Phill
@three-edged-sword.bsky.social
Older millennial from a darling town.
Parent, pensions professional, politics junky, board game enthusiast, and sci-fi geek.
"Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, their side, and the truth."
J. Michael Straczynski
Parent, pensions professional, politics junky, board game enthusiast, and sci-fi geek.
"Understanding is a three-edged sword. Your side, their side, and the truth."
J. Michael Straczynski
Labour are to the right of reform on unnecessary cruelty. Tommy Fakenames is literally celebrating Labour policy.
They are now talking about stealing belongings of refugees & making them a permanent under-class.
They are two or three news cycles from talking about tattooing numbers on their arms.
They are now talking about stealing belongings of refugees & making them a permanent under-class.
They are two or three news cycles from talking about tattooing numbers on their arms.
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Labour are to the right of reform on unnecessary cruelty. Tommy Fakenames is literally celebrating Labour policy.
They are now talking about stealing belongings of refugees & making them a permanent under-class.
They are two or three news cycles from talking about tattooing numbers on their arms.
They are now talking about stealing belongings of refugees & making them a permanent under-class.
They are two or three news cycles from talking about tattooing numbers on their arms.
Helpful reminder that PIP has a "fraud" rate in the last three years of 0.2%, 0.0% (not a typo) and 0.4%.
Most due to people improving in condition but not navigating the process of reporting correctly.
Therefore every pound cut will have to come directly from someone who is or was eligible.
Most due to people improving in condition but not navigating the process of reporting correctly.
Therefore every pound cut will have to come directly from someone who is or was eligible.
The vile Starmer government it really targeting disabled people here.
A £1bn cut in the motability scheme, that gets cars for disabled people - I have a friend who needs this to live an independent life - out of a total of £2.8bn. That means it is cutting the scheme by more than ONE THIRD!
A £1bn cut in the motability scheme, that gets cars for disabled people - I have a friend who needs this to live an independent life - out of a total of £2.8bn. That means it is cutting the scheme by more than ONE THIRD!
October 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Helpful reminder that PIP has a "fraud" rate in the last three years of 0.2%, 0.0% (not a typo) and 0.4%.
Most due to people improving in condition but not navigating the process of reporting correctly.
Therefore every pound cut will have to come directly from someone who is or was eligible.
Most due to people improving in condition but not navigating the process of reporting correctly.
Therefore every pound cut will have to come directly from someone who is or was eligible.
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Clearly, Mandelson should go. The quicker the better.
Starmer should stop hesitating for fear of it looking like an implicit judgement of Trump.
Starmer should stop hesitating for fear of it looking like an implicit judgement of Trump.
September 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Clearly, Mandelson should go. The quicker the better.
Starmer should stop hesitating for fear of it looking like an implicit judgement of Trump.
Starmer should stop hesitating for fear of it looking like an implicit judgement of Trump.
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Starmer explicitly backed Mandelson multiple times in PMQs today.
That's like deliberately supergluing yourself to a live grenade.
He is astronomically bad at this.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
That's like deliberately supergluing yourself to a live grenade.
He is astronomically bad at this.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
September 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Starmer explicitly backed Mandelson multiple times in PMQs today.
That's like deliberately supergluing yourself to a live grenade.
He is astronomically bad at this.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
That's like deliberately supergluing yourself to a live grenade.
He is astronomically bad at this.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I've never seen so much buzz around the Green Party.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is very media trained, stays on message even around the gotchas and bait, and is delivering a message that cuts through the noise.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is very media trained, stays on message even around the gotchas and bait, and is delivering a message that cuts through the noise.
My first week as leader of @greenparty.org.uk
And I've loved every second.
Lots of work for us all to do though!
www.newstatesman.com/diary/2025/0...
And I've loved every second.
Lots of work for us all to do though!
www.newstatesman.com/diary/2025/0...
My first week as Green Party leader
Also this week: the antidote to cynicism and listening to Clacton.
www.newstatesman.com
September 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I've never seen so much buzz around the Green Party.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is very media trained, stays on message even around the gotchas and bait, and is delivering a message that cuts through the noise.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is very media trained, stays on message even around the gotchas and bait, and is delivering a message that cuts through the noise.
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Question to Zach Polanski at the leadership announcement:
"Q: How can you take on Nigel Farage when your policy on immigration is so different?"
Everything wrong with British politics and media summed up so succinctly in a single absolutely unhinged question.
"Q: How can you take on Nigel Farage when your policy on immigration is so different?"
Everything wrong with British politics and media summed up so succinctly in a single absolutely unhinged question.
September 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Question to Zach Polanski at the leadership announcement:
"Q: How can you take on Nigel Farage when your policy on immigration is so different?"
Everything wrong with British politics and media summed up so succinctly in a single absolutely unhinged question.
"Q: How can you take on Nigel Farage when your policy on immigration is so different?"
Everything wrong with British politics and media summed up so succinctly in a single absolutely unhinged question.
@elliechowns.bsky.social doing a reddit ama and using terf language to refer to cis women as biological women, as if trans women are cyborgs, and terf arguments like trans women should be imprisoned with men, is incredibly disappointing.
A&E cannot win. Greens can't have a terf leadership in 2025.
A&E cannot win. Greens can't have a terf leadership in 2025.
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 AM
@elliechowns.bsky.social doing a reddit ama and using terf language to refer to cis women as biological women, as if trans women are cyborgs, and terf arguments like trans women should be imprisoned with men, is incredibly disappointing.
A&E cannot win. Greens can't have a terf leadership in 2025.
A&E cannot win. Greens can't have a terf leadership in 2025.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social vs 20 people ill equipped to debate with Mehdi was ... a choice.
Not sure what Jubilee was thinking putting an open and proud nazi in the group.
Not sure what Jubilee was thinking putting an open and proud nazi in the group.
July 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social vs 20 people ill equipped to debate with Mehdi was ... a choice.
Not sure what Jubilee was thinking putting an open and proud nazi in the group.
Not sure what Jubilee was thinking putting an open and proud nazi in the group.
“Stop pissing about and join the Green party,”
#backzack
Great piece.
novaramedia.com/2025/06/25/z...
#backzack
Great piece.
novaramedia.com/2025/06/25/z...
Zack Polanski Is Done Talking | Novara Media
The Green politician’s surprise leadership bid has excited a rudderless left. Could he turn the party from a byword for well-meaning environmentalists into a mass movement? Rivkah Brown meets Zack Pol...
novaramedia.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“Stop pissing about and join the Green party,”
#backzack
Great piece.
novaramedia.com/2025/06/25/z...
#backzack
Great piece.
novaramedia.com/2025/06/25/z...
I've been low on time recently so not kept up with the news in detail.
But I'm pretty horrified at what I half heard this weekend, something about how punk hip hop artists have been gunning down unarmed civilians queueing for aid as a continuing cycle of war crimes.
But I'm pretty horrified at what I half heard this weekend, something about how punk hip hop artists have been gunning down unarmed civilians queueing for aid as a continuing cycle of war crimes.
June 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I've been low on time recently so not kept up with the news in detail.
But I'm pretty horrified at what I half heard this weekend, something about how punk hip hop artists have been gunning down unarmed civilians queueing for aid as a continuing cycle of war crimes.
But I'm pretty horrified at what I half heard this weekend, something about how punk hip hop artists have been gunning down unarmed civilians queueing for aid as a continuing cycle of war crimes.
We're about an hour away from hearing how Britain needs to spend trillions in weapons and delivery platforms like F35s to defend against non violent peace activists with paint.
June 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We're about an hour away from hearing how Britain needs to spend trillions in weapons and delivery platforms like F35s to defend against non violent peace activists with paint.
Do you think we can trick Starmer into lifting the two child cap if he thought he was purchasing MOAB bombs and in the fine print it says it's actually investing in mothers of all babies?
June 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Do you think we can trick Starmer into lifting the two child cap if he thought he was purchasing MOAB bombs and in the fine print it says it's actually investing in mothers of all babies?
Screenshot of two back to back reddit posts on my feed.
Go to uni, get a degree, only Amazon warehouses are hiring. Brill.
We desperately need an industrial strategy to manage the economy and align the workforce we create with the jobs we want, or it's just going to be a race to the bottom.
Go to uni, get a degree, only Amazon warehouses are hiring. Brill.
We desperately need an industrial strategy to manage the economy and align the workforce we create with the jobs we want, or it's just going to be a race to the bottom.
June 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Screenshot of two back to back reddit posts on my feed.
Go to uni, get a degree, only Amazon warehouses are hiring. Brill.
We desperately need an industrial strategy to manage the economy and align the workforce we create with the jobs we want, or it's just going to be a race to the bottom.
Go to uni, get a degree, only Amazon warehouses are hiring. Brill.
We desperately need an industrial strategy to manage the economy and align the workforce we create with the jobs we want, or it's just going to be a race to the bottom.
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Farage's Reform want to allow the super-rich to buy their way out of paying UK tax for just £250k.
This would cost the country an estimated £34 billion in lost revenue.
Rather than exempting the wealthiest, the Green Party would tax them properly to help fix our public services.
This would cost the country an estimated £34 billion in lost revenue.
Rather than exempting the wealthiest, the Green Party would tax them properly to help fix our public services.
June 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Farage's Reform want to allow the super-rich to buy their way out of paying UK tax for just £250k.
This would cost the country an estimated £34 billion in lost revenue.
Rather than exempting the wealthiest, the Green Party would tax them properly to help fix our public services.
This would cost the country an estimated £34 billion in lost revenue.
Rather than exempting the wealthiest, the Green Party would tax them properly to help fix our public services.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social", a leadership challenger, is campaigning on the slogan “trans rights are human rights”.
Devulapalli fears that if Polanski wins, the party will become ... less tolerant of gender critical views"
Makes sense to me.
#backzack
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Devulapalli fears that if Polanski wins, the party will become ... less tolerant of gender critical views"
Makes sense to me.
#backzack
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Green party trying to purge gender-critical voices, claims expelled former spokesperson
Pallavi Devulapalli says party is diverging from founding principles towards a more ‘leftwing authoritarian culture’
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social", a leadership challenger, is campaigning on the slogan “trans rights are human rights”.
Devulapalli fears that if Polanski wins, the party will become ... less tolerant of gender critical views"
Makes sense to me.
#backzack
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Devulapalli fears that if Polanski wins, the party will become ... less tolerant of gender critical views"
Makes sense to me.
#backzack
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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🤯 CEOs at FTSE350 companies are paid 52 times more than a typical worker on average.
📈 These levels of inequality cannot continue.
💚 We would bring in a maximum 10:1 pay ratio, meaning the highest-paid employee couldn't be paid more than 10 times what the lowest-paid earns.
📈 These levels of inequality cannot continue.
💚 We would bring in a maximum 10:1 pay ratio, meaning the highest-paid employee couldn't be paid more than 10 times what the lowest-paid earns.
June 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🤯 CEOs at FTSE350 companies are paid 52 times more than a typical worker on average.
📈 These levels of inequality cannot continue.
💚 We would bring in a maximum 10:1 pay ratio, meaning the highest-paid employee couldn't be paid more than 10 times what the lowest-paid earns.
📈 These levels of inequality cannot continue.
💚 We would bring in a maximum 10:1 pay ratio, meaning the highest-paid employee couldn't be paid more than 10 times what the lowest-paid earns.
Saving £5bn by cutting pip, and in work benefit that recognises the extra cost of living disabled face, while also increasing spending on bombs on missiles despite facing zero threat they would defend against, is absolutely monstrous.
Never vote Labour again.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Never vote Labour again.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Government’s welfare plans must be pushed through, Starmer says
PM voices determination to press ahead with bill despite threat of Labour revolt over disability benefit cuts
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Saving £5bn by cutting pip, and in work benefit that recognises the extra cost of living disabled face, while also increasing spending on bombs on missiles despite facing zero threat they would defend against, is absolutely monstrous.
Never vote Labour again.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Never vote Labour again.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Severn (Stroud) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 27.8% (+10.0)
🌳 CON: 26.9% (-6.6)
➡️ RFM: 26.7% (New)
🌹 LAB: 11.2% (-21.3)
🔶 LDM: 7.1% (-9.1)
💷 UKIP: 0.3% (New)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
🌍 GRN: 27.8% (+10.0)
🌳 CON: 26.9% (-6.6)
➡️ RFM: 26.7% (New)
🌹 LAB: 11.2% (-21.3)
🔶 LDM: 7.1% (-9.1)
💷 UKIP: 0.3% (New)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
June 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Severn (Stroud) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 27.8% (+10.0)
🌳 CON: 26.9% (-6.6)
➡️ RFM: 26.7% (New)
🌹 LAB: 11.2% (-21.3)
🔶 LDM: 7.1% (-9.1)
💷 UKIP: 0.3% (New)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
🌍 GRN: 27.8% (+10.0)
🌳 CON: 26.9% (-6.6)
➡️ RFM: 26.7% (New)
🌹 LAB: 11.2% (-21.3)
🔶 LDM: 7.1% (-9.1)
💷 UKIP: 0.3% (New)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
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It turns out reports of a 'millionaire exodus' from the UK last year were completely unfounded.
June 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It turns out reports of a 'millionaire exodus' from the UK last year were completely unfounded.
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Biggest losers of millionaires according to the Henley & Partners report...but put into perspective.
🇨🇳 15K = 0.3%
🇬🇧 9.5K = 0.3%
🇮🇳 4.3K = 0.5%
🇰🇷 1.2K = 0.1%
🇷🇺 1K = 0.3%
🇧🇷 800 = 0.2%
🇿🇦 600 = 0.7%
🇹🇼400 = 0.1%
🌍128K = 0.2%
#BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
🇨🇳 15K = 0.3%
🇬🇧 9.5K = 0.3%
🇮🇳 4.3K = 0.5%
🇰🇷 1.2K = 0.1%
🇷🇺 1K = 0.3%
🇧🇷 800 = 0.2%
🇿🇦 600 = 0.7%
🇹🇼400 = 0.1%
🌍128K = 0.2%
#BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
June 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Biggest losers of millionaires according to the Henley & Partners report...but put into perspective.
🇨🇳 15K = 0.3%
🇬🇧 9.5K = 0.3%
🇮🇳 4.3K = 0.5%
🇰🇷 1.2K = 0.1%
🇷🇺 1K = 0.3%
🇧🇷 800 = 0.2%
🇿🇦 600 = 0.7%
🇹🇼400 = 0.1%
🌍128K = 0.2%
#BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
🇨🇳 15K = 0.3%
🇬🇧 9.5K = 0.3%
🇮🇳 4.3K = 0.5%
🇰🇷 1.2K = 0.1%
🇷🇺 1K = 0.3%
🇧🇷 800 = 0.2%
🇿🇦 600 = 0.7%
🇹🇼400 = 0.1%
🌍128K = 0.2%
#BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
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"I mean it's worse than spin, isn't it? It's just incorrect."
@lbc.co.uk's Ian Payne reacting to our research today showing that the widely reported "millionaire exodus" did not happen.
#BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich @alexcobham.bsky.social
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
@lbc.co.uk's Ian Payne reacting to our research today showing that the widely reported "millionaire exodus" did not happen.
#BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich @alexcobham.bsky.social
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
June 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
"I mean it's worse than spin, isn't it? It's just incorrect."
@lbc.co.uk's Ian Payne reacting to our research today showing that the widely reported "millionaire exodus" did not happen.
#BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich @alexcobham.bsky.social
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
@lbc.co.uk's Ian Payne reacting to our research today showing that the widely reported "millionaire exodus" did not happen.
#BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich @alexcobham.bsky.social
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
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The UK govt softened tax reforms on the superrich because of a widely reported “exodus” of millionaires fleeing the UK.
Our new study w/ @patmillsuk.bsky.social & @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social shows that the "exodus" was a complete fiction.
#BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
Our new study w/ @patmillsuk.bsky.social & @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social shows that the "exodus" was a complete fiction.
#BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
Millionaire exodus did not occur, study reveals - Tax Justice Network
The number of millionaires widely reported in the news to be leaving countries in "exodus" represented near-0% of all millionaires.
taxjustice.net
June 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The UK govt softened tax reforms on the superrich because of a widely reported “exodus” of millionaires fleeing the UK.
Our new study w/ @patmillsuk.bsky.social & @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social shows that the "exodus" was a complete fiction.
#BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
Our new study w/ @patmillsuk.bsky.social & @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social shows that the "exodus" was a complete fiction.
#BogusExodus #TaxTheSuperRich
taxjustice.net/press/millio...
Surely there are specific rules against our tax-funded media picking a political party it wants to promote?
71% of the country doesnt support Reform, per current polling.
When people screamed at the BBC to listen to minorities this isnt what they meant.
71% of the country doesnt support Reform, per current polling.
When people screamed at the BBC to listen to minorities this isnt what they meant.
🔴BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the “trust” of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party, reports @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
The Director General Tim Davie discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the “trust” of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party, reports @adambienkov.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Surely there are specific rules against our tax-funded media picking a political party it wants to promote?
71% of the country doesnt support Reform, per current polling.
When people screamed at the BBC to listen to minorities this isnt what they meant.
71% of the country doesnt support Reform, per current polling.
When people screamed at the BBC to listen to minorities this isnt what they meant.
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Millionaires agree too! #taxwealthnotwork
Voters overwhelmingly back tax on wealthy to protect public services
A poll commissioned by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), found the public support tax increases on the wealthy and big businesses by a margin of almost two to one - 58% to 28%
www.mirror.co.uk
June 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Millionaires agree too! #taxwealthnotwork