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"Several miles over the madness horizon and accelerating..." (Terry Pratchett)
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Again: 'immigration' is not a real political topic.
'Immigration' is a container, for all of the problems of late stage neoliberalism - underfunded public services, degraded housing, low pay, social disintegration etc - all packaged together, and blamed on the very least powerful people in society.
'Immigration' is a container, for all of the problems of late stage neoliberalism - underfunded public services, degraded housing, low pay, social disintegration etc - all packaged together, and blamed on the very least powerful people in society.
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Again: 'immigration' is not a real political topic.
'Immigration' is a container, for all of the problems of late stage neoliberalism - underfunded public services, degraded housing, low pay, social disintegration etc - all packaged together, and blamed on the very least powerful people in society.
'Immigration' is a container, for all of the problems of late stage neoliberalism - underfunded public services, degraded housing, low pay, social disintegration etc - all packaged together, and blamed on the very least powerful people in society.
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Budget 2025.
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Budget 2025.
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
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April 2022 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
April 2031 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
Should be about £16,970.
Meaning every person earning £16,970 or more is paying £1,231.86 more in tax.
Threshold freezes are a tax on the poorest.
April 2031 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
Should be about £16,970.
Meaning every person earning £16,970 or more is paying £1,231.86 more in tax.
Threshold freezes are a tax on the poorest.
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
April 2022 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
April 2031 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
Should be about £16,970.
Meaning every person earning £16,970 or more is paying £1,231.86 more in tax.
Threshold freezes are a tax on the poorest.
April 2031 Income Tax Threshold £12,570
Should be about £16,970.
Meaning every person earning £16,970 or more is paying £1,231.86 more in tax.
Threshold freezes are a tax on the poorest.
A great thread which clearly illustrates the *reality* of the current motability system, and helps to show why I wholeheartedly believe that Reeves' changes are performative appeasement measures with zero positive impact, but which do continue to harm and demonise vulnerable groups.
#Motability
#Motability
Pretty clear from some of the commentary on Motability that a lot of people don’t understand:
(a) what PIP or its eligibility criteria are
(b) that it’s first and foremost a cash benefit (even the mobility component)
(c) that if you opt for a more expensive car under Motability you pay the excess
(a) what PIP or its eligibility criteria are
(b) that it’s first and foremost a cash benefit (even the mobility component)
(c) that if you opt for a more expensive car under Motability you pay the excess
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
A great thread which clearly illustrates the *reality* of the current motability system, and helps to show why I wholeheartedly believe that Reeves' changes are performative appeasement measures with zero positive impact, but which do continue to harm and demonise vulnerable groups.
#Motability
#Motability
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Civil liberties and human rights are worth fighting for. Once they are gone, they are hard to get back. Everyone should be up in arms about Starmer's clearly fascist and totalitarian government.
"This is the third weekend that action has taken place in support of Palestine Action since the group was banned by the govt... critics have said that this contains some very worrying effects for freedom of speech & the right to civil disobedience"
Sonia Gallego reporting
Sonia Gallego reporting
July 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Civil liberties and human rights are worth fighting for. Once they are gone, they are hard to get back. Everyone should be up in arms about Starmer's clearly fascist and totalitarian government.
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Melanie Phillips' vile anti-Palestinian, anti-Islam rant - and why it must be challenged:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajBR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajBR...
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Melanie Phillips' vile anti-Palestinian, anti-Islam rant - and why it must be challenged:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajBR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajBR...
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this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
this is amazing news - the HPV vaccine promises to eliminate cervical cancer in countries where uptake is high.
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If you are eligible for the mobility component of PIP and you want to spend *your own money on top of that* on having a nicer modified car, why shouldn't you? Should screen readers only work on Chromebooks?
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If you are eligible for the mobility component of PIP and you want to spend *your own money on top of that* on having a nicer modified car, why shouldn't you? Should screen readers only work on Chromebooks?
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Love this accepted mantra of "you can't tax your way to growth"... Yes you can, and it's what happened in every developed nation during the high point of the mid 20th century when growth was consistently higher than the last 45 years of low tax low spend neoliberalism.
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Love this accepted mantra of "you can't tax your way to growth"... Yes you can, and it's what happened in every developed nation during the high point of the mid 20th century when growth was consistently higher than the last 45 years of low tax low spend neoliberalism.
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The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
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UPDATE - ARRESTS
Arrests are so slow so far that after two hours only a handful of around 150 peaceful sign-holders have been removed from the pavement.
Prepared for the long-haul, the foil blankets and chocolate biscuits have come out. #Terrorism
Arrests are so slow so far that after two hours only a handful of around 150 peaceful sign-holders have been removed from the pavement.
Prepared for the long-haul, the foil blankets and chocolate biscuits have come out. #Terrorism
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
UPDATE - ARRESTS
Arrests are so slow so far that after two hours only a handful of around 150 peaceful sign-holders have been removed from the pavement.
Prepared for the long-haul, the foil blankets and chocolate biscuits have come out. #Terrorism
Arrests are so slow so far that after two hours only a handful of around 150 peaceful sign-holders have been removed from the pavement.
Prepared for the long-haul, the foil blankets and chocolate biscuits have come out. #Terrorism
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How easily they are persuaded🙄
470,000 children lifted out of poverty, but 1 million in poverty rather than absolute poverty and 4.1 million remain there. Frozen Housing benefits, welfare cuts and keeping the frozen tax threshold will mean more children are likely to fall in to poverty in future
470,000 children lifted out of poverty, but 1 million in poverty rather than absolute poverty and 4.1 million remain there. Frozen Housing benefits, welfare cuts and keeping the frozen tax threshold will mean more children are likely to fall in to poverty in future
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap in full will lift hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty over the course of this Parliament.
A major victory for all the families who have suffered hardship because of it and all those who campaigned for so long to end it.
A major victory for all the families who have suffered hardship because of it and all those who campaigned for so long to end it.
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
How easily they are persuaded🙄
470,000 children lifted out of poverty, but 1 million in poverty rather than absolute poverty and 4.1 million remain there. Frozen Housing benefits, welfare cuts and keeping the frozen tax threshold will mean more children are likely to fall in to poverty in future
470,000 children lifted out of poverty, but 1 million in poverty rather than absolute poverty and 4.1 million remain there. Frozen Housing benefits, welfare cuts and keeping the frozen tax threshold will mean more children are likely to fall in to poverty in future
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Tomorrow the largest workers union in Norway, LO, has called their members out for a political strike against the Norwegian Oil Fund's continued investments in Israel and in support of Palestine.
Other workers unions will join in too.
Well done all who join the strike.
Other workers unions will join in too.
Well done all who join the strike.
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Tomorrow the largest workers union in Norway, LO, has called their members out for a political strike against the Norwegian Oil Fund's continued investments in Israel and in support of Palestine.
Other workers unions will join in too.
Well done all who join the strike.
Other workers unions will join in too.
Well done all who join the strike.
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“The Motability scheme was set up to protect the most vulnerable. Not to subsidise the lease on a Mercedes Benz,” Reeves says.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
“The Motability scheme was set up to protect the most vulnerable. Not to subsidise the lease on a Mercedes Benz,” Reeves says.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
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Take a minute.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Take a minute.
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Farage is speaking at Venue Cymru tonight.
Last revamped in 2018 with £1.8 million of EU development money and another £1 million in business development cash.
Original development also received significant EU funding.
Farage, by contrast, will give Llandudno nothing but hot air and lies.
Last revamped in 2018 with £1.8 million of EU development money and another £1 million in business development cash.
Original development also received significant EU funding.
Farage, by contrast, will give Llandudno nothing but hot air and lies.
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Farage is speaking at Venue Cymru tonight.
Last revamped in 2018 with £1.8 million of EU development money and another £1 million in business development cash.
Original development also received significant EU funding.
Farage, by contrast, will give Llandudno nothing but hot air and lies.
Last revamped in 2018 with £1.8 million of EU development money and another £1 million in business development cash.
Original development also received significant EU funding.
Farage, by contrast, will give Llandudno nothing but hot air and lies.
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MSM report Israel’s bombing of Beirut – with no mention of ceasefire breach www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
MSM report Israel's bombing of Beirut - with no mention of ceasefire breach
Israel bombs a foreign nation, cue mainstream media rushing to justify it and pretend that it's remotely acceptable
www.thecanary.co
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
MSM report Israel’s bombing of Beirut – with no mention of ceasefire breach www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
I have never been to a party where this behaviour is acceptable, let alone expected.
I go to parties (rarely, admittedy) to see friends. This is nothing like my understanding of either parties or fun.
This privileged, powerful man seems utterly broken. It's tragic and terrifying in equal measure.
I go to parties (rarely, admittedy) to see friends. This is nothing like my understanding of either parties or fun.
This privileged, powerful man seems utterly broken. It's tragic and terrifying in equal measure.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I have never been to a party where this behaviour is acceptable, let alone expected.
I go to parties (rarely, admittedy) to see friends. This is nothing like my understanding of either parties or fun.
This privileged, powerful man seems utterly broken. It's tragic and terrifying in equal measure.
I go to parties (rarely, admittedy) to see friends. This is nothing like my understanding of either parties or fun.
This privileged, powerful man seems utterly broken. It's tragic and terrifying in equal measure.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Just increasingly pissed off at that 'Everyone just blames capitalism 😏' take. It's late stage capitalism mate. Capitalism burns the planet, scarcity worsens, migration increases, the wealthy hoard and need scapegoats
Inequality, immigration, climate and racism are branches of the same problem.
Inequality, immigration, climate and racism are branches of the same problem.
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Just increasingly pissed off at that 'Everyone just blames capitalism 😏' take. It's late stage capitalism mate. Capitalism burns the planet, scarcity worsens, migration increases, the wealthy hoard and need scapegoats
Inequality, immigration, climate and racism are branches of the same problem.
Inequality, immigration, climate and racism are branches of the same problem.
Except, they're not. They've started attending church, but say they're not sure they believe in god at all. That's not being Christian, any more than standing in a garage makes someone a car.
Why Tommy Robinson supporters are turning to Christianity - BBC News share.google/xZ24LhnXCR4B...
Why Tommy Robinson supporters are turning to Christianity - BBC News share.google/xZ24LhnXCR4B...
Why Tommy Robinson supporters are turning to Christianity - BBC News
The Church of England is grappling with what to do about followers of the far-right figure embracing faith.
share.google
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Except, they're not. They've started attending church, but say they're not sure they believe in god at all. That's not being Christian, any more than standing in a garage makes someone a car.
Why Tommy Robinson supporters are turning to Christianity - BBC News share.google/xZ24LhnXCR4B...
Why Tommy Robinson supporters are turning to Christianity - BBC News share.google/xZ24LhnXCR4B...
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Two children have been killed every day in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire began.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
November 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Two children have been killed every day in Gaza since the so-called ceasefire began.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
Why has this disappeared from the headlines?
The genocide never ended — and our government is still complicit.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.