@dundonaldpatrick.bsky.social
Ex emergency service member. Ex Labour member. Let’s help the world live in peace and harmony.
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Reeves’ problem is obvious: you can’t iron out the imbalances in an economy as unequal as ours only using the tax system.
The rich don’t just have too much wealth; they have too much power – and they’re using it to capture our democratic institutions.
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The rich don’t just have too much wealth; they have too much power – and they’re using it to capture our democratic institutions.
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Rachel Reeves is living on another planet
A country in crisis and a government in denial.
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November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reeves’ problem is obvious: you can’t iron out the imbalances in an economy as unequal as ours only using the tax system.
The rich don’t just have too much wealth; they have too much power – and they’re using it to capture our democratic institutions.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The rich don’t just have too much wealth; they have too much power – and they’re using it to capture our democratic institutions.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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I'm old enough to remember Labour suspending its own MPs who voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I'm old enough to remember Labour suspending its own MPs who voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Aiming weapons at American citizens.
That’s Trump’s IDF ICE.
That’s Trump’s IDF ICE.
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Aiming weapons at American citizens.
That’s Trump’s IDF ICE.
That’s Trump’s IDF ICE.
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We allc an see what is going on
Plus - who has mentioned the Epstein files this week??
Plus - who has mentioned the Epstein files this week??
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We allc an see what is going on
Plus - who has mentioned the Epstein files this week??
Plus - who has mentioned the Epstein files this week??
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One of the judges in the Palestine Action case, Jonathan Swift, has written that his “favourite clients were the security and intelligence agencies” when representing the government.
He has previously defended the Defence and Home Secretaries.
www.declassifieduk.org/judge-who-ru...
He has previously defended the Defence and Home Secretaries.
www.declassifieduk.org/judge-who-ru...
Judge who ruled against Assange built career as barrister defending U.K. government
Jonathan Swift, the High Court judge who has just rejected Julian Assange’s attempt to halt his extradition to the US, is the government’s former top lawyer and previously defended the Defence and Hom...
www.declassifieduk.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
One of the judges in the Palestine Action case, Jonathan Swift, has written that his “favourite clients were the security and intelligence agencies” when representing the government.
He has previously defended the Defence and Home Secretaries.
www.declassifieduk.org/judge-who-ru...
He has previously defended the Defence and Home Secretaries.
www.declassifieduk.org/judge-who-ru...
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If we don't have room in the world for people like Korben, a 16-year-old from Norfolk whose 2022 pure prom perfection was met with huge cheers from classmates and teachers alike, then we are a sadly diminished society.
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
If we don't have room in the world for people like Korben, a 16-year-old from Norfolk whose 2022 pure prom perfection was met with huge cheers from classmates and teachers alike, then we are a sadly diminished society.
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WTF America?
Who voted for this?
WHo intends to stop it???
Who voted for this?
WHo intends to stop it???
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
WTF America?
Who voted for this?
WHo intends to stop it???
Who voted for this?
WHo intends to stop it???
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Labour seems frozen by “twin fears…that swing voters would freak out if they thought Reeves was a tax-and-spend fiend or Starmer might smuggle remainer convictions into Downing St”
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all | Rafael Behr
Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Labour seems frozen by “twin fears…that swing voters would freak out if they thought Reeves was a tax-and-spend fiend or Starmer might smuggle remainer convictions into Downing St”
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
But, the foreign state that benefits most from Brexit inaction is Putin’s Russia.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How wonderful to hear a leftwing - actually any UK politician able to argue properly. @zackpolanski.bsky.social is the future.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social wants to introduce a wealth tax of 1% on assets of over £10m & 2% on assets over £1bn & if the super rich want to leave the UK because they are being taxed a tiny amount more then we should wave them goodbye
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
Thatcherite John Redwood says 1% isn't a tiny amount.
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
How wonderful to hear a leftwing - actually any UK politician able to argue properly. @zackpolanski.bsky.social is the future.
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This is ghastly. Labour needs to go at this point.
The governments latest proposals have been slammed by senior lawyers, who said they would not reduce court backlogs and could “destroy justice as we know it”
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This is ghastly. Labour needs to go at this point.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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The UK Foreign Office makes a call to "ensure those subject to ICC [arrest] warrants are surrendered".
Provided they're Libyan not Israeli.
Provided they're Libyan not Israeli.
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The UK Foreign Office makes a call to "ensure those subject to ICC [arrest] warrants are surrendered".
Provided they're Libyan not Israeli.
Provided they're Libyan not Israeli.
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2024 Biden: "Hmmm… I had better pass a bill through Congress that ties the next President's hands so that he cannot leave NATO"
2025 Starmer: "Hmmm… I had better get rid of trial by jury & make sure that the voting system remains a capricious crap shoot"
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2025 Starmer: "Hmmm… I had better get rid of trial by jury & make sure that the voting system remains a capricious crap shoot"
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"Labour are happily - gleefully - building up the infrastructure an authoritarian regime would find useful. It's a good job a right wing extremist party isn't topping the polls and stands no chance of winning the next election."
Labour's Continued Attacks on Liberty
Here is a story that won't stick in the headlines for more than a day. David Lammy has unveiled plans to curtail the right to jury trial for...
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
2024 Biden: "Hmmm… I had better pass a bill through Congress that ties the next President's hands so that he cannot leave NATO"
2025 Starmer: "Hmmm… I had better get rid of trial by jury & make sure that the voting system remains a capricious crap shoot"
bsky.app/profile/phil...
2025 Starmer: "Hmmm… I had better get rid of trial by jury & make sure that the voting system remains a capricious crap shoot"
bsky.app/profile/phil...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 President Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to accelerate purchases of US goods.
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇨🇳 President Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to accelerate purchases of US goods.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Haha yes!
“Our mid-term goal should be the complete phase-out of Microsoft products, including the Windows operating system. It’s easier than it sounds.”
A cross-party group of lawmakers are pushing for the European Parliament to get off US tech, starting with Microsoft.
A cross-party group of lawmakers are pushing for the European Parliament to get off US tech, starting with Microsoft.
Get us off Microsoft! Lawmakers press EU Parliament to change in-house IT.
“We cannot afford this level of dependence on foreign tech,” lawmakers say in letter obtained by POLITICO.
www.politico.eu
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Haha yes!
Another government stitch up. Time to let them know what we think.
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
Review judge pulled from Palestine Action hearing at last hour, in patent stitch-up
Having a ruling from a panel of three judges is a desperate attempt to create a veneer of judicial authority in support of the actions of Keir Starmer's outlaw government
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Another government stitch up. Time to let them know what we think.
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
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I’m sitting down to write an emergency newsletter, because I don’t think this NHS PFI announcement is the end-point. In fact, I think that NHS privatisation is about to be super-charged…🚨
(And my husband brought me this👇!)
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(And my husband brought me this👇!)
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November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I’m sitting down to write an emergency newsletter, because I don’t think this NHS PFI announcement is the end-point. In fact, I think that NHS privatisation is about to be super-charged…🚨
(And my husband brought me this👇!)
Sign up here:
jujuliagrace.substack.com
(And my husband brought me this👇!)
Sign up here:
jujuliagrace.substack.com
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Fight for human rights and civil liberties or lose them. This fascist government is an enemy of the people.
Then: David Lammy said: "Jury trials are a fundamental part of our democratic settlement. Criminal trials without juries are a bad idea."
Now: A leaked memo from Justice Secretary David Lammy said that there was “no right” to jury trials & suggested only having juries for murder and rape cases!
Now: A leaked memo from Justice Secretary David Lammy said that there was “no right” to jury trials & suggested only having juries for murder and rape cases!
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Fight for human rights and civil liberties or lose them. This fascist government is an enemy of the people.
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Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
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The bulk of Gaza's agricultural land, water processing sites and natural resources are in the Israeli occupied area.
The 2 million Palestinian population is contained within the rubble of the urban areas
The 2 million Palestinian population is contained within the rubble of the urban areas
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The bulk of Gaza's agricultural land, water processing sites and natural resources are in the Israeli occupied area.
The 2 million Palestinian population is contained within the rubble of the urban areas
The 2 million Palestinian population is contained within the rubble of the urban areas