@colcraster
@colcraster.bsky.social
Sow seed but let no tyrant reap
Find wealth let no imposter heap
Weave robes let not the idle wear
Forge arms in your defence to bear
Percy Bysshe Shelly - Oh Men and Women of England
Find wealth let no imposter heap
Weave robes let not the idle wear
Forge arms in your defence to bear
Percy Bysshe Shelly - Oh Men and Women of England
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@colcraster
@colcraster.bsky.social
· Apr 29
Crystal Palace Manager on Surviving a Brain Hemorrhage to Leading their historic FA Cup Final Charge
YouTube video by High Performance
youtu.be
Oliver Glasner now we know what he had to face. We love you Oliver....what a response to a brain hemorrhage. #cpfc Clarity, clearly has made him.
youtu.be/PxT9dze7Ayw?...
youtu.be/PxT9dze7Ayw?...
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New industrial robots added in China last yr, 295,000; UK 2,500.
China has 567 robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers; UK 104 .
China investing 40.4% of GDP in productive assets; UK 18.2%.
UK won't win the economic race with neoliberalism or without state intervention.
archive.ph/DuZGe
China has 567 robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers; UK 104 .
China investing 40.4% of GDP in productive assets; UK 18.2%.
UK won't win the economic race with neoliberalism or without state intervention.
archive.ph/DuZGe
archive.ph
October 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
New industrial robots added in China last yr, 295,000; UK 2,500.
China has 567 robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers; UK 104 .
China investing 40.4% of GDP in productive assets; UK 18.2%.
UK won't win the economic race with neoliberalism or without state intervention.
archive.ph/DuZGe
China has 567 robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers; UK 104 .
China investing 40.4% of GDP in productive assets; UK 18.2%.
UK won't win the economic race with neoliberalism or without state intervention.
archive.ph/DuZGe
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Trump has decided to invoke the Insurrection Act at the right moment, thus paving the way for martial law. The Democrats are proposing no resistance. Dictatorship can only be prevented by the working class in the struggle for socialism. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Operation Dictatorship: Trump is poised to invoke the Insurrection Act
On Wednesday, NBC News reported that the Trump administration is actively preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act, which provides the military the authority to conduct law enforcement operations with...
www.wsws.org
October 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Trump has decided to invoke the Insurrection Act at the right moment, thus paving the way for martial law. The Democrats are proposing no resistance. Dictatorship can only be prevented by the working class in the struggle for socialism. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Sugar is a killer but Fructose is worse - every where you shop in Supermarkets 90% of everything has sugar. Please watch the attached
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4DWK...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4DWK...
The Glucose Expert: The Only Proven Way To Lose Weight Fast! Calorie Counting Is A Load of BS!
YouTube video by The Diary Of A CEO
m.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Sugar is a killer but Fructose is worse - every where you shop in Supermarkets 90% of everything has sugar. Please watch the attached
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4DWK...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=4DWK...
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Every action has a reaction. Every pound the government spends becomes someone’s income, which creates tax, confidence and prosperity. Yet politicians and journalists still talk about spending as if it’s waste. In this video, I explain why that’s wrong.
youtu.be/tDOiRh15Wj0?...
youtu.be/tDOiRh15Wj0?...
Is your every financial move creating a hidden reaction?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
September 20, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Every action has a reaction. Every pound the government spends becomes someone’s income, which creates tax, confidence and prosperity. Yet politicians and journalists still talk about spending as if it’s waste. In this video, I explain why that’s wrong.
youtu.be/tDOiRh15Wj0?...
youtu.be/tDOiRh15Wj0?...
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Labour must choose. It can cling to rules that serve City orthodoxy and neoliberal dogma. Or it can recognise that investing in Britain’s future is not optional: it is the price of keeping our democracy alive.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/09...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/09...
Abandoning fiscal rules is the price of preserving democracy
Guardian journalist Helen Pidd, asked, after attending the far-right rally in London at the weekend, a simple but wholly appropriate question:
When the far right becomes the mainstream right, what lan...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
September 18, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Labour must choose. It can cling to rules that serve City orthodoxy and neoliberal dogma. Or it can recognise that investing in Britain’s future is not optional: it is the price of keeping our democracy alive.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/09...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/09...
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If you ever wondered where your hard-earned cash was going
A big chunk of it is into the pockets of shareholders of privatised public utilities
This is indefensible
Nationalise rail, buses, water, mail and energy NOW
Without compensation
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A big chunk of it is into the pockets of shareholders of privatised public utilities
This is indefensible
Nationalise rail, buses, water, mail and energy NOW
Without compensation
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation – study
Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If you ever wondered where your hard-earned cash was going
A big chunk of it is into the pockets of shareholders of privatised public utilities
This is indefensible
Nationalise rail, buses, water, mail and energy NOW
Without compensation
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A big chunk of it is into the pockets of shareholders of privatised public utilities
This is indefensible
Nationalise rail, buses, water, mail and energy NOW
Without compensation
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Its time to take everything back after UK Privatisation - I've had enough - years and years of exploitation - take it all back NOW!
I use to work in the Public Services Privatisation Unit a trade union based research unit - end it all now.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I use to work in the Public Services Privatisation Unit a trade union based research unit - end it all now.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation – study
Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Its time to take everything back after UK Privatisation - I've had enough - years and years of exploitation - take it all back NOW!
I use to work in the Public Services Privatisation Unit a trade union based research unit - end it all now.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I use to work in the Public Services Privatisation Unit a trade union based research unit - end it all now.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If we want to defeat the Fascists we must Rejoin the European Union.
This would be a step forward.
Rejoin the European Union!
This would be a step forward.
Rejoin the European Union!
September 15, 2025 at 7:19 AM
If we want to defeat the Fascists we must Rejoin the European Union.
This would be a step forward.
Rejoin the European Union!
This would be a step forward.
Rejoin the European Union!
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It's official,
the greediest MP
is still .... Nigel Farage!!!
the greediest MP
is still .... Nigel Farage!!!
September 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM
It's official,
the greediest MP
is still .... Nigel Farage!!!
the greediest MP
is still .... Nigel Farage!!!
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Now we can say which heatwave deaths have been directly the result of which oil giants
No excuses now not to sue the arses off them, and jail those at the top
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
No excuses now not to sue the arses off them, and jail those at the top
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time
Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Now we can say which heatwave deaths have been directly the result of which oil giants
No excuses now not to sue the arses off them, and jail those at the top
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
No excuses now not to sue the arses off them, and jail those at the top
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mandelson & Starmer what a bunch of fools they are - Fascists are on the march here in the UK - Reform a party of Fascists are knocking on our doors....and all they can think of is Epstein
Its time to go Starmer. Mandelson can disappear as well.
#Starmer #Mandelson
Its time to go Starmer. Mandelson can disappear as well.
#Starmer #Mandelson
September 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Mandelson & Starmer what a bunch of fools they are - Fascists are on the march here in the UK - Reform a party of Fascists are knocking on our doors....and all they can think of is Epstein
Its time to go Starmer. Mandelson can disappear as well.
#Starmer #Mandelson
Its time to go Starmer. Mandelson can disappear as well.
#Starmer #Mandelson
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Mandelson should be fucking COOKED
September 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Mandelson should be fucking COOKED
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Will people sacrifice the NHS to control migration? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/09... Farage will deliver attacks on migrants and ethnic minorities legally in this country, but he won't deliver for the NHS. Which will be people's real priority?
Will people sacrifice the NHS to control migration?
According to an opinion poll survey undertaken by Ipsos Mori in August, immigration is the biggest concern for people in the UK:
There is a curious dimension to this poll. Concern about immigration...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
September 4, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Will people sacrifice the NHS to control migration? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/09... Farage will deliver attacks on migrants and ethnic minorities legally in this country, but he won't deliver for the NHS. Which will be people's real priority?
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Why our idea of ‘capital’ is all wrong youtu.be/Rf30E9qkIvI?... We talk about capital as if it’s only money or machines, but that’s a dangerously narrow view. In this video, I unpack the six forms of capital we should value: productive, financial, human, natural, environmental, and societal.
Why our idea of ‘capital’ is all wrong
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
August 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Why our idea of ‘capital’ is all wrong youtu.be/Rf30E9qkIvI?... We talk about capital as if it’s only money or machines, but that’s a dangerously narrow view. In this video, I unpack the six forms of capital we should value: productive, financial, human, natural, environmental, and societal.
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Not one Al Jazeera journalist left…
All systematically murdered by a regime desperate to conceal the truth
And while many of their western counterparts and media figures (who are safe and salaried) choose silence and complicity.
All systematically murdered by a regime desperate to conceal the truth
And while many of their western counterparts and media figures (who are safe and salaried) choose silence and complicity.
August 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Not one Al Jazeera journalist left…
All systematically murdered by a regime desperate to conceal the truth
And while many of their western counterparts and media figures (who are safe and salaried) choose silence and complicity.
All systematically murdered by a regime desperate to conceal the truth
And while many of their western counterparts and media figures (who are safe and salaried) choose silence and complicity.
Reposted by @colcraster
The benefit of benefits www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08... There are few things in life that are more straightforward than the economics of paying benefits to those who need them.
The fact every politician should know is that paying benefits can, and often does, pay for itself.
The fact every politician should know is that paying benefits can, and often does, pay for itself.
The benefit of benefits – and why wealth floods-up
There are very few things in life that are more straightforward than the economics of paying benefits to those who need them.
The simple, straightforward, obvious fact that should be known to every p...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
August 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The benefit of benefits www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/08... There are few things in life that are more straightforward than the economics of paying benefits to those who need them.
The fact every politician should know is that paying benefits can, and often does, pay for itself.
The fact every politician should know is that paying benefits can, and often does, pay for itself.
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing.
The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
you.38degrees.org.uk
August 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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I’ve spent 50 years studying profit as an accountant, economist, and political economist. And here’s the truth: almost no one understands what profit really is, least of all mainstream economists. In this video, I explain why.
youtu.be/cqfsHR6z3go?...
youtu.be/cqfsHR6z3go?...
Is profit really the best measure of business success?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
August 5, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I’ve spent 50 years studying profit as an accountant, economist, and political economist. And here’s the truth: almost no one understands what profit really is, least of all mainstream economists. In this video, I explain why.
youtu.be/cqfsHR6z3go?...
youtu.be/cqfsHR6z3go?...
Privatisation broke our water system.
@compassoffice.bksy.social have a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@compassoffice.bksy.social have a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
July 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Privatisation broke our water system.
@compassoffice.bksy.social have a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@compassoffice.bksy.social have a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
Privatisation broke our water system.
@compassoffice.bksy.social have a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@compassoffice.bksy.social have a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
July 27, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Privatisation broke our water system.
@compassoffice.bksy.social have a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@compassoffice.bksy.social have a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
Privatisation broke our water system.
@compassoffice.bksy.social have a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@compassoffice.bksy.social have a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
July 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Privatisation broke our water system.
@compassoffice.bksy.social have a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
@compassoffice.bksy.social have a people-first, evidence-based alternative, and I’m backing it.
Add your name to the People’s Plan for Water: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/water-belongs-to-all-of-us-back-the-peoples-plan-for-water?source=bluesky&
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Dear @UKLabour,
No matter what good you do domestically
For so many of us, it won’t matter one tiny bit
You will forever be the party complicit in genocide.
No matter what good you do domestically
For so many of us, it won’t matter one tiny bit
You will forever be the party complicit in genocide.
July 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Dear @UKLabour,
No matter what good you do domestically
For so many of us, it won’t matter one tiny bit
You will forever be the party complicit in genocide.
No matter what good you do domestically
For so many of us, it won’t matter one tiny bit
You will forever be the party complicit in genocide.
Reposted by @colcraster
READ MY LIPS!!
Nuclear is absolutely NOT essential to reaching net zero in 2050
This is - in fact - a lie
And fear is nowhere near the top of reasons for not embracing nuclear. There are plenty more - see mine and others previous posts
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Nuclear is absolutely NOT essential to reaching net zero in 2050
This is - in fact - a lie
And fear is nowhere near the top of reasons for not embracing nuclear. There are plenty more - see mine and others previous posts
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Can we afford to be afraid of nuclear power?
Not only is nuclear essential if we want to reach net zero – it’s the key to tackling poverty, too
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
READ MY LIPS!!
Nuclear is absolutely NOT essential to reaching net zero in 2050
This is - in fact - a lie
And fear is nowhere near the top of reasons for not embracing nuclear. There are plenty more - see mine and others previous posts
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Nuclear is absolutely NOT essential to reaching net zero in 2050
This is - in fact - a lie
And fear is nowhere near the top of reasons for not embracing nuclear. There are plenty more - see mine and others previous posts
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Reposted by @colcraster
