Gordon Taylor
@gordontaylor.bsky.social
Born again Christian, believer in Scottish independence and socialist. Green Party member. Pro European. Republican.
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Winter rain kills Palestinian amid Gaza’s shattered infrastructure - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/winter-rain-kills-palestinian-amid-gazas-shattered-infrastructure
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="330" data-start="155">At least one Palestinian was killed and several others are injured after part of a residential building collapses in Gaza City during heavy rainfall, Gaza’s Civil Defence says.</p>
<p data-end="509" data-start="332">Civil defence crews recover the body from beneath the rubble of a partially collapsed home in the Shati refugee camp, while rescuers pull several wounded people from the debris.</p>
<p data-end="716" data-start="511">Witnesses say strong winds and torrential rain have flooded or torn apart thousands of tents housing displaced families since Monday evening, leaving people exposed to the elements with nowhere safe to go.</p>
<p data-end="918" data-start="718">The latest death comes as Gaza’s civilian infrastructure, devastated by years of Israeli bombardment, with damaged buildings increasingly at risk of collapse.</p>
<p data-end="1155" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="920">Aid workers warn that Israel’s destruction of homes, combined with its siege and restrictions on shelter materials, has turned winter storms into another deadly threat for Palestinians already living through a humanitarian catastrophe.</p>
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December 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Winter rain kills Palestinian amid Gaza’s shattered infrastructure - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/winter-rain-kills-palestinian-amid-gazas-shattered-infrastructure
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Susanna Reid "More than half of year 2 doctors have no job to go to next month"
Who cares most about the NHS? Is it the doctors who work in it & deliver for patients or is it Wes Streeting, a politician who's taken huge amounts of cash from the private healthcare sector? #GMB
Who cares most about the NHS? Is it the doctors who work in it & deliver for patients or is it Wes Streeting, a politician who's taken huge amounts of cash from the private healthcare sector? #GMB
December 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Susanna Reid "More than half of year 2 doctors have no job to go to next month"
Who cares most about the NHS? Is it the doctors who work in it & deliver for patients or is it Wes Streeting, a politician who's taken huge amounts of cash from the private healthcare sector? #GMB
Who cares most about the NHS? Is it the doctors who work in it & deliver for patients or is it Wes Streeting, a politician who's taken huge amounts of cash from the private healthcare sector? #GMB
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MPs at Westminster laughed as a Labour Minister rejected a meeting with the families and legal teams of Palestine Action prisoners who are currently on hunger strike 👇
December 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
MPs at Westminster laughed as a Labour Minister rejected a meeting with the families and legal teams of Palestine Action prisoners who are currently on hunger strike 👇
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Inequality is not an accident. It is not natural. And it is not inevitable.
According to the United Nations’ World Inequality Report, inequality results from deliberate political and institutional choices.
The question is, why do our politicians perpetuate it?
youtu.be/yW3EhTUG4lw?...
According to the United Nations’ World Inequality Report, inequality results from deliberate political and institutional choices.
The question is, why do our politicians perpetuate it?
youtu.be/yW3EhTUG4lw?...
Inequality is a political choice – and the UK keeps choosing it
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Inequality is not an accident. It is not natural. And it is not inevitable.
According to the United Nations’ World Inequality Report, inequality results from deliberate political and institutional choices.
The question is, why do our politicians perpetuate it?
youtu.be/yW3EhTUG4lw?...
According to the United Nations’ World Inequality Report, inequality results from deliberate political and institutional choices.
The question is, why do our politicians perpetuate it?
youtu.be/yW3EhTUG4lw?...
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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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December 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Our energy security, lower bills and secure jobs depend upon clean renewable power
So today I've written to Ed Miliband, calling on him to:
❌ #StopRosebank and Jackdaw oil fields
❌ End tax breaks for fossil fuel companies
✅ Fund a Jobs Guarantee for oil and gas workers
…
So today I've written to Ed Miliband, calling on him to:
❌ #StopRosebank and Jackdaw oil fields
❌ End tax breaks for fossil fuel companies
✅ Fund a Jobs Guarantee for oil and gas workers
…
December 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Our energy security, lower bills and secure jobs depend upon clean renewable power
So today I've written to Ed Miliband, calling on him to:
❌ #StopRosebank and Jackdaw oil fields
❌ End tax breaks for fossil fuel companies
✅ Fund a Jobs Guarantee for oil and gas workers
…
So today I've written to Ed Miliband, calling on him to:
❌ #StopRosebank and Jackdaw oil fields
❌ End tax breaks for fossil fuel companies
✅ Fund a Jobs Guarantee for oil and gas workers
…
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The Bondi Beach attack: How western allies are enabling Netanyahu's grotesque logic.
Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/bond...
Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/bond...
Bondi Beach attack: How western allies are enabling Netanyahu's grotesque logic
The Israeli prime minister is blaming Australia for fuelling 'antisemitism' by recognising Palestine - and mainstream media are all too keen to air his views
www.middleeasteye.net
December 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The Bondi Beach attack: How western allies are enabling Netanyahu's grotesque logic.
Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/bond...
Read my latest here: www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/bond...
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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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PMUK's Julia Davies reviewed the papers on Sky News this morning discussing everything from charity shops, to chocolate and of course, taxing the super-rich.
December 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
PMUK's Julia Davies reviewed the papers on Sky News this morning discussing everything from charity shops, to chocolate and of course, taxing the super-rich.
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Wealth taxes aren't some wild, untested idea.
In fact, they already have them in 🇫🇷 France to 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇪🇸 Spain, and 🇨🇭Switzerland.
Here's what we can learn from them.
In fact, they already have them in 🇫🇷 France to 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇪🇸 Spain, and 🇨🇭Switzerland.
Here's what we can learn from them.
December 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Wealth taxes aren't some wild, untested idea.
In fact, they already have them in 🇫🇷 France to 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇪🇸 Spain, and 🇨🇭Switzerland.
Here's what we can learn from them.
In fact, they already have them in 🇫🇷 France to 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇪🇸 Spain, and 🇨🇭Switzerland.
Here's what we can learn from them.
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"The moderate increases in taxation that were being talked about, they don't make any difference whatsoever to wealthy people." -Julia Davies, Member of Patriotic Millionaires UK
#TaxWealthNotWork #TaxTheSuperRich
#TaxWealthNotWork #TaxTheSuperRich
December 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"The moderate increases in taxation that were being talked about, they don't make any difference whatsoever to wealthy people." -Julia Davies, Member of Patriotic Millionaires UK
#TaxWealthNotWork #TaxTheSuperRich
#TaxWealthNotWork #TaxTheSuperRich
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SHOCKING: 7 Palestine Action activists have been on HUNGER STRIKE for as long as 30 DAYS.
The activists have been denied bail, and could be held for over two years before their trial.
WHY is no one talking about this?!
#PalestineAction #RightToProtest #UK #news #politics
The activists have been denied bail, and could be held for over two years before their trial.
WHY is no one talking about this?!
#PalestineAction #RightToProtest #UK #news #politics
December 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
SHOCKING: 7 Palestine Action activists have been on HUNGER STRIKE for as long as 30 DAYS.
The activists have been denied bail, and could be held for over two years before their trial.
WHY is no one talking about this?!
#PalestineAction #RightToProtest #UK #news #politics
The activists have been denied bail, and could be held for over two years before their trial.
WHY is no one talking about this?!
#PalestineAction #RightToProtest #UK #news #politics
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This SUCCESS story is PROOF - we can build a future without climate-wrecking fossil fuels.
A greener, fairer world is possible.
#climateaction #climatecrisis #renewables #goodnews #hope
A greener, fairer world is possible.
#climateaction #climatecrisis #renewables #goodnews #hope
December 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This SUCCESS story is PROOF - we can build a future without climate-wrecking fossil fuels.
A greener, fairer world is possible.
#climateaction #climatecrisis #renewables #goodnews #hope
A greener, fairer world is possible.
#climateaction #climatecrisis #renewables #goodnews #hope
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Thanks to perseverance and people power, offshore wind went from a niche idea to the backbone of the UK power grid.
In the 25 years since the Blyth wind farm was built, the UK’s electricity has gone from being 74% fossil fuels in 2000, to 51% renewables in 2024.
In the 25 years since the Blyth wind farm was built, the UK’s electricity has gone from being 74% fossil fuels in 2000, to 51% renewables in 2024.
December 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Thanks to perseverance and people power, offshore wind went from a niche idea to the backbone of the UK power grid.
In the 25 years since the Blyth wind farm was built, the UK’s electricity has gone from being 74% fossil fuels in 2000, to 51% renewables in 2024.
In the 25 years since the Blyth wind farm was built, the UK’s electricity has gone from being 74% fossil fuels in 2000, to 51% renewables in 2024.
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Some GOOD NEWS: this week marks the 25th birthday of the UK’s FIRST offshore wind farm! 🥳🎂
25 years ago, offshore wind was still a risky, unproven idea.
Now, the UK leads the world in harnessing clean power from our coasts. 🧵
25 years ago, offshore wind was still a risky, unproven idea.
Now, the UK leads the world in harnessing clean power from our coasts. 🧵
December 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Some GOOD NEWS: this week marks the 25th birthday of the UK’s FIRST offshore wind farm! 🥳🎂
25 years ago, offshore wind was still a risky, unproven idea.
Now, the UK leads the world in harnessing clean power from our coasts. 🧵
25 years ago, offshore wind was still a risky, unproven idea.
Now, the UK leads the world in harnessing clean power from our coasts. 🧵
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But this one measure isn’t enough as 4.5 million children and 14.2 million people overall are living in poverty in the UK. The Government must go further and make poverty eradication its priority. Poverty is a political choice.
December 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
But this one measure isn’t enough as 4.5 million children and 14.2 million people overall are living in poverty in the UK. The Government must go further and make poverty eradication its priority. Poverty is a political choice.
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“Of course it f**cking is.”
This is Josh Widdicombe’s powerful response to those complaining about the Government scrapping the “two child limit” and helping bring an estimated 450,000 children out of poverty.
This is Josh Widdicombe’s powerful response to those complaining about the Government scrapping the “two child limit” and helping bring an estimated 450,000 children out of poverty.
December 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“Of course it f**cking is.”
This is Josh Widdicombe’s powerful response to those complaining about the Government scrapping the “two child limit” and helping bring an estimated 450,000 children out of poverty.
This is Josh Widdicombe’s powerful response to those complaining about the Government scrapping the “two child limit” and helping bring an estimated 450,000 children out of poverty.
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Human rights were built for hard times, not rewrites when it suits the Government.
Pushing to water down the European Convention on Human Rights on International Human Rights Day is a moral retreat, not a solution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Pushing to water down the European Convention on Human Rights on International Human Rights Day is a moral retreat, not a solution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer is lobbying Europe to join him in watering down the ECHR. This illiberalism will harm us all | Steve Valdez-Symonds
The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty, says Steve Valdez-Symonds, refugee and migrant rig...
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Human rights were built for hard times, not rewrites when it suits the Government.
Pushing to water down the European Convention on Human Rights on International Human Rights Day is a moral retreat, not a solution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Pushing to water down the European Convention on Human Rights on International Human Rights Day is a moral retreat, not a solution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Danish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allies.
Danes have it right. The US is not a reliable ally. It is using tariffs & military threats to secure dominance.
Europe needs closer economic & military cooperation.
Danes have it right. The US is not a reliable ally. It is using tariffs & military threats to secure dominance.
Europe needs closer economic & military cooperation.
Danish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allies
The US also listed as a threat due to its growing interest in Greenland, which is vital to America’s national security
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Danish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allies.
Danes have it right. The US is not a reliable ally. It is using tariffs & military threats to secure dominance.
Europe needs closer economic & military cooperation.
Danes have it right. The US is not a reliable ally. It is using tariffs & military threats to secure dominance.
Europe needs closer economic & military cooperation.
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UK Govt plan to reduce child poverty is welcome but that requires reduction in parental poverty.
That can't be done without equitable distribution of income and wealth, stronger trade unions, progressive taxation, decent housing, education, healthcare, jobs and sound economy.
Who will do that?
That can't be done without equitable distribution of income and wealth, stronger trade unions, progressive taxation, decent housing, education, healthcare, jobs and sound economy.
Who will do that?
To tackle child poverty the government must deal with parental poverty
Labour's child poverty strategy offers some welcome measures, but it won't address the factors keeping families trapped in poverty
leftfootforward.org
December 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
UK Govt plan to reduce child poverty is welcome but that requires reduction in parental poverty.
That can't be done without equitable distribution of income and wealth, stronger trade unions, progressive taxation, decent housing, education, healthcare, jobs and sound economy.
Who will do that?
That can't be done without equitable distribution of income and wealth, stronger trade unions, progressive taxation, decent housing, education, healthcare, jobs and sound economy.
Who will do that?
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60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity.
Top 10% earn more than the other 90%.
They control govts, means of production; inflict civil strife, deaths; thwart possibilities of democracy.
Tax the rich.
Top 10% earn more than the other 90%.
They control govts, means of production; inflict civil strife, deaths; thwart possibilities of democracy.
Tax the rich.
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 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity.
Top 10% earn more than the other 90%.
They control govts, means of production; inflict civil strife, deaths; thwart possibilities of democracy.
Tax the rich.
Top 10% earn more than the other 90%.
They control govts, means of production; inflict civil strife, deaths; thwart possibilities of democracy.
Tax the rich.
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Private equity firms preying on vets practices.
6 firms control 60% of UK practices. Same firms control pet food, insurance.
Wages down, fees up. Pet owners skipping meals to cover costs, hand pets to rescue organisations or euthanising them.
Change law. Only qualified vets to own vet practices.
6 firms control 60% of UK practices. Same firms control pet food, insurance.
Wages down, fees up. Pet owners skipping meals to cover costs, hand pets to rescue organisations or euthanising them.
Change law. Only qualified vets to own vet practices.
‘Fat cats’ preying on veterinary practices
Senedd hears private equity firms have been accused of collaring the market in a corporate 'feeding frenzy' that has seen local, independent vets…
www.southwalesargus.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Private equity firms preying on vets practices.
6 firms control 60% of UK practices. Same firms control pet food, insurance.
Wages down, fees up. Pet owners skipping meals to cover costs, hand pets to rescue organisations or euthanising them.
Change law. Only qualified vets to own vet practices.
6 firms control 60% of UK practices. Same firms control pet food, insurance.
Wages down, fees up. Pet owners skipping meals to cover costs, hand pets to rescue organisations or euthanising them.
Change law. Only qualified vets to own vet practices.
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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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Good that UK govt wants to lift 550,000 children out of poverty.
BUT 16m people, including 5.2m children, live in poverty.
24m people live below socially acceptable living standards.
Can't end child poverty without tackling parental poverty. Can't do that without reforming capitalism.
BUT 16m people, including 5.2m children, live in poverty.
24m people live below socially acceptable living standards.
Can't end child poverty without tackling parental poverty. Can't do that without reforming capitalism.
To tackle child poverty the government must deal with parental poverty
Labour's child poverty strategy offers some welcome measures, but it won't address the factors keeping families trapped in poverty
leftfootforward.org
December 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Good that UK govt wants to lift 550,000 children out of poverty.
BUT 16m people, including 5.2m children, live in poverty.
24m people live below socially acceptable living standards.
Can't end child poverty without tackling parental poverty. Can't do that without reforming capitalism.
BUT 16m people, including 5.2m children, live in poverty.
24m people live below socially acceptable living standards.
Can't end child poverty without tackling parental poverty. Can't do that without reforming capitalism.