Simon Duffy
@simonduffy.bsky.social
Philosopher and social activist with interest in self-directed support, basic income, neighbourhood democracy, neighbourhood care and anything else that helps create a world where everyone matters (and chippy Northerner). https://citizen-network.org
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Simon Duffy
@simonduffy.bsky.social
· Sep 15
Today is International Democracy Day - and we need a real democracy more than ever.
Today @citizennetwork.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @compassoffice.bsky.social @henrytam.bsky.social shared our 8 step plan for rebuilding a renewed UK democracy.
citizen-network.org/library/demo...
Today @citizennetwork.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @compassoffice.bsky.social @henrytam.bsky.social shared our 8 step plan for rebuilding a renewed UK democracy.
citizen-network.org/library/demo...
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Just goes to show how they can easily come up with reasoning to support universal basic income when they want to. Yes, UBI is a dividend for shareholders. As citizens, we are all shareholders.
Also, we ALL created the capital that AI is trained on. We should all be paid a GDP dividend EVERY MONTH.
Also, we ALL created the capital that AI is trained on. We should all be paid a GDP dividend EVERY MONTH.
Tom Emmer on tariff checks to Americans: "You gotta love this president. He looks at this like a business, and when the business is doing well, the shareholders, which are the American people, should be rewarded."
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Just goes to show how they can easily come up with reasoning to support universal basic income when they want to. Yes, UBI is a dividend for shareholders. As citizens, we are all shareholders.
Also, we ALL created the capital that AI is trained on. We should all be paid a GDP dividend EVERY MONTH.
Also, we ALL created the capital that AI is trained on. We should all be paid a GDP dividend EVERY MONTH.
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There is no way to dress this up: the UK's largest newspaper publisher wants to control an even larger share of our media.
Our highly concentrated media is already a disaster for democracy - the Telegraph takeover would make it even worse.
Our highly concentrated media is already a disaster for democracy - the Telegraph takeover would make it even worse.
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
There is no way to dress this up: the UK's largest newspaper publisher wants to control an even larger share of our media.
Our highly concentrated media is already a disaster for democracy - the Telegraph takeover would make it even worse.
Our highly concentrated media is already a disaster for democracy - the Telegraph takeover would make it even worse.
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❗️ The UK's crisis in media ownership is worse than ever before
📊 Our new 2025 'Who Owns The UK Media?' report details statistics & analysis exposing the media moguls, Big Tech billionaires & unaccountable corporations that dominate the UK media
READ: mediareform.org.uk/media-owners...
📊 Our new 2025 'Who Owns The UK Media?' report details statistics & analysis exposing the media moguls, Big Tech billionaires & unaccountable corporations that dominate the UK media
READ: mediareform.org.uk/media-owners...
June 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
❗️ The UK's crisis in media ownership is worse than ever before
📊 Our new 2025 'Who Owns The UK Media?' report details statistics & analysis exposing the media moguls, Big Tech billionaires & unaccountable corporations that dominate the UK media
READ: mediareform.org.uk/media-owners...
📊 Our new 2025 'Who Owns The UK Media?' report details statistics & analysis exposing the media moguls, Big Tech billionaires & unaccountable corporations that dominate the UK media
READ: mediareform.org.uk/media-owners...
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Er, yes!
"Addition to DMGT’s portfolio, which, as well as Daily & Sunday Mail titles, includes the i, Metro & New Scientist, is likely to trigger calls for an in-depth investigation of the impact on media plurality"
@mediareformuk.bsky.social
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
"Addition to DMGT’s portfolio, which, as well as Daily & Sunday Mail titles, includes the i, Metro & New Scientist, is likely to trigger calls for an in-depth investigation of the impact on media plurality"
@mediareformuk.bsky.social
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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www.telegraph.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Er, yes!
"Addition to DMGT’s portfolio, which, as well as Daily & Sunday Mail titles, includes the i, Metro & New Scientist, is likely to trigger calls for an in-depth investigation of the impact on media plurality"
@mediareformuk.bsky.social
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
"Addition to DMGT’s portfolio, which, as well as Daily & Sunday Mail titles, includes the i, Metro & New Scientist, is likely to trigger calls for an in-depth investigation of the impact on media plurality"
@mediareformuk.bsky.social
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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Real community empowerment can only come from effective engagement, power sharing, and genuine partnerships.
@citizennetwork.bsky.social
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@citizennetwork.bsky.social
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A Response to the Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
We challenge the current Bill, which risks dis-empowering rather than empowering communities.
citizen-network.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Real community empowerment can only come from effective engagement, power sharing, and genuine partnerships.
@citizennetwork.bsky.social
citizen-network.org/news/a-respo...
@citizennetwork.bsky.social
citizen-network.org/news/a-respo...
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I know everything is terrible but i am immensely grateful and also on reflection astonished that I was paid to study, teach and write philosophy for 45 years. (Ok there was also quite a lot of management and admin there too, but still.)
Left school and went to work in an office for three years. Decided to go to university and through a series of happy accidents ended on a (fully funded) Philosophy degree at UCL. Decided to carry on in Philosophy for as long as they paid me. Still going though pay stopped on retirement this summer.
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I know everything is terrible but i am immensely grateful and also on reflection astonished that I was paid to study, teach and write philosophy for 45 years. (Ok there was also quite a lot of management and admin there too, but still.)
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"imposing lockdown a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives in the first wave in England"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Covid inquiry live updates: UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry
The inquiry says an earlier lockdown could have saved 23,000 lives in the first wave in England - and lockdown could have been avoided altogether with earlier interventions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"imposing lockdown a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives in the first wave in England"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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BREAKING: Marshall Islands becomes the first country to launch a Universal Basic Income program. Every resident (about 33,000 people) will receive $200 every 3 months. This works out to being about 11% of GDP per capita. If the US did that same percentage, the UBI would be about $770/mo.
Marshall Islands Launches Nationwide Universal Basic Income Program Using Digital Infrastructure
Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands — November 19, 2025. The Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has introduced a nationwide Universal Basic Income (UBI) program, marking the...
www.koreaittimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 AM
BREAKING: Marshall Islands becomes the first country to launch a Universal Basic Income program. Every resident (about 33,000 people) will receive $200 every 3 months. This works out to being about 11% of GDP per capita. If the US did that same percentage, the UBI would be about $770/mo.
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We can do universal basic income right now, at the poverty level of $15k/year. No more robots required. It already makes sense to do. Replacing existing tax expenditures like the standard deduction would reduce its cost, and we'd save more than it costs in reduced spending on the impacts of poverty.
November 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We can do universal basic income right now, at the poverty level of $15k/year. No more robots required. It already makes sense to do. Replacing existing tax expenditures like the standard deduction would reduce its cost, and we'd save more than it costs in reduced spending on the impacts of poverty.
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Starmer and McSweeney's project has never been about governing the country - it's always been about hyperfactional control.
And it rears its head on its own people in the end.
Compass in @theipaper.com.
And it rears its head on its own people in the end.
Compass in @theipaper.com.
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Starmer and McSweeney's project has never been about governing the country - it's always been about hyperfactional control.
And it rears its head on its own people in the end.
Compass in @theipaper.com.
And it rears its head on its own people in the end.
Compass in @theipaper.com.
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« Il y a une énorme demande pour une politique porteuse d’espoir » - Me speaking @blast-info.fr.
Sounds good in French.
"There is enormous demand for the politics of hope."
www.blast-info.fr/articles/202...
Sounds good in French.
"There is enormous demand for the politics of hope."
www.blast-info.fr/articles/202...
L’espoir contre la peur : comment Zack Polanski redessine le paysage politique britannique
Abandonnés par un Parti travailliste recentré et frileux, des milliers d’électeurs britanniques cherchent ailleurs une gauche combative. Tandis que Nigel Farage joue sur la peur de l'immigration, Zack...
www.blast-info.fr
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
« Il y a une énorme demande pour une politique porteuse d’espoir » - Me speaking @blast-info.fr.
Sounds good in French.
"There is enormous demand for the politics of hope."
www.blast-info.fr/articles/202...
Sounds good in French.
"There is enormous demand for the politics of hope."
www.blast-info.fr/articles/202...
Duolingo understands the truth:
We are all citizens!
We are all citizens!
November 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Duolingo understands the truth:
We are all citizens!
We are all citizens!
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Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
leftfootforward.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
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He wants you to aspire to eat and not become homeless or ever be ill.
YOUNG PEOPLE. LISTEN UP.
Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people
...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business"
It's £10ph FFS!
Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger
DO YOU SEE IT NOW?
Spread far & wide.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people
...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business"
It's £10ph FFS!
Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger
DO YOU SEE IT NOW?
Spread far & wide.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
He wants you to aspire to eat and not become homeless or ever be ill.
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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Who do you side with? The Telegraph's How I Spent It column or Ursula K. Le Guin?
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Who do you side with? The Telegraph's How I Spent It column or Ursula K. Le Guin?
Irritating…
Sky journalist keeps referring to Bolton as Greater Manchester.
What’s that about?!
Sky journalist keeps referring to Bolton as Greater Manchester.
What’s that about?!
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Irritating…
Sky journalist keeps referring to Bolton as Greater Manchester.
What’s that about?!
Sky journalist keeps referring to Bolton as Greater Manchester.
What’s that about?!
What might be a better name for the “special relationship” I wonder?
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
What might be a better name for the “special relationship” I wonder?
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“Some constraints from an affordability point of view.”
Father Ted levels of circumlocution.
Father Ted levels of circumlocution.
Gulf between rich and poor risks US downturn, Fed official warns. “There is quite a bit of evidence . . . that lower and moderate-income households are facing some constraints from an affordability point of view from the cost of living to the housing costs” on.ft.com/43Otjwc via @FT #DonaldTrump
Gulf between rich and poor risks US downturn, Fed official warns
John Williams suggests poorer Americans’ mounting problems could be a factor in whether the central bank cuts rates next month
on.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
“Some constraints from an affordability point of view.”
Father Ted levels of circumlocution.
Father Ted levels of circumlocution.
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Gambling, an industry out of control doing enormous damage to individuals & communities.
Virgin Games "sent him multiple emails, free bets & text messages enticing him to play more. First bets the night he died were with free credits"
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Virgin Games "sent him multiple emails, free bets & text messages enticing him to play more. First bets the night he died were with free credits"
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
628 bets in 72 minutes, then Lee killed himself. No one stopped him
After an inquest into the death of Lee Adams, 36, his family is calling for greater regulation of addictive online gambling
www.thetimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Gambling, an industry out of control doing enormous damage to individuals & communities.
Virgin Games "sent him multiple emails, free bets & text messages enticing him to play more. First bets the night he died were with free credits"
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Virgin Games "sent him multiple emails, free bets & text messages enticing him to play more. First bets the night he died were with free credits"
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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It's absolutely 100% immoral and even illegal for Trump to stop SNAP and increase hunger for 42 million Americans, but it's a reminder how weak a poverty-targeted program can be. There is strength in universality. If every single Trump voter got SNAP, there's no way Trump would stop it. We need UBI.
November 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It's absolutely 100% immoral and even illegal for Trump to stop SNAP and increase hunger for 42 million Americans, but it's a reminder how weak a poverty-targeted program can be. There is strength in universality. If every single Trump voter got SNAP, there's no way Trump would stop it. We need UBI.
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”