I agree with George.

well worth listen to this. It exposes the fallacy that too many politicians peddle to justify harmful austerity.

This is worth reading: open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...

People do what you pay them to do. You pay corporate executives to make stock prices go up, not to make better products. You pay politicians to get re-elected, not to govern well. You pay reporters to get a bigger audience, not to tell the truth. And so forth. Be aware of what you pay people to do

Interesting comparison

Am I the only one who thinks that the focus of the media should not be on the implosion of the royal family but on the struggle of Epstein‘s victims to hold to account those who exploited, demeaned and terrified them?

99-percent using well researched evidence & whole-system view of UK economy to influence key politicians. Opposite to Farage & ex-Tory populists with their superficial populist slogans. Important decisions should be taken in interests of the vast majority."it's more complicated than it first seems"

It is good to see we seem to still have an independent court system. Something we need to guard from going the same way as USA.

Well done for finding and sharing this evidence of Mandelson's poor memory. I won't be alone in not being surprised he is a lying toad!

Wouldn't it be in UK's best interests to become part of the EU, or at least the customs union, again? It does seem as if people are noticing there are no Brexit Benefits: only problems, and polls show a majority to rejoin.

Femi’s final point that “ if you don’t get involved in politics these are the people who will be running your life” ( referring to the Farage supporter) should be a call to action for any decent tolerant person.

If the system is that rotten maybe it should be collapsed!

It seems odd to me that a Labour government should be be squeezing their potential core voters.

My only similar joke is "What's the trouble with Political Jokes? They get elected"

This is a very interesting posting by Mark E Thomas of 99% well worth reading. 99-percent.org/what-if-bide...

Clear, Simple and Wrong 99-percent.org/clear-simple...

Yeah, but, you know, “tough choices”. The key part here is how cozy they all are with the wealthy and the press magnates. Would be awkward to upset them when it’s time for dinner in town.

Zelensky has not refused to negotiate. He has refused to surrender to a murderous dictator who has illegally invaded his country youtu.be/HpmDquOkSCY?...

Denmark offers to buy the US - except for its government. "We believe that by giving the U.S. an educational system and national health care, it could be transformed into a great nation," a spokesperson for Denmark said. — Borowitz Report [satire]

This is my first post on BlueSky. I am a Liberal Democrat campaigner and local optometrist in Ashington, Northumberland, UK. Interested in fair votes, a fair economy that works for ordinary people and our NHS. I am an Army veteran of South Atlantic campaign of 1982