Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

Smashing people.

When it comes to benefits over the last decade, people have been murdered for the sake of saving a few quid , those who survive long enough to get a court date are almost always given the money back. The DWP admit theyre lying when called on it and refuse to do anything. Prosecutions are needed.

Have we ever been drip fed to this extent the contents of an upcoming budget? 1) Drip feed budget contents one by one. 2) Gauge reaction. 3) if reaction is to negative change budget. 4) Rinse and repeat.

They are only doing it cos they are so unpopular that the Greens are polling above labour. They didn't give a damn at the beginning of their tenure. I actually despise them more!

If they were serious about alleviating poverty, they would go a lot further. This is vote saving, gesture politics

They should have come into office with sweeping reforms and roll back of austerity, rebuilding the country instead of continuing the Toxic Tory policies. No longer believe they are anything but Blue Labour. I hope but not with certainty...

If the only reason Labour has changed their tune is fear of the Greens, I still don't want them anywhere near power. I'm sticking with a party and leader who have decried the cap from the start. And stood for trans rights. And for Palestine.

If it's true that Reeves will U turn on the child benefit cap, it doesn't mean she won't cut other essential benefits and keeping families in poverty isn't a reason to vote for Labour.

If she didn't think it was right to penalise children, why did she actually penalise children?

Performance politics at its best

So when they withdrew the whip from Labour MPs because they didn't support continuing this particular example of Tory cruelty... what? That was accidental?

Well they are low down in the polls. After attacking children, pensioners, the disabled and being complicit in genocide, Labour want to pretend that they are there for the people, and it’s not because starver is more unpopular than iceberg Liz

She's harmed children for no fucking reason, other than to please the wealthy oligarchs that own the Cabinet and funded the freshman MPs that she refused to tax Either way, her short lived career as Chancellor is finished and losing her seat at the next election

If this is true - this should have happened a long time ago. The Green Party alongside campaigners have been calling for this - and it's good to see maybe they've finally listened. Will reserve relief for all children being lifted out of poverty until we know it's happening.

“…What do I want from COP30? I want leaders who will look their children in the eye and say: We chose courage. We stopped subsidising destruction. We stood with the global majority who did not cause this crisis...” - Zack Polanski Yes! Exactly! Well said, Zack

'Three-quarters of people support a wealth tax – yet none of the establishment parties will touch it. So parts of the media close ranks when the vast wealth of their owners and the policies of their friends in Westminster come under threat.'

It’s scary how quickly this has happened, but we are pushing back. Maybe this Labour government think people haven’t noticed, but they would be wrong. The vast majority want fairness and genuine solutions to the multiple crises going on at the moment, not vile scapegoating and punching down.

The rich would have regular people believe that trying to heat their homes has worse environmental impacts than yachts and private jets. All they do is try to shift the blame We need to get these elites and corporations to pay for the damage they’re causing

Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown. It's time to tax the rich. www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...

UK's Zack Polanski understands the most basic rule of messaging: if you want to touch a nerve, you have to touch a nerve. Of course they're coming after him and of course his Green Party is rising in polls and members. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Labour right and their journalist outriders are TERRIFIED of Labour losing power. They are absolutely shaking in their boots at the prospect of the Greens having any success. Let’s make sure they were right to be scared, join and vote Green. The grass is greener ✅❇️💚 join.greenparty.org.uk

Farage claiming the bbc has been institutionally biased “for years” . Too bloody right it is as that twat is never off Question time 🙄

Hey racists, I hope you're proud of making nurses and home help feel scared to do there jobs. Arseholes, you put them up to intimidate, and it's worked. F#ck You racists.

Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms. He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.

"On another occasion, a BBC executive forbade me from writing for the New Statesman, imploring me to ask The Spectator instead, saying that would be perfectly fine." goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...

(Also on that quote, if taking a position that simply reflects international law marks the Green Party as pro-Palestinian "zealots" in the eyes of centrist pundits then we really do have a big problem).

Polanski responded to the Manchester attack in a thoughtful, sensitive and considered way, not in spite of his lack of political qualifications but because of the ethical and human qualities which are the really indispensable (though of course insufficient) qualification for high office.

People are not fearful of Farage in Downing Street because they worry that he wouldn't competently manage the bureaucracy or grasp the finer points of macroeconomics. They worry because he is palpably a nasty piece of work who would govern actively against their interests, even their safety.

A person is not "qualified" to be PM in the same way as they are qualified to be a surgeon or a mechanic. You can picture Polanski learning the technical aspects of government a lot more easily than you can picture Farage or Starmer acquiring the necessary ethical or humanistic qualities.

Excellently put👇🏻

Great to see people catching up on Sir Robbie Gibb's role in setting up GB News - five years after @nafeez.bsky.social explained on @bylinetimes.bsky.social

In what can only be described as a masterclass in “Why read the warning label?” Trump-era officials are poised to approve a notorious “forever chemical” as a pesticide ingredient.

I am bored of hearing about Tories, Telegraph, ReFUK, FarRage, Trump, useless Democrats. Sick of seeing pictures of the same. My finger is on the button

When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?

Never forget that the only country in NATO history which triggered NATO article 5 is USA after a bunch of Arab terrorists took down some buildings in New York. Now when Europe is in existential threat by former Soviets, the USA is throwing us bones and expecting gratitude. EU need to step up.

🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

‘Starmer hopes lifting the 2-child cap will cheer up his unhappy MPs’ Not lift families out of poverty Not help the poor and vulnerable Not improve people’s lives CHEER UP HIS UNHAPPY MPS

Asylum seekers can stay at Essex hotel at centre of immigration debate, High Court rules

Average healthcare costs in the US: Giving birth? $18,000 Cancer treatment? $150,000 One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k. That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through. Cost in Canada? $0. Cost in the UK? $0. Cost in Australia? $0.

Thank you Anna Maxwell Martin for backing the @asgsfprotest.bsky.social campaign🙏 These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering & were introduced without consultation, warning and no evidence base

You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that: 1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people. 2. Most drug-takers are not a problem. 3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich. 4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.

Even though this happened two weeks ago I just saw it. ICE shoot a US Marshall. This is how untrained these idiots are. www.latimes.com/california/s...

The war to end all wars, they thought. Let our solemn remembrance energise us to work for peace and expose those who profit from conflict and genocide.

Nodding so damn hard at every paragraph

Keir Starmer shamed as 10 million see video of Labour’s broken promises to our nuclear veterans What’s it going to take Prime Minister? 20 million? 50? In opposition you shook the hands of these national heroes, I won’t let you shake them off now www.mirror.co.uk/news/keir-st...

Anarchists are anti-hierarchical; thus, they cannot be capitalists. You can wrongly call yourself an anarchist capitalist, but it is just as much a lie as when Nazis call themselves nationalist socialists; they are not socialist.

Couldn’t we all just agree that everything that is subject to abuse, will be abused by somebody. It’s not reason enough for not providing benefits to those in need. Would anyone argue that we should do away with shops because of the behaviour shoplifters?

Labour Party is the option for genocidal racist tories who don't like to think of themselves as genocidal racist tories. The Guardian calling them left wing allows them to go about their genocidal racist lives oblivious to the suffering they cause.