Here we are in the House of Commons- preparing to launch our Plan for National Economic Renewal - a must-read for all Labour party leadership contenders - including the PM.

Simon Wren-Lewis, 2014: "Macroeconomic forecasts produced with macroeconomic models… …tend to be little better than intelligent guesswork. That is not an opinion–it is a fact…."

New definition of sovereignty dropped

Whenever there's something indefensible, the GOP suddenly gets amnesia.

£240m. With no tender. Palantir. I wrote to Wes Streeting last week demanding answers. Every day without any transparency deepens the scandal. Palantir out.

Starmer's profound error was to campaign on a left ticket and then to govern on a far-right ticket. There is no sign of him reversing that error. The departure of McSweeney will therefore have little impact on Labour's far-right policy stance on immigration, fiscal rules & ' there is no money'.

1/5 Reuters: "The EU should consider either an unprecedented 30% across-the-board tariff on Chinese goods or a 30% depreciation of the euro against the renminbi to counter a flood of cheap imports, a French government strategy report said on Monday." www.reuters.com/world/china/...

5/5 A 30% tariff on Chinese imports raises the price of Chinese goods by 30%, whereas a 30% devaluation of the euro raises the price of all foreign goods by 43% and subsidizes EU exports by 30%. The latter is a much more powerful intervention than the former.

Wes Streeting has admitted that Israel is committing war crimes. In doing so, he has admitted that his government has broken the law. The government is legally obliged not to sell combat aircraft components to states committing war crimes.

Trump and his family have gained over $4 billion by using the White House as their own personal grift machine. Meanwhile, many working families are choosing between paying for health insurance, groceries, or rent. It’s corruption, plain and simple.

Sweeping new measures that expand Israeli control in the occupied West Bank will cement de facto annexation and bring an end to the Oslo Accords, analysts say, dashing hopes for a Palestinian state.

“These are problems of what I cal The Global Casino, which facilitates the insane gambling of international financial markets & the direct impact of their activities on our pensions, daily bread, energy & housing; but also on the biosphere.” @annpettifor.bsky.social tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/gamb...

Excellent from @annpettifor.bsky.social #usury annpettifor.substack.com/p/on-the-nat...

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

Ed Balls "People say McSweeney was the man who transformed Labs prospects from disaster to victory" @hackneyabbott.bsky.social "This idea that McSweeney was an election genius ignores the figures.. in '24 the Lab vote was more or less the same as '19. What happened was the Tory vote split"

A real longtime hero of mine. This is so well merited.

My almost 105 year old abuelita-in-law is VERY excited for Bad Bunny. She came from the island, and for her entire life, she’s been an American citizen! Voted for FDR! 🇵🇷🇺🇸

🎥 Video | A young Palestinian records the moment Israeli forces opened fire this morning in Gaza’s al-Zaytoun neighborhood.

Cabinet office minister Josh Simons used PR and lobbying firm to Investigate journalists’ sources. Reports prepared by APCO Worldwide for Labour Together, where Simons was director, name Sunday Times’ Gabriel Pogrund and Harry Yorke, Guardian’s Henry Dyer, and Declassified’s John McEvoy as subjects.

So farewell Morgan McSweeney You'll not be missed. A first small (but necessary) step for Labour towards repairing the damage - not just Mandelson, but across the board. We need progressive alliance against fascism & extreme right-wing. Fast action now, Keir, if this is to mean anything positive.

I also note he says that he decided to "resign from the government." I wasn't aware that political appointees in No. 10 were members of the government...

McSweeney quits. A nation mourns...

Really good interview with @annpettifor.bsky.social on the truth about money. On @the-breakdown.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=psMM...

Really important correctives in this piece...https://substack.com/profile/1100808-ann-pettifor/note/c-211626523?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=nle0

article On the nature of money and the sin that is ursury, @annpettifor.bsky.social calls to mind #Lazzarato and his work on Indebtedness as a mode of governance annpettifor.substack.com/p/on-the-nat...

Back in 2020 it wasn't a good career move in the climate space to shit talk Bill Gates' and point out his climate hypocrisy. I was the only person quoted in an article on that issue in a VICE piece. And that was before we knew of the Epstein connections. However, I was right.

For all the talk about boosting growth, this government prefers cheap headlines to substantial policy changes. Bizarre that they appear more willing to give the private sector the windfall from planning gain, than modify the fiscal rules. www.ft.com/content/7db5... via @FT

On Tues 11th Feb at 5 p.m. in Committee Room 18 of HofC, I will be presenting, together with colleagues from 99% organisation our strategy for Rewiring UK Economy to stimulate Economic Recovery. @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social @tugroupoflabmps.bsky.social @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social

A brilhante Ann Pettifor em mais uma excelente conversa.

Such an interesting interview! And Ann Pettifor‘s new book sounds so important.

By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet

Powerful & comprehensive call to action from former PM Gordon Brown: ‘Every few years, our country has suffered a major scandal that shakes us to the core but from which lessons are never fully learned’ #AntiCorruption #UKPolitics www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Mandelson and the international financial and monetary system…Me discussing with the wonderfully funny Nish Kumar. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUum...

Wow - fascinating interview on @macrodosepod.bsky.social with economist @annpettifor.bsky.social explaining why Governments need to take control of the finance system which is working against us. Ann sets out some great ideas for rapid phase out of fossil fuels. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

Labour's far right wing - the Mcsweeney wing- are now desperately keen for the bond market bogeys to come to their rescue... How else to keep Mandelson's politics and economics - while regretting his morbid obsessions... ?

This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.

Highly recommend @annpettifor.bsky.social informative piece ⬇️ particularly for those who can't afford @financialtimes.com sub. #Mandelson annpettifor.substack.com/p/the-mandel...

Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social & Ash Sarkar @novaramedia.com discuss the state of the global economy, and the ‘shadow’ banking system that holds $217 trillion in financial assets - beyond the control of any taxman.

Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social and Ava Santina @avasantina.bsky.social @politicsjoe.bsky.social discuss the rigged global financial system that only supports the mega-rich and the powers at the heart of the system ensuring the it never alters to support those who need to be supported + 🇺🇸🍊

Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social and Nish Kumar on Pod Save the UK @podsavetheuk.crooked.com in full: 🔗 youtu.be/gUumjm-7iYE?...

🐣 “Sure as God Made Little Chickens” Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social on political courage in a hope/delightful interview @podsavetheuk.crooked.com 🎙️ youtu.be/gUumjm-7iYE?t=18m40s Get Ann’s book The Global Casino: t.ly/Jnsub @versobooks.bsky.social Nish better get that show commissioned!

this is such a weird story: An influential Labour-aligned think-tank previously run by Morgan McSweeney, now Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, paid a public affairs company to identify the source of leaks to journalists about the group’s funding. www.ft.com/content/dca0...

The trumpstein files are extremely important to me. I AM A RAPE SURVIVOR 💪

Trump’s New Tax Law Saved Amazon Billions... according to the Wall Street Journal.

It seems to have finally dawned on the NYT that Stephen Miller and co are building a fascist, white supremacist administration...

FT exclusive: “The US state department is set to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities across Europe to disseminate Washington’s policy positions and challenge perceived threats to free speech.” via @annasophiegross.bsky.social and colleagues

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