@lizzieuk.bsky.social
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"In this daunting geopolitical context, Brexit no longer looks like just a stupid mistake. It looks almost suicidal."
In this age of rising autocracy the choice facing European democracies is not just whether to speak truth to power, it is to unite or to die!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In this age of rising autocracy the choice facing European democracies is not just whether to speak truth to power, it is to unite or to die!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What unites Greenland, Venezuela and Ukraine? Trump's immoral lies and Europe's chronic weakness | Simon Tisdall
The president’s inability to tell right from wrong fuels his increasingly dictatorial, illegal and erratic behaviour, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:16 AM
"In this daunting geopolitical context, Brexit no longer looks like just a stupid mistake. It looks almost suicidal."
In this age of rising autocracy the choice facing European democracies is not just whether to speak truth to power, it is to unite or to die!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In this age of rising autocracy the choice facing European democracies is not just whether to speak truth to power, it is to unite or to die!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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With the growing outrage about the government being a tyranny because they’re considering shutting down X, which recently started producing non-consensual sexual images of women and children not as a bug, but as a feature, it’s worth asking - why?
What do they gain from X?
I think I know why.
What do they gain from X?
I think I know why.
They Say They "Protect Women and Children". X Paid Them Nearly £68,000
Four MPs. 691 hours. A platform facilitating abuse. And a silence that tells you everything.
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:04 AM
With the growing outrage about the government being a tyranny because they’re considering shutting down X, which recently started producing non-consensual sexual images of women and children not as a bug, but as a feature, it’s worth asking - why?
What do they gain from X?
I think I know why.
What do they gain from X?
I think I know why.
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What really drives U.S. foreign policy?
Listen to what Bernie Sanders had to say 20 years ago.
Listen to what Bernie Sanders had to say 20 years ago.
January 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
What really drives U.S. foreign policy?
Listen to what Bernie Sanders had to say 20 years ago.
Listen to what Bernie Sanders had to say 20 years ago.
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this is how every outlet should refer to X
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
this is how every outlet should refer to X
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Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025
Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025
Just eight billionaires accounted for a quarter of the gains, led by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison and Larry Page
The richest 500 individuals in the world added a record $2.2tn to their wealth in 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with just eight billionaires accounting for a quarter of the gains.
The gains increased their collective net worth to $11.9tn, bolstered by billionaire Donald Trump’s 2024 election victory and booming markets in cryptocurrencies, equities and metals. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Billionaires added record $2.2tn in wealth in 2025
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This is obscene.
This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This is obscene.
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Donald Trump, Jr.’s net worth has increased six-fold since his father was reelected.
Eric Trump has gotten ten times richer over the same time period.
Funny how that works, huh?
Eric Trump has gotten ten times richer over the same time period.
Funny how that works, huh?
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Donald Trump, Jr.’s net worth has increased six-fold since his father was reelected.
Eric Trump has gotten ten times richer over the same time period.
Funny how that works, huh?
Eric Trump has gotten ten times richer over the same time period.
Funny how that works, huh?
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More profiteering from the nation's biggest benefit recipients
Greenpeace are petitioning the KING to ask him to stop profiting off of our energy bills.
The Crown Estate, which owns seabeds around the British coast, is charging offshore wind developers extortionate fees to build turbines. And this keeps our energy bills high!
act.gp/48TINlv?sfns...
The Crown Estate, which owns seabeds around the British coast, is charging offshore wind developers extortionate fees to build turbines. And this keeps our energy bills high!
act.gp/48TINlv?sfns...
King Charles: Stop Profiting At Britain’s Expense!
Energy bills are soaring, and the King is getting rich at our expense. Sign the petition to demand the Crown Estate lower fees on seabeds and make wind farms more affordable to build.
act.gp
December 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
More profiteering from the nation's biggest benefit recipients
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Corrupt leader of corrupt organization that has nothing to do with peace makes up fake prize to suck up to corrupt narcissist and fascist after he unsuccessfully and ridiculously tried to coerce the real peace prize people to give him the real prize he could never, ever win.
Pathetic all around.
Pathetic all around.
December 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Corrupt leader of corrupt organization that has nothing to do with peace makes up fake prize to suck up to corrupt narcissist and fascist after he unsuccessfully and ridiculously tried to coerce the real peace prize people to give him the real prize he could never, ever win.
Pathetic all around.
Pathetic all around.
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Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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BBC removes a line about Trump being the "most openly corrupt president"--from a lecture about the "paralysing cowardice" of the elite 😅 www.ft.com/content/07d8...
Dutch historian accuses BBC of censoring his Trump comments
Rutger Bregman hits out at broadcaster after it removes a sentence from one of his Reith lectures
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
BBC removes a line about Trump being the "most openly corrupt president"--from a lecture about the "paralysing cowardice" of the elite 😅 www.ft.com/content/07d8...
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"I love you, but I love fossil fuels more."
💔 COP = Conference Of Polluters
#COP #COP30 #EndFossilFuels
💔 COP = Conference Of Polluters
#COP #COP30 #EndFossilFuels
November 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"I love you, but I love fossil fuels more."
💔 COP = Conference Of Polluters
#COP #COP30 #EndFossilFuels
💔 COP = Conference Of Polluters
#COP #COP30 #EndFossilFuels
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "we have a govt that is always talking about tough choices. Why are they always tough choices for working class people, for unemployed people, for disabled people? It's time to make tough choices for multimillionaires and billionaires. It is time to tax the rich"
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "we have a govt that is always talking about tough choices. Why are they always tough choices for working class people, for unemployed people, for disabled people? It's time to make tough choices for multimillionaires and billionaires. It is time to tax the rich"
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Labour’s core voter is a Londoner. While they fret about imagined Reform defecting voters in the “red wall” they’re at risk of losing their 21st century heartland entirely.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Labour’s core voter is a Londoner. While they fret about imagined Reform defecting voters in the “red wall” they’re at risk of losing their 21st century heartland entirely.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-l...
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Zack Polanski with the truth.
“They went for pensioners, they went for the disabled, and now they’re going for people fleeing war and conflict. I am furious — this government should hang their heads in shame.”
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
Zack Polanski on Labour’s new immigration reforms on Newsnight.
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Zack Polanski with the truth.
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UK and Norway won nature's lottery in 1970 - found oil/gas in the North Sea.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
How sparsely populated Norway amassed $1.8 trillion | Fortune Europe
Launched in the early 1990s to invest mostly in bonds, the fund has grown to become the largest of its kind by acquiring small equity stakes in thousands of companies across the world.
fortune.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
UK and Norway won nature's lottery in 1970 - found oil/gas in the North Sea.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
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Michael Caine "I voted for Brexit... I'd rather be a poor master than a rich servant... You get lost, and then you find your way, and it will be alright."
This Brexiteer lives in LA, has never been a poor anything, and there are zero consequences for his actions on him.
This Brexiteer lives in LA, has never been a poor anything, and there are zero consequences for his actions on him.
November 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Michael Caine "I voted for Brexit... I'd rather be a poor master than a rich servant... You get lost, and then you find your way, and it will be alright."
This Brexiteer lives in LA, has never been a poor anything, and there are zero consequences for his actions on him.
This Brexiteer lives in LA, has never been a poor anything, and there are zero consequences for his actions on him.
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Donald Trump destroyed public service broadcasting in the US - it's little surprise Nigel Farage wants to do the same thing here.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Donald Trump destroyed public service broadcasting in the US - it's little surprise Nigel Farage wants to do the same thing here.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
Trump’s America, don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
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Drawn 133 years ago, and the con hasn't changed one bit.
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Drawn 133 years ago, and the con hasn't changed one bit.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!