@da1sy-alexander.bsky.social
Garden, environment, history. 51 years in building industry. Mum and grandma. Leaning leftward as I age. NHS, Social Care needs government investment.
Austerity and Brexit damaged our lives.
All taxes paid!
Austerity and Brexit damaged our lives.
All taxes paid!
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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From wealth hoarding and tax breaks for billionaires to unpaid care work and climate damage, the World Inequality Report paints a picture of an economic order tilted towards a tiny ultra-wealthy minority.
The 0.001% super-rich own triple the wealth of poorer half of humanity
From wealth hoarding and tax breaks for billionaires to unpaid care work and climate damage, the World Inequality Report paints a picture of an economic order tilted towards a tiny ultra-wealthy minority.
l.euronews.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
From wealth hoarding and tax breaks for billionaires to unpaid care work and climate damage, the World Inequality Report paints a picture of an economic order tilted towards a tiny ultra-wealthy minority.
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Kerber’s People: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Kerber’s People: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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So what if they weaken ECHR human rights protections? So what if they interpret protection from torture differently? Will that improve services? Help the NHS? Bring better food, air & education? Eradicate poverty?
Crushing rights is the most destructive distraction from the wrongs that need fixing.
Crushing rights is the most destructive distraction from the wrongs that need fixing.
December 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
So what if they weaken ECHR human rights protections? So what if they interpret protection from torture differently? Will that improve services? Help the NHS? Bring better food, air & education? Eradicate poverty?
Crushing rights is the most destructive distraction from the wrongs that need fixing.
Crushing rights is the most destructive distraction from the wrongs that need fixing.
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This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC.
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is what you don't hear every time this junktank appears on the BBC.
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
*Why not?*
Great exposure by Sam and @desmog.com
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🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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Fascinating to talk to Lord Heseltine for an in-depth chat about how his visit to Liverpool after the Toxteth riots in 1981 changed his career and his life.
He also slammed Farage and any Conservative following his "populist, prejudiced' playbook
This is a subscriber only piece 👇
He also slammed Farage and any Conservative following his "populist, prejudiced' playbook
This is a subscriber only piece 👇
Heseltine: Three days in Liverpool changed me forever
The former deputy prime minister on our city, Nigel Farage and a warning to the Tories
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Fascinating to talk to Lord Heseltine for an in-depth chat about how his visit to Liverpool after the Toxteth riots in 1981 changed his career and his life.
He also slammed Farage and any Conservative following his "populist, prejudiced' playbook
This is a subscriber only piece 👇
He also slammed Farage and any Conservative following his "populist, prejudiced' playbook
This is a subscriber only piece 👇
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National Populism: Puppets of Putin AND Trump?
A quick response to the new US National Security Strategy and its welcome in the Kremlin
A quick response to the new US National Security Strategy and its welcome in the Kremlin
National Populists: ‘Puppets of Putin AND Trump?'
A response to the new US National Security Strategy.
nationstateandpolitics.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
National Populism: Puppets of Putin AND Trump?
A quick response to the new US National Security Strategy and its welcome in the Kremlin
A quick response to the new US National Security Strategy and its welcome in the Kremlin
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Renewed free to read link. as.ft.com/r/2706dddc-f...
December 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Renewed free to read link. as.ft.com/r/2706dddc-f...
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"And tonight in 'Cutting off your nose to spite your face'...."
Tighter visa rules will cost UK up to £10.8bn
Home Office assessment shows impact of latest changes to immigration regime over next five years
www.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"And tonight in 'Cutting off your nose to spite your face'...."
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"The big question for Europe is: when are you gonna fight back, guys?" ask former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes.
"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...
"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...
December 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"The big question for Europe is: when are you gonna fight back, guys?" ask former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes.
"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...
"He doesn't respect you, he's interfering in your political affairs, he's talking shit...at some point stop lathering him with praise"
open.spotify.com/episode/6USY...
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The Nobel Institute said the Venezuelan opposition leader, who had been in hiding since last year’s elections, will be coming to Oslo after undertaking a journey “of extreme danger.”
Nobel Institute Says Peace Prize Winner Machado Will Not Attend Today’s Award Ceremony
The Nobel Institute said the Venezuelan opposition leader, who had been in hiding since last year’s elections, will be coming to Oslo after undertaking a journey “of extreme danger.”
www.forbes.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The Nobel Institute said the Venezuelan opposition leader, who had been in hiding since last year’s elections, will be coming to Oslo after undertaking a journey “of extreme danger.”
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So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
December 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
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Wealth inequality is increasing rapidly across the world - it's a threat to our democracies, our planet and our freedoms. That's why governments must tax us, the super-rich #TaxTheSuperRich
https://theguardian.pulse.ly/appmydcun4
https://theguardian.pulse.ly/appmydcun4
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
theguardian.pulse.ly
December 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Wealth inequality is increasing rapidly across the world - it's a threat to our democracies, our planet and our freedoms. That's why governments must tax us, the super-rich #TaxTheSuperRich
https://theguardian.pulse.ly/appmydcun4
https://theguardian.pulse.ly/appmydcun4
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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UK households cut spending at fastest pace in 5 years.
Average real wage stuck at 2008 level.
Energy, water, broadband, rents, grocery, dentist, vets prices rising at more than CPI.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't rebuild without redistribution.
Average real wage stuck at 2008 level.
Energy, water, broadband, rents, grocery, dentist, vets prices rising at more than CPI.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't rebuild without redistribution.
UK households cut spending at fastest pace in almost five years, says Barclays
Bank reports 1.1% drop in card spending despite Black Friday boost for retailers
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:29 AM
UK households cut spending at fastest pace in 5 years.
Average real wage stuck at 2008 level.
Energy, water, broadband, rents, grocery, dentist, vets prices rising at more than CPI.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't rebuild without redistribution.
Average real wage stuck at 2008 level.
Energy, water, broadband, rents, grocery, dentist, vets prices rising at more than CPI.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.
Can't rebuild without redistribution.
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Sharp surge in housebuilding needed to meet Govt target of 1.5m new homes in England.
Due to deindustrialization UK is the world's biggest importer of bricks, imports 30-40% of cement, lacks skilled labour.
Corporations buying new homes for renting. People can't afford them. Lack of social housing
Due to deindustrialization UK is the world's biggest importer of bricks, imports 30-40% of cement, lacks skilled labour.
Corporations buying new homes for renting. People can't afford them. Lack of social housing
Steve Reed admits sharp rise needed to hit 1.5m housing target
Housing Secretary Steve Reed tells the BBC's Build Baby Build ministers are
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Sharp surge in housebuilding needed to meet Govt target of 1.5m new homes in England.
Due to deindustrialization UK is the world's biggest importer of bricks, imports 30-40% of cement, lacks skilled labour.
Corporations buying new homes for renting. People can't afford them. Lack of social housing
Due to deindustrialization UK is the world's biggest importer of bricks, imports 30-40% of cement, lacks skilled labour.
Corporations buying new homes for renting. People can't afford them. Lack of social housing
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this is insane
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
this is insane
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Once more for the haters...
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Once more for the haters...
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Thames Water is teetering but wants to pay £2.5m bonus to execs.
Wants to bypass regulations by classifying bonuses as "retention payments".
Prices rose by 31%+ this year. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged.
Privatisation = Abuses and insanity.
archive.ph/zbbaQ
Wants to bypass regulations by classifying bonuses as "retention payments".
Prices rose by 31%+ this year. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged.
Privatisation = Abuses and insanity.
archive.ph/zbbaQ
archive.ph
December 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Thames Water is teetering but wants to pay £2.5m bonus to execs.
Wants to bypass regulations by classifying bonuses as "retention payments".
Prices rose by 31%+ this year. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged.
Privatisation = Abuses and insanity.
archive.ph/zbbaQ
Wants to bypass regulations by classifying bonuses as "retention payments".
Prices rose by 31%+ this year. Sewage dumped in rivers, leaks unplugged.
Privatisation = Abuses and insanity.
archive.ph/zbbaQ
Really interesting and depressing, no wonder young people are suffering from mental health issues.
The sick youth of Britain, by @willdunn.bsky.social . Workers cannot fund pensioners forever.
The sick youth of Britain
Workers can no longer fund pensioners
www.newstatesman.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Really interesting and depressing, no wonder young people are suffering from mental health issues.
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The sick youth of Britain, by @willdunn.bsky.social . Workers cannot fund pensioners forever.
The sick youth of Britain
Workers can no longer fund pensioners
www.newstatesman.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The sick youth of Britain, by @willdunn.bsky.social . Workers cannot fund pensioners forever.
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