Gregory Claeys
@gclaeyshistory.bsky.social
Historian of the future; utopia/dystopia; radicalism & socialism. Last book: Utopianism for a Dying Planet (Princeton UP, 2022)
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50%~31% => 19% don’t know/don’t care.
If you take them out of the calculation and count only those with an opinion (and much more likely to vote), that means a breakdown of:
62% to 38%
in favour of rejoining the European Union.
And this lead continues to grow slowly but steadily.
If you take them out of the calculation and count only those with an opinion (and much more likely to vote), that means a breakdown of:
62% to 38%
in favour of rejoining the European Union.
And this lead continues to grow slowly but steadily.
🔥 This is huge 🔥
NEW YouGov poll: British are now MORE pro-EU than France or Italy.
👉 50% would vote to be in the EU
👉 Only 31% want to stay out
👉 Strip away don’t knows 👉62–38 in favour of EU membership.
🔥 Brexit is no more and Parliament must catch up!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
NEW YouGov poll: British are now MORE pro-EU than France or Italy.
👉 50% would vote to be in the EU
👉 Only 31% want to stay out
👉 Strip away don’t knows 👉62–38 in favour of EU membership.
🔥 Brexit is no more and Parliament must catch up!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
British voters want to be part of EU more than French and Italians, poll reveals
Exclusive: Campaigners said Labour had to ‘catch up with public opinion’ as PM faces calls for closer ties to the EU after Brexit
www.independent.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 AM
50%~31% => 19% don’t know/don’t care.
If you take them out of the calculation and count only those with an opinion (and much more likely to vote), that means a breakdown of:
62% to 38%
in favour of rejoining the European Union.
And this lead continues to grow slowly but steadily.
If you take them out of the calculation and count only those with an opinion (and much more likely to vote), that means a breakdown of:
62% to 38%
in favour of rejoining the European Union.
And this lead continues to grow slowly but steadily.
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The 51st state.
Trump demands that the UK allows American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into its supermarkets.
UK already agreed to pay more for US drugs, reduced tax on private equity managers, considering cutting tax on tech companies.
'Tacking back control', someone said.
Trump demands that the UK allows American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into its supermarkets.
UK already agreed to pay more for US drugs, reduced tax on private equity managers, considering cutting tax on tech companies.
'Tacking back control', someone said.
Chlorinated chicken row as US seeks leverage over stalled UK tech pact
Britain is facing renewed pressure from the White House to allow American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into UK supermarkets.
www.farminguk.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The 51st state.
Trump demands that the UK allows American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into its supermarkets.
UK already agreed to pay more for US drugs, reduced tax on private equity managers, considering cutting tax on tech companies.
'Tacking back control', someone said.
Trump demands that the UK allows American chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated meat into its supermarkets.
UK already agreed to pay more for US drugs, reduced tax on private equity managers, considering cutting tax on tech companies.
'Tacking back control', someone said.
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3 year average temp above 1.5C.
1.7C predicted for 2027.
Risk assessors, insurers & scientists warn of imminent economic derailment & billions of deaths.
Weird that The Guardian don’t mention any of this in their economic outlook for 2026.
1.7C predicted for 2027.
Risk assessors, insurers & scientists warn of imminent economic derailment & billions of deaths.
Weird that The Guardian don’t mention any of this in their economic outlook for 2026.
Five charts that explain the global economic outlook for 2026
Inflation is predicted to cool but uncertainty over AI-driven growth and trade policy poses risks in the year ahead
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:12 AM
3 year average temp above 1.5C.
1.7C predicted for 2027.
Risk assessors, insurers & scientists warn of imminent economic derailment & billions of deaths.
Weird that The Guardian don’t mention any of this in their economic outlook for 2026.
1.7C predicted for 2027.
Risk assessors, insurers & scientists warn of imminent economic derailment & billions of deaths.
Weird that The Guardian don’t mention any of this in their economic outlook for 2026.
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“We won’t be able to fund the public services.....just by a wealth tax that affects the top 0.1% of the population""
Oh really?
50 UK families own 2/3rds of a trillion £
A one off windfall tax of 50 percent would raise more than £300 billion on these alone
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Oh really?
50 UK families own 2/3rds of a trillion £
A one off windfall tax of 50 percent would raise more than £300 billion on these alone
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:30 AM
“We won’t be able to fund the public services.....just by a wealth tax that affects the top 0.1% of the population""
Oh really?
50 UK families own 2/3rds of a trillion £
A one off windfall tax of 50 percent would raise more than £300 billion on these alone
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Oh really?
50 UK families own 2/3rds of a trillion £
A one off windfall tax of 50 percent would raise more than £300 billion on these alone
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Thank you majority: "According to the most recent edition of an annual Harris Poll, for the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy." You're right.
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thank you majority: "According to the most recent edition of an annual Harris Poll, for the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy." You're right.
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US puts £31bn tech ‘prosperity deal’ with Britain on ice.
Trump doesn't honour agreements. It's about dominance.
Demands that UK ends digital services tax on US tech companies and it's food safety rules which bar certain US agricultural products.
Say NO to Trump slavery. Better off joining the EU
Trump doesn't honour agreements. It's about dominance.
Demands that UK ends digital services tax on US tech companies and it's food safety rules which bar certain US agricultural products.
Say NO to Trump slavery. Better off joining the EU
US puts £31bn tech ‘prosperity deal’ with Britain on ice
Pledge to invest billions in UK paused, with Washington citing lack of progress on trade barriers across pond
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
US puts £31bn tech ‘prosperity deal’ with Britain on ice.
Trump doesn't honour agreements. It's about dominance.
Demands that UK ends digital services tax on US tech companies and it's food safety rules which bar certain US agricultural products.
Say NO to Trump slavery. Better off joining the EU
Trump doesn't honour agreements. It's about dominance.
Demands that UK ends digital services tax on US tech companies and it's food safety rules which bar certain US agricultural products.
Say NO to Trump slavery. Better off joining the EU
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One of the reasons universal basic income is so important is how it can directly distribute a share of GDP growth instead of relying on jobs to do it. Another reason UBI is important is because it increases bargaining power for everyone, which in turn will empower unions and function as strike pay.
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%
Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.
As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
December 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
One of the reasons universal basic income is so important is how it can directly distribute a share of GDP growth instead of relying on jobs to do it. Another reason UBI is important is because it increases bargaining power for everyone, which in turn will empower unions and function as strike pay.
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In 2026, the UK state pension age will rise to 67 from 66, fully implemented by 2028.
Rich retire whenever they want. The poor die at work, receive low pension, have shorter life.
Low wages = low private pension. Neoliberals want to cut state pension, inflict more misery on millions.
Rich retire whenever they want. The poor die at work, receive low pension, have shorter life.
Low wages = low private pension. Neoliberals want to cut state pension, inflict more misery on millions.
State pension age to increase to new threshold for millions of people
An increase in the age is on the horizon after it was announced more than a decade ago.
www.birminghammail.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
In 2026, the UK state pension age will rise to 67 from 66, fully implemented by 2028.
Rich retire whenever they want. The poor die at work, receive low pension, have shorter life.
Low wages = low private pension. Neoliberals want to cut state pension, inflict more misery on millions.
Rich retire whenever they want. The poor die at work, receive low pension, have shorter life.
Low wages = low private pension. Neoliberals want to cut state pension, inflict more misery on millions.
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"After Paris, came down to 3C....after Cop26 in Glasgow in 2021...... to about 2.8C. Today, the forecast stands at about 2.5C, IF ALL EXISTING PROMISES ARE FULFILLED"
These numbers might as well have been picked out of a hat
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
These numbers might as well have been picked out of a hat
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement
The watershed summit in 2015 was far from perfect, but its impact so far has been significant and measurable
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"After Paris, came down to 3C....after Cop26 in Glasgow in 2021...... to about 2.8C. Today, the forecast stands at about 2.5C, IF ALL EXISTING PROMISES ARE FULFILLED"
These numbers might as well have been picked out of a hat
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
These numbers might as well have been picked out of a hat
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Starmer has zero convincing arguments for a £1.6bn policy that wasn’t in the manifesto. But if you’re a billionaire Silicon Valley bro - as Blair’s financial patron, Larry Ellison is - building a centralised database has many enticing possibilities
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www.thenerve.news/p/digital-id...
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www.thenerve.news/p/digital-id...
If Keir Starmer's digital ID is the question, Tony Blair is the answer
The government's wildly unpopular new policy is backed by Britain’s wildly unpopular former PM. It’s also a techno-authoritarian’s wet dream, argues Carole Cadwalladr
www.thenerve.news
December 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Starmer has zero convincing arguments for a £1.6bn policy that wasn’t in the manifesto. But if you’re a billionaire Silicon Valley bro - as Blair’s financial patron, Larry Ellison is - building a centralised database has many enticing possibilities
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www.thenerve.news/p/digital-id...
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www.thenerve.news/p/digital-id...
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Why is Keir Starmer so hellbent on digital ID? Two words: Tony Blair.
At @thenerve_news we’ve tracked Blair’s influence - & his billionaire backer Larry Ellison - behind a policy that nobody asked for & almost nobody wants.
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At @thenerve_news we’ve tracked Blair’s influence - & his billionaire backer Larry Ellison - behind a policy that nobody asked for & almost nobody wants.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Why is Keir Starmer so hellbent on digital ID? Two words: Tony Blair.
At @thenerve_news we’ve tracked Blair’s influence - & his billionaire backer Larry Ellison - behind a policy that nobody asked for & almost nobody wants.
1/
At @thenerve_news we’ve tracked Blair’s influence - & his billionaire backer Larry Ellison - behind a policy that nobody asked for & almost nobody wants.
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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
December 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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Trump pointing to Xi Jinping’s “one vote” as a model of unity is an autocratic benchmark. Our Constitution deliberately rejects rule by decree. Democracy isn’t slow because it’s broken; it’s slow because power is shared.
#holdfast
#holdfast
Trump: "We have to be unified. China is unified because they have one vote -- that's President Xi. He says 'do it' and that's the end of that. We have a different system."
December 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Trump pointing to Xi Jinping’s “one vote” as a model of unity is an autocratic benchmark. Our Constitution deliberately rejects rule by decree. Democracy isn’t slow because it’s broken; it’s slow because power is shared.
#holdfast
#holdfast
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Terrifying.
White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
theintercept.com/2025/12/12/t...
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
theintercept.com/2025/12/12/t...
White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other queries.
theintercept.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Terrifying.
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Private hired guns
The secretive Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received £640,000+ from fossil fuel companies & Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and 2005.
The aim is to subvert public choices for the benefit of paymasters.
The secretive Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received £640,000+ from fossil fuel companies & Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and 2005.
The aim is to subvert public choices for the benefit of paymasters.
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 2:54 PM
Private hired guns
The secretive Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received £640,000+ from fossil fuel companies & Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and 2005.
The aim is to subvert public choices for the benefit of paymasters.
The secretive Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received £640,000+ from fossil fuel companies & Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and 2005.
The aim is to subvert public choices for the benefit of paymasters.
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@kamalaharris.com Won Election Interferences
Adam Zarnowski is the former CIA officer who said he did an NSA-authorized audit of the 2024 electi0n--and found that Kamala won 70% of the vote.
www.youtube.com/live/xDIQ11z...
Adam Zarnowski is the former CIA officer who said he did an NSA-authorized audit of the 2024 electi0n--and found that Kamala won 70% of the vote.
www.youtube.com/live/xDIQ11z...
December 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
@kamalaharris.com Won Election Interferences
Adam Zarnowski is the former CIA officer who said he did an NSA-authorized audit of the 2024 electi0n--and found that Kamala won 70% of the vote.
www.youtube.com/live/xDIQ11z...
Adam Zarnowski is the former CIA officer who said he did an NSA-authorized audit of the 2024 electi0n--and found that Kamala won 70% of the vote.
www.youtube.com/live/xDIQ11z...
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Zelenskyy refuses to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support
Zelenskyy refuses to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support
Zelenskyy refuses to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support
www.independent.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Zelenskyy refuses to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support
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Sounds about right...
December 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Sounds about right...
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Ukraine will not accept any peace deal requiring territorial concessions, Syrskyi tells UK broadcaster
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-will...
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-will...
Ukraine will not accept any peace deal requiring territorial concessions, Syrskyi tells UK broadcaster
“There are no pauses, no delays in (Russia's) operations. They keep pushing their troops forward to seize as much of our territory as possible under the cover of negotiations," Syrskyi said.
kyivindependent.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Ukraine will not accept any peace deal requiring territorial concessions, Syrskyi tells UK broadcaster
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-will...
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-will...
A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
you.38degrees.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A crypto investor just donated £9 million to the Reform Party. Right now, billionaires can pour unlimited money into our elections, effectively buying our democracy. Think that's wrong? Add your name to call for a cap on donations today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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A clarifying moment has arrived for we Europeans. Hope our leaders heed it. The US is not the friend of western liberal democracy.
Hi All, free weekend update is out. This was the best week for Ukraine/Europe since November 5, 2024. The new US Security Strategy confirms without a doubt that Trump is out to attack Europe (and cripple Ukraine). After months of a con, the truth is undeniable. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #162: The Best Week Since November 5, 2024
The Tomahawk Con: A Case Study: Pokrovsk And The Ranged War
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A clarifying moment has arrived for we Europeans. Hope our leaders heed it. The US is not the friend of western liberal democracy.
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The Kremlin is praising the new US security strategy.
Any questions?
Any questions?
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Kremlin is praising the new US security strategy.
Any questions?
Any questions?
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Covid fraud under the Tories cost the UK taxpayer £10.9bn.
VIP lanes and crony contracts.
Lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid scheme.
Money handed out for non-existent employees
Newly formed companies got public money
No competitive tenders
Poor checks on quality.
How much would be recovered?
VIP lanes and crony contracts.
Lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid scheme.
Money handed out for non-existent employees
Newly formed companies got public money
No competitive tenders
Poor checks on quality.
How much would be recovered?
Covid fraud under the Tories cost the taxpayer £10.9 billion
The counter-fraud and error measures during the pandemic under the Conservative Government were accused of being 'so lax they may as well have left the door wide open'
www.mirror.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Covid fraud under the Tories cost the UK taxpayer £10.9bn.
VIP lanes and crony contracts.
Lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid scheme.
Money handed out for non-existent employees
Newly formed companies got public money
No competitive tenders
Poor checks on quality.
How much would be recovered?
VIP lanes and crony contracts.
Lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid scheme.
Money handed out for non-existent employees
Newly formed companies got public money
No competitive tenders
Poor checks on quality.
How much would be recovered?
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Forthcoming: Seven hitherto unpublished papers by István Hont in "Political Economy from Pufendorf to Marx: Culture, Needs, and Property Rights" (@universitypress.cambridge.org), ed. Lasse S. Andersen with Béla Kapoussy and Richard Whatmore @standrewsiih.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
December 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Forthcoming: Seven hitherto unpublished papers by István Hont in "Political Economy from Pufendorf to Marx: Culture, Needs, and Property Rights" (@universitypress.cambridge.org), ed. Lasse S. Andersen with Béla Kapoussy and Richard Whatmore @standrewsiih.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...