Peter Berry
@thrawcheld.bsky.social
Tax the rich – abolish billionaires
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Under the IHRA definition, it is an act of antisemitism to say that the existence of the state of Israel is a racist endeavor
The IHRA is an antisemitism-generator that redefines antisemitism to criminalize criticism of ethnic cleansing and apartheid. This is why genocide activists are typing in all-caps today ⬇️
January 2, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Under the IHRA definition, it is an act of antisemitism to say that the existence of the state of Israel is a racist endeavor
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The Times is the worst. People reading the Sun and the Mail do on some level understand they are the Beano and the Dandy, for bigoted cunts. The Times is the British ruling class talking to itself in increasingly Mein Kampfy terms, and readers believe they’re getting the unvarnished truth.
January 2, 2026 at 11:02 AM
The Times is the worst. People reading the Sun and the Mail do on some level understand they are the Beano and the Dandy, for bigoted cunts. The Times is the British ruling class talking to itself in increasingly Mein Kampfy terms, and readers believe they’re getting the unvarnished truth.
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I do have to underline here: Britain is internationally unique in having a national press that acts like a protection racket run by the most disgusting and repellent people in the country. It isn’t like this elsewhere, it’s just us.
January 2, 2026 at 10:58 AM
I do have to underline here: Britain is internationally unique in having a national press that acts like a protection racket run by the most disgusting and repellent people in the country. It isn’t like this elsewhere, it’s just us.
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If the British government, and indeed other governments, can’t muster a fast and strong response to Twitter adding a facility enabling users to create and share AI child sexual abuse material then not sure what Musk could ever do that would actually provoke a response.
January 2, 2026 at 1:27 PM
If the British government, and indeed other governments, can’t muster a fast and strong response to Twitter adding a facility enabling users to create and share AI child sexual abuse material then not sure what Musk could ever do that would actually provoke a response.
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There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
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guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story
January 2, 2026 at 6:58 PM
guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story
Didn't the courts already say Uber drivers weren't freelance? That was in the context of employment law but surely they can't have it both ways and make them freelance only for tax purposes.
Uber rewrites contracts with drivers to avoid paying UK’s new ‘taxi tax’
Uber rewrites contracts with drivers to avoid paying UK’s new ‘taxi tax’
Hailing app will now act as agent rather than supplier outside London, avoiding VAT requirement, although change is not permitted in London
Uber has swerved paying millions of pounds to the UK exchequer under Rachel Reeves’s new “taxi tax” after the ride-hailing app rewrote contracts with its drivers.
The move came as rules announced in November’s budget took effect, which adjusted how VAT is payable on minicab fares and would have resulted in the whole Uber fare becoming subject to the 20% sales tax. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Didn't the courts already say Uber drivers weren't freelance? That was in the context of employment law but surely they can't have it both ways and make them freelance only for tax purposes.
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Under Irish law Musk can be jailed for 12 months for being a director of a company distributing CSAM. Section 9 of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998. 'X' is a company registered in Ireland.
January 2, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Under Irish law Musk can be jailed for 12 months for being a director of a company distributing CSAM. Section 9 of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998. 'X' is a company registered in Ireland.
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Any responsible government would immediately ban a social media site that offers a child porn generator feature. This is a no brainer.
January 2, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Any responsible government would immediately ban a social media site that offers a child porn generator feature. This is a no brainer.
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This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
January 2, 2026 at 10:47 AM
This does seem just a little bit bad! Idk the sort of thing you’d think politicians might distance themselves from or something!
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THIEF:
"I just don't know how you go around, asking everyone first before taking their belongings. I just don't see how that would work."
"I just don't know how you go around, asking everyone first before taking their belongings. I just don't see how that would work."
“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work.”
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
From May 2025: www.theverge.com/news/674366/...
December 31, 2025 at 7:16 AM
THIEF:
"I just don't know how you go around, asking everyone first before taking their belongings. I just don't see how that would work."
"I just don't know how you go around, asking everyone first before taking their belongings. I just don't see how that would work."
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For the record, I was an advisor to Ed Miliband's Labour Party on tax policy, I strongly support a wealth tax, and I am aware of a viable and fully costed proposal to implement one in the UK.
Amazing interview attacking Polanski as a "fantasist" "selling unicorns".
But Polanski has not said "squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything that we want and everything that we need.” He has simply argued, as many tax economists do, for a wealth tax.
So who is the fantasist?
But Polanski has not said "squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything that we want and everything that we need.” He has simply argued, as many tax economists do, for a wealth tax.
So who is the fantasist?
December 31, 2025 at 8:24 AM
For the record, I was an advisor to Ed Miliband's Labour Party on tax policy, I strongly support a wealth tax, and I am aware of a viable and fully costed proposal to implement one in the UK.
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I keep meaning to write 1500 words that basically add up to 'Rome won because of wokeness' and probably will in 2026.
It's not the only factor, but it is a significant one.
It's not the only factor, but it is a significant one.
December 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I keep meaning to write 1500 words that basically add up to 'Rome won because of wokeness' and probably will in 2026.
It's not the only factor, but it is a significant one.
It's not the only factor, but it is a significant one.
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My letter in the Financial Times today.
Don't insult cockroaches by comparing them to the dodgy companies fueled by private equity
#Biodiversity #FinancialSector
Don't insult cockroaches by comparing them to the dodgy companies fueled by private equity
#Biodiversity #FinancialSector
December 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
My letter in the Financial Times today.
Don't insult cockroaches by comparing them to the dodgy companies fueled by private equity
#Biodiversity #FinancialSector
Don't insult cockroaches by comparing them to the dodgy companies fueled by private equity
#Biodiversity #FinancialSector
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Labour radicalised me, to join the Green Party. We've seen this before, they lie and ruin everything, then refuse to accept responsibility.
December 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Labour radicalised me, to join the Green Party. We've seen this before, they lie and ruin everything, then refuse to accept responsibility.
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A £2000 grant to homeless people can transform their lives.
A 2% tax on the wealth of the single richest person in the UK (hedge fund CEO Michael Platt, £14.29bn) would be enough to pay for 142,900 such grants.
There are c. 382,000 homeless people in the UK.
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
A 2% tax on the wealth of the single richest person in the UK (hedge fund CEO Michael Platt, £14.29bn) would be enough to pay for 142,900 such grants.
There are c. 382,000 homeless people in the UK.
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
December 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A £2000 grant to homeless people can transform their lives.
A 2% tax on the wealth of the single richest person in the UK (hedge fund CEO Michael Platt, £14.29bn) would be enough to pay for 142,900 such grants.
There are c. 382,000 homeless people in the UK.
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
A 2% tax on the wealth of the single richest person in the UK (hedge fund CEO Michael Platt, £14.29bn) would be enough to pay for 142,900 such grants.
There are c. 382,000 homeless people in the UK.
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
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Life really does come at you fast when you're Liz Truss
December 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Life really does come at you fast when you're Liz Truss
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From Nigel Farage to this caricature, it's been striking to see how little of a shit the right now gives about antisemitism.
After all, when a Labour leader was accused of it, they were deeply, gravely concerned.
After all, when a Labour leader was accused of it, they were deeply, gravely concerned.
No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
December 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
From Nigel Farage to this caricature, it's been striking to see how little of a shit the right now gives about antisemitism.
After all, when a Labour leader was accused of it, they were deeply, gravely concerned.
After all, when a Labour leader was accused of it, they were deeply, gravely concerned.
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“No way to prevent this” says only party where this happens regularly.
Non-Christians must eat bacon for a month, says Reform candidate Chris Parry.
Reform UK are turning a blind eye to this racist.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
Reform UK are turning a blind eye to this racist.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
Non-Christians must eat bacon for a month, says Reform candidate
Chris Parry, standing to be mayor of Hampshire and the Solent, seems to be preoccupied with pork
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“No way to prevent this” says only party where this happens regularly.
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These people are deeply unhappy and miserable.
I don't think we say that enough.
It's not about bacon. It's about their own lack of self worth
I don't think we say that enough.
It's not about bacon. It's about their own lack of self worth
Non-Christians must eat bacon for a month, says Reform candidate Chris Parry.
Reform UK are turning a blind eye to this racist.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
Reform UK are turning a blind eye to this racist.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
Non-Christians must eat bacon for a month, says Reform candidate
Chris Parry, standing to be mayor of Hampshire and the Solent, seems to be preoccupied with pork
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
These people are deeply unhappy and miserable.
I don't think we say that enough.
It's not about bacon. It's about their own lack of self worth
I don't think we say that enough.
It's not about bacon. It's about their own lack of self worth
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October-7th and what followed have radicalized me very hard against ethnonationalism. Just legions of people on every side who should and absolutely do know better saying “ok but [attrocity] is good when it’s us tho” and being taken seriously for some reason. Fuck your blood and fuck your soil.
I read Just and Unjust Wars and it’s so funny how much of his stuff post-October 7 is him saying things he said were wrong in his book are okay when Israel does it
December 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
October-7th and what followed have radicalized me very hard against ethnonationalism. Just legions of people on every side who should and absolutely do know better saying “ok but [attrocity] is good when it’s us tho” and being taken seriously for some reason. Fuck your blood and fuck your soil.
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American social media platforms are banned in Russia. Have you noticed Donald isn't sanctioning anyone over that?
December 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
American social media platforms are banned in Russia. Have you noticed Donald isn't sanctioning anyone over that?
I don't like this question, or how it's being interpreted. Wanting grandchildren is a primal need, it's not correlated with hate. Moreover being angry is a very different response from being disappointed and disappointment says nothing at all about acceptance.
We really are a nation that loves animals and hates children. These figures are so shameful (via @natacha.bsky.social).
December 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I don't like this question, or how it's being interpreted. Wanting grandchildren is a primal need, it's not correlated with hate. Moreover being angry is a very different response from being disappointed and disappointment says nothing at all about acceptance.
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Yes, it’s illegal. Like changing it to Department of War, like ten thousand other things. Part of the Trump strategy is to break the law and convey “the rule of law is weak and feminine and laughable and should be overridden by Our Guy.” Trump is fundamentally anti-law.
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NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Yes, it’s illegal. Like changing it to Department of War, like ten thousand other things. Part of the Trump strategy is to break the law and convey “the rule of law is weak and feminine and laughable and should be overridden by Our Guy.” Trump is fundamentally anti-law.
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I think that may mistake creating systemic change for cementing the existing status quo in extreme ways.
December 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I think that may mistake creating systemic change for cementing the existing status quo in extreme ways.