How the triumvirate of Musk, Trump and Farage is making Britain 'vicious, irrational and unkind'. inews.co.uk/opinion/brit... - excellent analysis of the far-right takeover of British political discourse from @iandunt.bsky.social

@richardjmurphy.bsky.social in his usual clear and reasoned way, critiques Rachel Reeves' budget for 'managed decline' and explains how she could instead have made life better for all, if she had had the courage to do so. youtu.be/6pTpT_uB_4M?... #MMT #NeoliberalMyths

@andyverity.bsky.social is one of the very few financial journalists who correctly understands how money, debt and government spending work. Now we also have a leader in zackpolanski.bsky.social who understands it too. It's time to call out neoliberalism as the failure it has always been.

A really clear explanation of what Government 'debt' actually is and why it's nothing at all to be concerned about. From @auchentrachle.bsky.social, Modern Money Scotland: www.thenational.scot/news/2564668... #MMT

The 'Household analogy', often used by economists and economic commentators, is a false analogy fallacy. Sovereign governments are nothing like households as @richardjmurphy.bsky.social clearly explains: youtu.be/Q03GKwMxmAo?... #MMT

This is seriously sad, but not unexpected, given the current climate in which '...NHS staff (are) bearing the brunt of a return to 1970s and 1980s-style racism in Britain where it is “socially acceptable to be racist”.' www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

🕯🇺🇦 Today we honor the memory of millions of Ukrainians whose lives were taken by one of the most terrible tragedies in human history - Holodomor. It was a crime carried out by Moscow totalitarian state. A crime whose purpose was not only to take away bread, but also to break spirit of Ukrainians.

youtube.com/shorts/arySB... Slava Ukrain 🇺🇦

This is not a 'just' peace. Has the appeasement of dictators ever resulted in a safer world? #SlavaUkraini www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Such a clear and well-informed discussion between @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and @zackpolanski.bsky.social showing that there is still hope! youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...

Rachel Reeves has "boxed herself in with her self-imposed fiscal rules”. The consequences for Scotland are not good. www.thenational.scot/news/2560761...

Well said! Are you listening, UK politicians?

A Theory of Justice. youtu.be/fPAMQer1K8I?...

Scotland already has the capacity to produce more electricity than it needs - yet Westminster wants to turn our countryside into a nuclear export zone for England. #IndependenceIsNormal #BelieveInScotland www.believeinscotland.org/westminster_...

Academics assess Grokipedia: the online encyclopaedia has lifted large chunks from Wikipedia, is full of inaccuracies and falsehoods, and promotes Elon Musk’s far-right “talking points”.

'The obsession with the 2% inflation target is crushing wages, stalling investment, and protecting the rich at the expense of everyone else. It's time for an inflation policy that serves people, jobs, and the planet, and not financial markets.' #MMT #TheGreenTransition youtu.be/971ZezThexQ?...

Edinburgh Tram Extension: Yesterday's technology at enormous cost. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

The message is simple: ❌ No more PFIs. ❌ No new PPPs. With the Autumn Budget coming up, we need to show politicians the public won’t accept more privatisation. ✍️ Sign the EveryDoctor Charter today: bit.ly/SignEDNHSCha...

"The moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies." - George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

UK subsidises energy prices in other countries. Investors, state entities from Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, UAE & the US own most of UK energy sector. £514bn operating profit since 2020. Profits/Dividends go abroad. Britons pay the price of privatisation dogma.

Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends. 90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts. 90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends. Public ownership would make a difference.

Do we really have to accept this 'near-certainty', or can we choose an alternative: a better, fairer, greener, wealthier, healthier, happier, and more successful Scotland? #ScottishIndependence #IndependenceIsNormal #BelieveInScotland yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

Time for change .. @greenparty.org.uk … @zackpolanski.bsky.social is a breath of fresh air in Uk politics

Clear, fair and realistic.

The PFI disaster Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands £6m to advisers. NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed. Money will buy less. Higher taxes, lower value. Say NO to privatisation of the NHS.

Congratulations Uruguay and Ramón Méndez Galain in particular! No more excuses, please, from leaders of other countries that these things are not possible. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson. Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word. This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.

A short explanation of one key aspect of MMT delivered with real clarity. youtube.com/watch?v=raaj...

If you love and want to save the Roseburn Path, please fill out the City of Edinburgh's consultation into the tram extension and make our voices heard. Every response matters. consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/tram-nor...

And what a roasting that was 😀 www.instagram.com/reel/DOJ2BB7...

"Austerity is the midwife of fascism" youtu.be/UMa-aZVLI6I?...

A ready to go plan to independently review how Parliament is elected, promote a national conversation, and build consensus on a way forward www.fairelections.uk/national-com...

Beware those who advocate a 'rethink' of our approach to health in the UK. This well-researched video, by 'Girl Gone London' compares the insurance-based system as implemented in the USA and the UK's NHS. Which is more efficient, which is cheaper and which is more equitable? youtu.be/F35MtUpjMa4

UK Govt to kick off public-private partnerships in England. It is new name for Private Finance Initiative. Private sector invests £1, gets £6+ back. The state guarantees corporate profits. Nothing learnt? Govt can create money, borrow, do QE, tax the rich ... why hand free cash to corporations?

This is shocking. The silence on this is a disgrace. bylinetimes.com/2025/08/20/w...

“If I said I was wearing a Palestine Action T-shirt would you get here quicker?” From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Take Action: Say No to Elon Musk's Energy Power Grab. www.bestforbritain.org/petition-elo...

It's time to shatter the long-held myths about money. Here, Professor Richard Murphy clearly argues the case for a proper understanding which would change the political focus and dispel austerity narratives. #MMT #WealthInequality

"(...GERS is) misleading. It's untruthful, and it's politically loaded against Scotland. It's time to scrap it, to replace it, and to show Scotland's real potential." www.thenational.scot/politics/253... #independenceIsNormal

Of COURSE Scotland is doing better than the rest of the UK. Surely even a crusty old Tory must now realise that GERS, it's just a load of manipulated balderdash? A pile of manufactured baloney. Unionist Propaganda, aimed at feeble, frightened folk. Any sensible Scot knows this! It's 2025.

It’s simply the wrong strategy. Starmer is alienating his core base and won’t convince any Reform voters by cosplaying the hard guy now. I’m genuinely getting tired of this.

Thats why I dont think Stevenson is is the person to listen too. His heart is in the right place but he operates an establishment neoliberal view of the ex trader. Prof Murphy is right here.

Why do the MSM journalists, who interview this illiterate and innumerate simpleton, not interrupt him to challenge this nonsense? Are they too pusillanimous or equally innumerate?

1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵 www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...

"When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done." John Maynard Keynes "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" 1936.

UK Environment Secretary must apologise for ‘misleading’ Scottish water claims. Claimed water “pollution levels in Scotland are worse than they are in England”. Water Commission found 66% of Scotland’s water bodies to be of good ecological status; 16.1% in England; 29.9% in Wales.

Barclays follows HSBC in exit from banking industry’s net zero alliance. They all support Trumpism and chase profits whilst humanity and planet earth face crisis. Can't expect banks to voluntarily accept social responsibility, it must be imposed by law.

HSBC CEO has joined a growing chorus of bankers cautioning Rachel Reeves against increasing taxes on banks. But they are OK with bailouts, subsidies, soaring exec pay, low wages for workers, illicit financial flows, tax abuse, selling dud products. They just object to corporate taxes.

Hedge fund chief says UK stuck in ‘debt doom loop’. Silence about corporate debt, abuses, tax dodges; impact of PFI, privatisations on public debt. Post-war UK reconstructed with debt of 270% of GDP; rich taxed more, led to boom, debt eventually down to 22%. We need to be saved from neoliberalism