Martin Elliott
@spxme.bsky.social
Physicist and "Honorary Senior Research Fellow" at Cardiff University. Likes: quantum mechanics, music, nature and things.
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UK banks poised for bumper bonuses. Good news for some.
Banks could reduce profit margins, pay more on savings, but don't.
Banker bonus cap abolished, capital requirements being reduced, recklessness enriches.
No govt would let big banks collapse. What would the next bailout cost?
Banks could reduce profit margins, pay more on savings, but don't.
Banker bonus cap abolished, capital requirements being reduced, recklessness enriches.
No govt would let big banks collapse. What would the next bailout cost?
Banks poised for bumper bonuses this spring
Complete the FT’s bonus survey and see how your payout will measure up
www.ft.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:18 AM
UK banks poised for bumper bonuses. Good news for some.
Banks could reduce profit margins, pay more on savings, but don't.
Banker bonus cap abolished, capital requirements being reduced, recklessness enriches.
No govt would let big banks collapse. What would the next bailout cost?
Banks could reduce profit margins, pay more on savings, but don't.
Banker bonus cap abolished, capital requirements being reduced, recklessness enriches.
No govt would let big banks collapse. What would the next bailout cost?
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This hasn’t aged well..
January 20, 2026 at 4:34 PM
This hasn’t aged well..
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This government is now responsible for allowing one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - the shocking #IPPscandal.
Whipping against Lord Thomas's amendment was an act of sheer political cowardice.
Whipping against Lord Thomas's amendment was an act of sheer political cowardice.
🚨On January 6 Keir Starmer has an opportunity to end one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - the #IPPscandal - by supporting an amendment to the Sentencing Bill tabled by Lord Thomas.
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Will he take it?
youtu.be/O1gkY3gByHg?...
Keir Starmer now has an opportunity to end the shocking & monumentally unjust IPP scandal - will he?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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January 13, 2026 at 5:25 PM
This government is now responsible for allowing one of the most CRUEL, INHUMANE & MONUMENTAL INJUSTICES of the past half-century - the shocking #IPPscandal.
Whipping against Lord Thomas's amendment was an act of sheer political cowardice.
Whipping against Lord Thomas's amendment was an act of sheer political cowardice.
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Trump withdraws US from dozens of international organisations
that promote "radical climate policies"
That is what happens when morons rule
We are unleashing climate hell as Earth heats up locking us into a climate that last existed 5 million years ago
www.channelnewsasia.com/world/trump-...
that promote "radical climate policies"
That is what happens when morons rule
We are unleashing climate hell as Earth heats up locking us into a climate that last existed 5 million years ago
www.channelnewsasia.com/world/trump-...
Trump withdraws US from dozens of international organisations: White House
The White House said the organisations promote "radical climate policies, global governance, and ideological programmes that conflict with US sovereignty and economic strength".
www.channelnewsasia.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Trump withdraws US from dozens of international organisations
that promote "radical climate policies"
That is what happens when morons rule
We are unleashing climate hell as Earth heats up locking us into a climate that last existed 5 million years ago
www.channelnewsasia.com/world/trump-...
that promote "radical climate policies"
That is what happens when morons rule
We are unleashing climate hell as Earth heats up locking us into a climate that last existed 5 million years ago
www.channelnewsasia.com/world/trump-...
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Tory Curse.
Pothole compensation claims made to councils in Britain rose by 90% between 2021 and 2024.
Only 26% of claims led to a payout.
A friend, night-worker had to replace 4 tyres this year, pay for steering damage.
Boosts GDP but destructive.
Pothole compensation claims made to councils in Britain rose by 90% between 2021 and 2024.
Only 26% of claims led to a payout.
A friend, night-worker had to replace 4 tyres this year, pay for steering damage.
Boosts GDP but destructive.
Pothole claims up 90% in three years, says RAC
Research from the motoring group also finds that only one in four claims results in a payout.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Tory Curse.
Pothole compensation claims made to councils in Britain rose by 90% between 2021 and 2024.
Only 26% of claims led to a payout.
A friend, night-worker had to replace 4 tyres this year, pay for steering damage.
Boosts GDP but destructive.
Pothole compensation claims made to councils in Britain rose by 90% between 2021 and 2024.
Only 26% of claims led to a payout.
A friend, night-worker had to replace 4 tyres this year, pay for steering damage.
Boosts GDP but destructive.
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Influx of cheap Chinese imports could drive down UK inflation, economists say.
Stupid strategy. UK Govts deindustrialised, increased foreign dependence; cut real wages, create job insecurity and poverty.
Why not control inflation by removing cash from the rich through selective taxation?
Stupid strategy. UK Govts deindustrialised, increased foreign dependence; cut real wages, create job insecurity and poverty.
Why not control inflation by removing cash from the rich through selective taxation?
Influx of cheap Chinese imports could drive down UK inflation, economists say
As Trump’s tariffs take effect, Britain is likely alternative destination for cars, telecoms and sound equipment
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Influx of cheap Chinese imports could drive down UK inflation, economists say.
Stupid strategy. UK Govts deindustrialised, increased foreign dependence; cut real wages, create job insecurity and poverty.
Why not control inflation by removing cash from the rich through selective taxation?
Stupid strategy. UK Govts deindustrialised, increased foreign dependence; cut real wages, create job insecurity and poverty.
Why not control inflation by removing cash from the rich through selective taxation?
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' #Winter night' by Canadian born printmaker and artist Carol Collette #WomensArt ❄️
December 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
' #Winter night' by Canadian born printmaker and artist Carol Collette #WomensArt ❄️
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My latest Substack: short summary of multiple chemical pollution threats to which we are subjecting ourselves and planet, including plastics, PFAS, pesticides, heavy metals, endocrine-disruptors and licit and illicit pharmaceuticals
nataliebennett.substack.com/p/change-eve...
nataliebennett.substack.com/p/change-eve...
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
My latest Substack: short summary of multiple chemical pollution threats to which we are subjecting ourselves and planet, including plastics, PFAS, pesticides, heavy metals, endocrine-disruptors and licit and illicit pharmaceuticals
nataliebennett.substack.com/p/change-eve...
nataliebennett.substack.com/p/change-eve...
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UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation
Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
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“It holds bountiful oil, gas, minerals & fish. And it promises to shorten global shipping routes”.
Well hallelujah, collapsing Arctic ice sheet will allow full-scale looting of one of world’s last remaining pristine landscapes.
Capitalism (and media) looks increasingly like a global death cult.
Well hallelujah, collapsing Arctic ice sheet will allow full-scale looting of one of world’s last remaining pristine landscapes.
Capitalism (and media) looks increasingly like a global death cult.
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“It holds bountiful oil, gas, minerals & fish. And it promises to shorten global shipping routes”.
Well hallelujah, collapsing Arctic ice sheet will allow full-scale looting of one of world’s last remaining pristine landscapes.
Capitalism (and media) looks increasingly like a global death cult.
Well hallelujah, collapsing Arctic ice sheet will allow full-scale looting of one of world’s last remaining pristine landscapes.
Capitalism (and media) looks increasingly like a global death cult.
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University (sic) of Oklahoma's management decide it's more important to pander to religious nutters (who set up this controversy) than to defend academic standards, so they throw their academic employee under the bus. Disgraceful, but in Trump's US, unsurprising. www.comicsands.com/university-o...
University Of Oklahoma Places Professor On Leave After Student Cries 'Religious Discrimination' For Bad Grade On Essay
Getting the grade you earned is religious persecution now?
www.comicsands.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
University (sic) of Oklahoma's management decide it's more important to pander to religious nutters (who set up this controversy) than to defend academic standards, so they throw their academic employee under the bus. Disgraceful, but in Trump's US, unsurprising. www.comicsands.com/university-o...
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Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
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Taxes to do not pay for public services. Govt money creation, mainly via the issuing of bonds, does. But, putting aside that lie, I would pay more tax for better public services. The problem is so much has been privatised that our taxes are creamed off by profiteering private firms. That I object to
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Taxes to do not pay for public services. Govt money creation, mainly via the issuing of bonds, does. But, putting aside that lie, I would pay more tax for better public services. The problem is so much has been privatised that our taxes are creamed off by profiteering private firms. That I object to
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"Instead of unbroken golden sand, the shoreline is littered with millions of tiny plastic pellets – bio-beads – spilled into the sea by Southern Water and now washing up in waves. They are a chilling reminder of how fragile our environment is, and how carelessly some treat it." Worth a read ⤵️
A scar on a beloved place and a stark warning: if we let this pass quietly, it will happen again | Mick Channon
The Camber Sands bio-beads disaster
A scar on a beloved place and a stark warning: if we let this pass quietly, it will happen again
sussexbylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Instead of unbroken golden sand, the shoreline is littered with millions of tiny plastic pellets – bio-beads – spilled into the sea by Southern Water and now washing up in waves. They are a chilling reminder of how fragile our environment is, and how carelessly some treat it." Worth a read ⤵️
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Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Imagine what our NHS could have done with the money wasted on PFI — the hospitals, staff, care.
Instead, we paid 70% more for buildings that left trusts drowning in debt.
And now they want to resurrect it.🫨
Learn what’s happening👉 everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
Instead, we paid 70% more for buildings that left trusts drowning in debt.
And now they want to resurrect it.🫨
Learn what’s happening👉 everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
November 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Imagine what our NHS could have done with the money wasted on PFI — the hospitals, staff, care.
Instead, we paid 70% more for buildings that left trusts drowning in debt.
And now they want to resurrect it.🫨
Learn what’s happening👉 everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
Instead, we paid 70% more for buildings that left trusts drowning in debt.
And now they want to resurrect it.🫨
Learn what’s happening👉 everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
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An open letter to the Chancellor: abandon this dangerous and damaging proposal.
53 academics of accounting and finance from UK universities explain why Rachel reeves should abandon the idea of new private finance for the NHS.
53 academics of accounting and finance from UK universities explain why Rachel reeves should abandon the idea of new private finance for the NHS.
An open letter to the Chancellor: abandon this dangerous and damaging proposal
In this open letter to the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, 53 academics of accounting and finance from UK universities explain why she should abandon the idea of new private finance for the NHS.
weownit.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
An open letter to the Chancellor: abandon this dangerous and damaging proposal.
53 academics of accounting and finance from UK universities explain why Rachel reeves should abandon the idea of new private finance for the NHS.
53 academics of accounting and finance from UK universities explain why Rachel reeves should abandon the idea of new private finance for the NHS.
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Private companies operating care services in just three regions of England made £250m profits in 3 years,
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Private companies operating care services in just three regions of England made £250m profits in 3 years,
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
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That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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😡 Ceding leadership in science cedes leadership in emerging and future industries. The anti-science “Dark Ages” of the Trump administration will have long term economic impacts.
@michaelemann.bsky.social
@katharinehayhoe.com
@michaelemann.bsky.social
@katharinehayhoe.com
As Trump abdicates U.S. leadership on climate change, Asia is filling the void
OPINION: The U.S. once led the charge in confronting the planet’s most pressing challenges. But today, that leadership is eroding. Nowhere is this loss more visible than in climate science.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
😡 Ceding leadership in science cedes leadership in emerging and future industries. The anti-science “Dark Ages” of the Trump administration will have long term economic impacts.
@michaelemann.bsky.social
@katharinehayhoe.com
@michaelemann.bsky.social
@katharinehayhoe.com
Where do I need to send my clocks back to on Sunday?
October 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Where do I need to send my clocks back to on Sunday?
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Police officer, running up to me: "Stop, what's that brown liquid you're pouring into the drain?"
Me: "It's 1,000 gallons of untreated sewage"
PO: "Phew, I thought for a minute it was a few dregs of coffee"
Me: "It's 1,000 gallons of untreated sewage"
PO: "Phew, I thought for a minute it was a few dregs of coffee"
Surprised to learn that this is illegal www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond
Burcu Yesilyurt says the fine is
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Police officer, running up to me: "Stop, what's that brown liquid you're pouring into the drain?"
Me: "It's 1,000 gallons of untreated sewage"
PO: "Phew, I thought for a minute it was a few dregs of coffee"
Me: "It's 1,000 gallons of untreated sewage"
PO: "Phew, I thought for a minute it was a few dregs of coffee"
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"The false-economies of austerity are everywhere you look – we shut youth clubs and Sure Start centres to “save” money, only to spend twice the amount later on crisis intervention."
Labour whispers “hard choices.”
The Tories shout “more cuts.”
Reform shouts “maths is optional.”
The Bear hears only one thing: snip-snip-snip.
The Tories shout “more cuts.”
Reform shouts “maths is optional.”
The Bear hears only one thing: snip-snip-snip.
The ceaseless snip-snip-snip of a dying state
Fifteen years of cuts have left the UK trying to "efficiency" its way out of a collapse – and somehow still expecting growth to show up as well
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"The false-economies of austerity are everywhere you look – we shut youth clubs and Sure Start centres to “save” money, only to spend twice the amount later on crisis intervention."