@thecockerel.bsky.social
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2026 looks as if it will be a brutal year www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
2026 looks as if it will be a brutal year
As the FT notes this morning:
The governor of the Bank of England has warned there are “substantial risks” of spillovers to UK financial markets from Donald Trump’s attacks on the independence of the ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
January 21, 2026 at 7:35 AM
2026 looks as if it will be a brutal year www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
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This is pathetic on so many levels. If @gavinnewsom.bsky.social can get pushed around like this by a pipsqueak like Ben Shapiro he most definitely is too weak to be president
Video: @virtueemoir29 via X
Video: @virtueemoir29 via X
January 18, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This is pathetic on so many levels. If @gavinnewsom.bsky.social can get pushed around like this by a pipsqueak like Ben Shapiro he most definitely is too weak to be president
Video: @virtueemoir29 via X
Video: @virtueemoir29 via X
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Just after welcoming the US violation of the UN charter in kidnapping Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, the UK says it’s always been a strong supporter of the UN.
January 17, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Just after welcoming the US violation of the UN charter in kidnapping Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, the UK says it’s always been a strong supporter of the UN.
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Israel has killed nearly five Palestinians per day, on average, since it agreed to a U.S.-brokered so-called ceasefire deal on October 10, bringing the death toll to 451 Palestinians and the number of injured to more than 1,250.
January 17, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Israel has killed nearly five Palestinians per day, on average, since it agreed to a U.S.-brokered so-called ceasefire deal on October 10, bringing the death toll to 451 Palestinians and the number of injured to more than 1,250.
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I have just presented Celtic's 1967 European trophy to Stenhousemuir. Thank you for your attention to this utter bullshit. 💚
January 16, 2026 at 7:44 AM
I have just presented Celtic's 1967 European trophy to Stenhousemuir. Thank you for your attention to this utter bullshit. 💚
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You Know They're Lying About Iran
You’ve seen this all before. They run the same script over and over again. You know all the beats. The formula never changes.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/you-know-t...
You’ve seen this all before. They run the same script over and over again. You know all the beats. The formula never changes.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/you-know-t...
You Know They're Lying About Iran
Reading by Tim Foley:
www.caitlinjohnst.one
January 14, 2026 at 1:59 PM
You Know They're Lying About Iran
You’ve seen this all before. They run the same script over and over again. You know all the beats. The formula never changes.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/you-know-t...
You’ve seen this all before. They run the same script over and over again. You know all the beats. The formula never changes.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/you-know-t...
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The folks at More In Common found 2/3 of Brits are WRONG about immigration…
But are we really? Or do we just mean 2 different things when we talk about immigration?
But are we really? Or do we just mean 2 different things when we talk about immigration?
January 13, 2026 at 5:06 PM
The folks at More In Common found 2/3 of Brits are WRONG about immigration…
But are we really? Or do we just mean 2 different things when we talk about immigration?
But are we really? Or do we just mean 2 different things when we talk about immigration?
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The Economic Case for UBI Just Got Stronger youtu.be/q1cx921XUwU?...
The Economic Case for UBI Just Got Stronger
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
January 14, 2026 at 7:14 AM
The Economic Case for UBI Just Got Stronger youtu.be/q1cx921XUwU?...
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The informal economy where undocumented migrants & asylum seekers find work despite idiotic restrictions is larger in France than the UK.
It is larger in every other European country that also have ID than the UK.
The idea you can work more easily in the UK is a lie. #r4today
It is larger in every other European country that also have ID than the UK.
The idea you can work more easily in the UK is a lie. #r4today
January 14, 2026 at 8:22 AM
The informal economy where undocumented migrants & asylum seekers find work despite idiotic restrictions is larger in France than the UK.
It is larger in every other European country that also have ID than the UK.
The idea you can work more easily in the UK is a lie. #r4today
It is larger in every other European country that also have ID than the UK.
The idea you can work more easily in the UK is a lie. #r4today
Some real talk
open.spotify.com/episode/4g7X...
open.spotify.com/episode/4g7X...
Episode 260: Graham Platner
open.spotify.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Some real talk
open.spotify.com/episode/4g7X...
open.spotify.com/episode/4g7X...
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If we allow the state to strip people of their citizenship, we will end up in a very dark place.
January 12, 2026 at 11:16 AM
If we allow the state to strip people of their citizenship, we will end up in a very dark place.
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"The maximum time a prisoner can spend on remand is 182 days (six months). Yet Muraisi and Ahmed were arrested in November 2024, and are not due to be tried until June at the earliest, which means they will be remanded for 20 months."
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
"The maximum time a prisoner can spend on remand is 182 days (six months). Yet Muraisi and Ahmed were arrested in November 2024, and are not due to be tried until June at the earliest, which means they will be remanded for 20 months."
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shameful.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Heba Muraisi is on day 69 of her hunger strike.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike.
They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike.
They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.
January 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Heba Muraisi is on day 69 of her hunger strike.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike.
They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike.
They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.
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Black folks are not being "mean" to you when we are truthful concerning the historical pathologies of your kinsmen...
Truth is the greatest love
Truth is the greatest love
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Black folks are not being "mean" to you when we are truthful concerning the historical pathologies of your kinsmen...
Truth is the greatest love
Truth is the greatest love
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In a country where gun carrying is normal and makes people feel powerful, many would be perfectly ok with this explanation. They've been primed for it since the gun manufacturers infiltrated the NRA and changed its mission and the mindset of its members. Might is right.
January 8, 2026 at 5:10 PM
In a country where gun carrying is normal and makes people feel powerful, many would be perfectly ok with this explanation. They've been primed for it since the gun manufacturers infiltrated the NRA and changed its mission and the mindset of its members. Might is right.
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They're not even trying to hide what this is.
January 8, 2026 at 3:51 PM
They're not even trying to hide what this is.
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Cops in America have been killing Black people during traffic stops regularly (DWB). The fact that ICE made the mistake of killing a White woman made it "personal" to most Americans. That being said, the taking of any life is devastating!
youtu.be/dhk0nKCGe34?...
youtu.be/dhk0nKCGe34?...
DWB (Driving While Black) - by Roy Zimmerman featuring Clovice Lewis
YouTube video by Roy Zimmerman
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Cops in America have been killing Black people during traffic stops regularly (DWB). The fact that ICE made the mistake of killing a White woman made it "personal" to most Americans. That being said, the taking of any life is devastating!
youtu.be/dhk0nKCGe34?...
youtu.be/dhk0nKCGe34?...
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I understand why people are comparing the ICE shooting to the abuses we see from the IDF but it’s important to be aware that while this kind of thing is very Israeli it’s also very, VERY American.
January 8, 2026 at 11:10 AM
I understand why people are comparing the ICE shooting to the abuses we see from the IDF but it’s important to be aware that while this kind of thing is very Israeli it’s also very, VERY American.
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Trump started it.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
January 8, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Trump started it.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
Reform and Tories are at it too.
And Labour already heading in that direction.
All cruel, potentially deadly and does nothing to fix the cost of living crisis.
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Fun facts:
- There is no correlation between CEO pay and wealth creation in the economy
- There is no correlation between CEO pay and CEO performance.
- It is not possible to tell whether a specific CEO improves company performance compared to random chance
- There is no correlation between CEO pay and wealth creation in the economy
- There is no correlation between CEO pay and CEO performance.
- It is not possible to tell whether a specific CEO improves company performance compared to random chance
January 6, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Fun facts:
- There is no correlation between CEO pay and wealth creation in the economy
- There is no correlation between CEO pay and CEO performance.
- It is not possible to tell whether a specific CEO improves company performance compared to random chance
- There is no correlation between CEO pay and wealth creation in the economy
- There is no correlation between CEO pay and CEO performance.
- It is not possible to tell whether a specific CEO improves company performance compared to random chance
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last year, centrists lost their minds when Green Party leader Zack Polanski dared to suggest that NATO is over. Fast forward to now, #Trump is threatening to invade a NATO member while Labour politicians squirm: Turns out it was Trump that undermined NATO and Zack was insanely correct.
Labour's 'NATO' attack ad on Polanski comes back to bite them
Polanski said NATO is over in the age of Trump, and now Trump has announced plans to invade a NATO member. Your move, Labour Party.
www.thecanary.co
January 6, 2026 at 3:27 PM
last year, centrists lost their minds when Green Party leader Zack Polanski dared to suggest that NATO is over. Fast forward to now, #Trump is threatening to invade a NATO member while Labour politicians squirm: Turns out it was Trump that undermined NATO and Zack was insanely correct.
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Let there be no ambiguity: if Heba or Kamran die, that blood is on the hands of this Labour government.
Our demand is clear and immediate: bail for all remand prisoners. Now.
Our demand is clear and immediate: bail for all remand prisoners. Now.
January 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Let there be no ambiguity: if Heba or Kamran die, that blood is on the hands of this Labour government.
Our demand is clear and immediate: bail for all remand prisoners. Now.
Our demand is clear and immediate: bail for all remand prisoners. Now.
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Today marks day 65 of Heba Muraisi’s hunger strike.
Day 58 for Kamran Ahmed.
They are now at imminent risk of death and this Labour government remains spineless and cowardly — refusing even to meet their lawyers while lives hang in the balance.
Day 58 for Kamran Ahmed.
They are now at imminent risk of death and this Labour government remains spineless and cowardly — refusing even to meet their lawyers while lives hang in the balance.
January 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Today marks day 65 of Heba Muraisi’s hunger strike.
Day 58 for Kamran Ahmed.
They are now at imminent risk of death and this Labour government remains spineless and cowardly — refusing even to meet their lawyers while lives hang in the balance.
Day 58 for Kamran Ahmed.
They are now at imminent risk of death and this Labour government remains spineless and cowardly — refusing even to meet their lawyers while lives hang in the balance.
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The US attack on Venezuela is rampantly and shamelessly illegal.
Donald Trump has repeatedly made it clear that the US wants to steal Venezuela's resources.
This gangsterism, trashing anything left of the 'international order', will pave the way for global violent mayhem.
Donald Trump has repeatedly made it clear that the US wants to steal Venezuela's resources.
This gangsterism, trashing anything left of the 'international order', will pave the way for global violent mayhem.
January 3, 2026 at 11:23 AM
The US attack on Venezuela is rampantly and shamelessly illegal.
Donald Trump has repeatedly made it clear that the US wants to steal Venezuela's resources.
This gangsterism, trashing anything left of the 'international order', will pave the way for global violent mayhem.
Donald Trump has repeatedly made it clear that the US wants to steal Venezuela's resources.
This gangsterism, trashing anything left of the 'international order', will pave the way for global violent mayhem.