Burnham ally to unveil plan to reverse decades of privatisation. Price of privatisation - higher bills and taxes for water, energy, rail, mail, NHS, social care. Results in poverty, Can begin reversal by issuing people's bonds, progressive taxation.

How long ago this seems: tendancecoatesy.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/a...

I regret to tell you that the Italian government has chosen to put Frank Furedi - the former leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party - on their school curriculum

One of the more interesting things about #Makerfield is that the Brexiter schism has become even more evident. Restore and Reform have really turned on each other in a marked and ever nastier war of words. On X and Facebook they're busier attacking each other than anyone else.

Wow. Just wow. Congratulations Andy Burnham.

Reliably great analysis from Adam

What a journey they've been on

Ann Furedi hanging out with a bunch of thugs who invaded a council meeting. Cc @pabloite.bsky.social @evansmithhist.bsky.social

Good summary and concise analysis of the current far right wave in the UK and the anti-fascist response.

If you have been using X over the last year, you are likely to have seen claims that rent boys were behind the arson attacks on Keir Starmer's former homes and car We charted how the *completely false* conspiracy theory spread from far right 'patriots' and conspiracists inews.co.uk/news/starmer...

Posting this from my archive in honour of Roy Hattersley brockley.blogspot.com/2020/01/from...

Parade. Thursday. Manhattan.

Tommy Robinson detained at Heathrow under counter terrorism laws www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

'Are the Sizewell C financing arrangements a model for other European countries?' a presentation by Prof Steve Thomas Conclusion: "The model will not be used again so the huge effort completing the Sizewell deal was wasted" Do read 👇 www.static.tu.berlin/fileadmin/ww...

Farage absolutely determined that more #FarageRiots go ahead

"Manfluencers might be lords of the cyberculture thief, but a much more powerful class owns the digital land." Alison Phipps writes on the online industry feeding off the anger of young men, and the political economy of the #manosphere. Read the full story now🌶️ www.redpepper.org.uk/culture-medi...

Tickets to the Liz Truss CPAC UK event go up to a whopping £10,000 for those wanting access to a VIP lounge and attendance at a "Winston Churchill" gala dinner. "Proof that there's one born every minute!" As the great man never said. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Great report by Stop Sizewell C: "With households on the hook for Sizewell C, we need assurances that govt has a prepared exit strategy for when the project – which according to the NAO is already based on “big assumptions” & “significant uncertainty”– goes wrong" stopsizewellc.org/sizewell-c-t...

Back Garden herb jungle after the heavy rain.

A government that was serious about economic growth would scrap the requirement for employers to pay workers anything at all. Wage costs are a huge burden on business and an unjustifiable disincentive for wealth creators.

AI chatbots are being rolled out in JobCentres to help people made redundant by AI find new employment. Sorry, but that's just cruel.

Reform UK council in Sunderland bans pride flag from City Hall northeastbylines.co.uk/region/wears...

Also in the Southampton racist riot:

He's quoting Kanye West to score points and stir up trouble over a truly horrible case that resulted in the death of a young man. I hope it all backfires horribly for this poor excuse of a politician.

There's a fundraiser to support the charity that helped Henry Nowak's bereaved family. Let's all do something good and chip in to help them. 2wish.enthuse.com/pf/henry-nowak

On the ground in Makerfield labourhub.org.uk/2026/05/30/o...

Reform UK’s Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket branch has deleted its social media accounts after a series of inflammatory posts. But the explanation now being offered is raising almost as many questions as the posts themselves.

@redpeppermag.bsky.social tendancecoatesy.wordpress.com/2026/05/26/g...