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Alex Cobham

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Chief executive @TaxJusticeNet.bsky.social (he/him). New book: 'What do we know and what should we do about... Tax justice?' (SAGE Press): https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/what-do-we-know-and-what-should-we-do-about-tax-justice/book286416

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Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 21h

Great keynote from Dr @faizashaheen.bsky.social, executive director of @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social, setting out the challenges and opportunities of the UK context and raising questions for Tax Justice Scotland's approach now

Dr Faiza Shaheen of Tax Justice UK speaking online to the inaugural event of Tax Justice Scotland, 8 October 2025

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oxfamscotland.bsky.social @oxfamscotland.bsky.social · 21h

'We as a movement are small, but powerful, because we are right. You have the power to change the narrative in Scotland. I want to see people not complaining about the next crisis, but how to fix it, and that starts with tax'

@alexcobham.bsky.social
tells the #TaxJusticeScotland conference

Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 21h

Panel finishes with some great Q&A on how we can make sure people are proud to pay tax, and what 'fairness' should mean in respect of the contributions of the highest income and wealth households; and how reform of (shockingly bad) Scottish property taxes can be made central to the next election

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oxfamscotland.bsky.social @oxfamscotland.bsky.social · 22h

'Tax is our social superpower' says @alexcobham.bsky.social of the global @taxjustice.net tells the #TaxJusticeScotland conference.

'Every second I've been talking, the equivalent of a nurse's salary is lost to a tax haven'

Think of what that money could do globally.

Image of Alex Cobham speaking via Zoom

Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 21h

Laurie MacFarlane, co-director of Future Economy Scotland, now addresses the opportunities of tax

Laurie MacFarlane, co-director of Future Economy Scotland, speaks in front of a microphone at the inaugural event of Tax Justice Scotland, with a screen showing his name and title behind

Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 22h

Here are my slides from this panel - tax is our social superpower, and Tax Justice Scotland can play a key role in delivering a shift in public narratives so that policymakers meet the moment

Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 22h

Rebecca Gowland, executive director of @patmillsuk.bsky.social, speaks to the powerful campaign for wealth taxes

Rebecca Gowland, executive director of @patmillsuk.bsky.social, speaks in front of a microphone at the inaugural event of Tax Justice Scotland, with her name and title on a screen behind

Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 22h

By the way, you can find out more and join the campaign here: taxjustice.scot

Home - Tax Justice Scotland

We are campaigning for the Scottish Parliament to use its tax powers to help deliver a greener, fairer, more equal Scotland.

taxjustice.scot

Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 22h

Great keynote from Angela O'Hagan, chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, on the critical role of tax in delivering on human rights

Angela O'Hagan, chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, speaks in front of a microphone at the inaugural event of Tax Justice Scotland (8 October 2025), with her name and role projected against a blue background behind her

Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 22h

Delighted to be joining the inaugural event of Tax Justice Scotland today - another great organisation joining the global movement to strengthen national tax sovereignty so we can all benefit from the role of tax as our social superpower - letting us lead better, healthier, happier lives together

Still from Tax Justice Scotland film, showing a sunny city/river shot with the text, 'A better Scotland is possible'

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Allan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · Aug 7

Personally pleased to see stuff like this from Tax Justice Scotland coming out, pushing harder on the extremely urgent need to replace Council Tax. A property value tax based on values from when I wasn't even a year old (I am *35*) is utterly unfit for any purpose!

taxjustice.scot/blog/no-more...

No more delays: specific manifesto commitments needed on Council Tax replacement - Tax Justice Scotland

Campaigners have today thrown down the gauntlet to Scotland’s political leaders, demanding they end decades of inaction.

taxjustice.scot

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Scottish Trades Union Congress @scottishtuc.bsky.social · 23h

A new report from the STUC on behalf of Tax Justice Scotland shows a meagre 2% tax on the 10 richest families in Scotland raises almost £500,000,000

Scotland belongs to us all. Not just the wealthy.

Join our calls for a wealth tax now.

www.stuc.org.uk/resources/st...

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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 5d

It's impossible to earn a billion, but there are more billionaires every year. How?

We talk w/ @theguardian.com's @josh-tou.bsky.social about "collected wealth" vs "earned wealth", how we tax them unequally & why #WealthTax protects our earner way of life #TaxTheSuperRich youtu.be/vPZRDt1kcV8?...

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Omar Ocampo @ocampomar.bsky.social · 8d

It is important that we do not separate politics from economics.

Extreme wealth disparities undermine our democracy, increase political inequality & makes us vulnerable to the arbitrary power of oligarchs.

Here are a couple of graphs illustrating the extreme concentration of material resources 👇🏻

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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 8d

Without action families with children will see their disposable income fall over this parliament. Couples with children £750 worse off, lone parents £780.That’s electorally perilous.

Scrapping the 2 child limit and creating a minimum floor in universal credit would offset the fall.

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 9d

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 13d

Our petition demanding the Government tax the super rich is nearly at 100,000 signatories.

Can you get us over the line?

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services

Across the UK, living standards are falling and millions live in poverty, while the cost of living crisis has made affording the basics difficult. Public services we all rely on - our hospitals, schoo...

you.38degrees.org.uk

Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 15d

Setting aside the lies & errors that seem to have made up more or less the entire speech, it's just *weird* for a country to be represented in front of the world this way. ‘Your countries are going to hell’/London Sharia Law/I'm brilliant, etc. Not 'fiery', weird.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

‘Your countries are going to hell’: Trump attacks European leaders and United Nations in fiery general assembly speech – live

US president lambasts UN for lack of help in peace deals; Trump also scolds European migration and US allies that are supporting Palestinian statehood

www.theguardian.com

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 15d

To get in front of division and to build a proud Britain you've got the get behind a wealth tax.
We're saying this to every political party. It's time to tax us, the super rich.

Get behind a wealth tax, millionaire urges Lib Dems

A campaign group hopes to persuade politicians this autumn to hike taxes on the very wealthy.

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ITUC @ituc.bsky.social · 15d

🌍✊ The ITUC joins global voices in concern for the safety of participants — including trade unionists — in the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civil society mission bringing humanitarian aid to civilians in #Gaza.

⚖️ Human rights and international law must be respected.

#SailToGaza #TradeUnionsForPeace

Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 16d

Idle curiosity. I should shut the account tbh

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Magnus Løvold @magnuslovold.bsky.social · 16d

After the Geneva round of the #PlasticsTreaty talks ended without a deal, troubling questions are being raised about the role played by @unep.org Executive Director Inger Andersen — and an apparent bid to topple the Committee’s elected Chair medium.com/points-of-or...

Palace intrigues

The plastics treaty talks in Geneva ended without a deal. As negotiators weigh their options about the way forward, troubling questions are…

Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 16d

Fascinating (and worrying) analysis, with some grounds for optimism - and potentially a number of warnings for the UN #TaxConvention negotiations...

Magnus Løvold @magnuslovold.bsky.social · 16d

After the Geneva round of the #PlasticsTreaty talks ended without a deal, troubling questions are being raised about the role played by @unep.org Executive Director Inger Andersen — and an apparent bid to topple the Committee’s elected Chair medium.com/points-of-or...

Palace intrigues

The plastics treaty talks in Geneva ended without a deal. As negotiators weigh their options about the way forward, troubling questions are…

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 17d

That is before you look at personal cost to those people directly affected, the lives destroyed, all to play to racists. There's nothing "legitimate" about any so called "concerns" which lead to supporting anything like what Farage proposes. It's out and out xenophobia and racism. No ifs or buts. 3/

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 17d

Rather than saving £230 billion, as claimed, it would end the economy, cause widespread closures, and loss of jobs for everyone, cost hundreds of billions, including loss of taxes, cripple health, education and infrastructure services. Everyone is worse off with hostile immigration policies. 2/