank of England has issued a stark new Financial Stability Report — and beneath the cautious language lies a clear message: the global risk environment has deteriorated sharply. A systemic crisis now looks more like “when” than “if”.
youtu.be/NMDdkEZhNbI?...
youtu.be/NMDdkEZhNbI?...
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Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
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There are thousands of trained doctors in the UK right now — unemployed. Not because they’re unnecessary, but because the government refuses to fund the NHS roles we desperately need.
If we have the doctors, we can fund the doctors. So why won’t they?
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If we have the doctors, we can fund the doctors. So why won’t they?
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Why is our government choosing NHS cuts over patient care?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
There are thousands of trained doctors in the UK right now — unemployed. Not because they’re unnecessary, but because the government refuses to fund the NHS roles we desperately need.
If we have the doctors, we can fund the doctors. So why won’t they?
youtu.be/jN42hYQsehU?...
If we have the doctors, we can fund the doctors. So why won’t they?
youtu.be/jN42hYQsehU?...
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BREAKING: Palestine activist Strecker found not guilty in Jersey ‘terror’ trial www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
BREAKING: Palestine activist Strecker found not guilty in Jersey 'terror' trial
Natalie Strecker, an anti-genocide activist from Jersey, has been found not guilty of inviting support of Hamas and Hezbollah
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December 4, 2025 at 8:59 AM
BREAKING: Palestine activist Strecker found not guilty in Jersey ‘terror’ trial www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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Wes Streeting claims there are too many diagnoses of anxiety, autism, and ADHD. But when people are oppressed by neoliberalism, and others cannot comply with its demand for uniformity, he is really seeking to destroy evidence of dissent for his toxic worldview. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Wes Streeting’s exercise in thought control
The Guardian reports this morning that:
The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has ordered a clinical review of the diagnosis of mental health conditions, according to reports.
Streeting is understood ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Wes Streeting claims there are too many diagnoses of anxiety, autism, and ADHD. But when people are oppressed by neoliberalism, and others cannot comply with its demand for uniformity, he is really seeking to destroy evidence of dissent for his toxic worldview. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
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Polls suggest that Reform support may have peaked, perhaps because it appeals only to a very distinctive, and noisy, minority | Stephen McNair
Odd and incompetent: Reform hits a ceiling
Polls suggest that Reform support may have peaked, perhaps because it appeals only to a very distinctive, and noisy, minority
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December 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Polls suggest that Reform support may have peaked, perhaps because it appeals only to a very distinctive, and noisy, minority | Stephen McNair
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Is the Office for Budget Responsibility really protecting the UK economy, or enforcing austerity? I argue that the OBR was designed to remove democratic control over fiscal policy. In that case, it's time to get rid of it. youtu.be/lu6i9BB0XpU?...
Do we really need the Office for Budget Responsibility?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 4, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Is the Office for Budget Responsibility really protecting the UK economy, or enforcing austerity? I argue that the OBR was designed to remove democratic control over fiscal policy. In that case, it's time to get rid of it. youtu.be/lu6i9BB0XpU?...
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Children, photojournalist among Palestinians killed by Israeli forces across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces kill 357 Palestinians in 50 days of ceasefire
Children, photojournalist among Palestinians killed by Israeli forces across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Children, photojournalist among Palestinians killed by Israeli forces across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
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British politics is broken. The old left vs right divide no longer explains what is happening. Instead, we face a new choice: care or neglect.
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Why left vs right politics is over in the UK
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
British politics is broken. The old left vs right divide no longer explains what is happening. Instead, we face a new choice: care or neglect.
youtu.be/7UtmjV6LNWA?...
youtu.be/7UtmjV6LNWA?...
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Why won’t so much of the left believe in the sovereign power to make money? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Why won’t so much of the left believe in the sovereign power to make money?
There are days when I genuinely wonder what parts of the left think the state is for.
The capacity to create money is the most fundamental power any modern government possesses. It is the basis of its...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Why won’t so much of the left believe in the sovereign power to make money? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
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On the ferry, crossing the Firth of Clyde after a fantastic short break on Arran. We stayed in a brilliant vegan B&B - Stonewater House in Lamlash. Saw otters, red squirrels, eider, mergansers, many shore birds and woodland birds. A stunning place. share.google/AWcMAxYmL56h...
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
On the ferry, crossing the Firth of Clyde after a fantastic short break on Arran. We stayed in a brilliant vegan B&B - Stonewater House in Lamlash. Saw otters, red squirrels, eider, mergansers, many shore birds and woodland birds. A stunning place. share.google/AWcMAxYmL56h...