Labour is turning Britain into an authoritarian state. That’s bad enough now. But imagine what a Nigel Farage government will build on all these authoritarian foundations.

Ending the right to trial by jury at the same time as restricting the right to protest is dangerous business.

Greenwash England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record. Industry dumps tons of raw sewage in rivers, lakes and seas. Destroys marine life, biodiversity; creates health hazards. And spineless regulators call them green bonds. Travesty.

The Guardian reports that large parts of southern Europe are drying up. And just in case you are not sufficiently worried: Their definition of southern Europe includes Germany and the South of the UK. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A mansion tax is one of the most popular things that Labour has done - 67% in favour, 19% against.

"If you just allow people to become incredibly rich, then think that's not going to have an impact on democracy, you're deluding yourself." The rich have ruled over us for far too long. It's time we took control for ourselves. @graceblakeley.substack.com

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Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights. It was a manifesto pledge Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?

Not a robot

Part of the stylistic peculiarity of BREATHLESS — its art — is that while you're watching it, it's light and playful, off-the-cuff, even a little silly. It seems accidental that it embodies more of the modern world than other movies. (1961)

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

Some of you are being so hard on journalists today. Surely everyone deserves a seventeenth chance.

We have already hit our £100k target in just a few hours 🤯 This is what hope looks like 💚 We're not stopping there. Help us beat Reform in May ⤵️ crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere

This is now up to 130k. Incredible response.

My favourite Roz Chast cartoon: NewYorker, August 13, 1984

The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.

Melanie Phillips' vile anti-Palestinian, anti-Islam rant - and why it must be challenged: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajBR...

I am speechless

The welfare bill has been steady for the last 15 years, and will be for the foreseeable future ...

Hope is here, and this morning we've proved it. In just 5 hours, our Crowdfunder has already hit our £100,000 target But we're not done. We're doubling our target. Let's take the fight to Reform this May. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere

"With leading figures like these, it's a wonder the process has got as far as it has."

Your Party will be a voice for democracy, economic redistribution and peace. Watch my full interview with the New Statesman here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4vw...

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How The Left Can Come Together To Beat Reform | Yanis Varoufakis | Zack Polanski www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjLZ...

If people become insecure, we find they’re three times more likely to desert Labour than if they become more concerned about immigration. Around one-third of Britons felt economically insecure as of April 2025. Focusing on immigration is a ‘red herring’ when financial security is so foundational.

Any dilution to the Employment Rights Bill is an attack on workers. Labour must commit to passing this Bill in full instead of pandering to its detractors in the Lords.

Cheering the two child limit ending isn’t patting Starmer’s Labour on the back or ignoring his record. It’s acknowledging 8 years of hard campaigning and ridding the country of a cruel, toxic policy. Half a million children won’t be hungry anymore. Celebrate today. Tomorrow, pick the next fight.

The Chancellor's tax rises will be vastly outsized by the cost of covering Bank of England losses. Reforming our approach to this could free up billions to spend on public services.

Budget 2025. The wealthy hardly hit. Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax. No wealth tax. No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages. Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits No financial transactions tax. Lobbying and political donations pay

One thing I don't get with the cash ISA annual allowance (reducing from £20k to £12k - which won't affect vast majority of people who can't save anywhere near that a year) What is the rationale for keeping £20k limit for over-65s? Why would you incentivise rich pensioners to save more? #Budget2025

Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism. It is truly frightening that such a fundamental freedom is now under attack. Once rights are lost, they are not easy to win back. We must resist this with all we’ve got.

Budget 2025 One lesso: organise, inform, campaign, protest. UK Govt wasted 18 months, condemned millions of children to poverty. Today govt announced end of the two child benefit cap. 7 MPs had Labour whip withdrawn for opposing the cap. For 18 months Ministers defended the stupid policy.

Busting Establishment Economic Myths By pushing back on the usual economic myths @zackpolanski.bsky.social started a debate on how the economy really works. The Budget is a great opportunity to build on this and this is a clip to help more people understand. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFXV...

The UK is in crisis with bills skyrocketing & families struggling to make ends meet We need a transformative budget to make life affordable again But it looks like what we're getting instead is half-measures We need to fix the foundations - instead we've got a quick paint job

Neoliberal IFS wants govt to ditch the triple lock on state pension. Silence on corporate welfare, taxing the rich/corporations. UK state pension is almost the worst in Europe. 2m retirees live in poverty. 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty. How many pensioners does the IFS kill? archive.ph/AaLRa

‼️Chancellor Rachel Reeves: it’s time to tax the super-rich. Last night, we projected our message right onto parliament and the treasury ahead of the #budget. Today, the Chancellor must listen. #WealthTax now.

Vance asks for a "little bit of patience." Sound familiar? Hoover plunged the nation into Depression asking Americans "if you will have patience". Meanwhile, a taxi driver with cancer in Arizona has premiums go up from $44 to $2,600 a month.

The whole turkey pardon thing has always been a sick joke but this

Working people have been left behind in New York. In the wealthiest city in the world, one in five can't afford $2.90 for the train or bus. As I told Trump today— it’s time to put those people right back at the heart of our politics.

Our campaign was anchored in the voices of struggling New Yorkers. Yesterday, we brought those voices straight to the Oval Office. We made clear that housing, safety, and lower costs are what New Yorkers need and what our administration will deliver.

Glasman has such a sepia-tinted view of class, and zero ability to recognise the way economy and society has changed - in good and bad ways. Precarity, the new working class - there is lots of good thinking about this. To call him a third-rate theorist would be an insult to third-rate theorists.

Successive UK govts have failed to achieve sustainable economic growth because of: Impoverishing the masses Regressive taxation Poor infrastructure Unchecked profiteering Low investment in productive assets Neutering public investment When will govts change course? www.youtube.com/watch?v=87f2...

You're complicit in genocide and the attacks on migrants. A devastating message to Labour MPs from @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Reeves expected to reveal cut in UK growth forecasts for next 5 yrs. Can't get sustained economic growth: 16m live in poverty. 24m live below socially acceptable living standards. Real average wage unchanged since 2008. 4.5m get less than living wage. Regressive taxation. Profiteering unchecked.

Landlords are allowing precarious, uninhabitable living conditions right across the UK — but as an assertive local fightback by tenants in Manchester shows, major victories can be won through collective action.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves hints at welfare cuts. Why do govts not cut corporate welfare? Subsidies for auto, steel, oil, gas, biomass, internet, shipbuilding and others, without any equity stake. Profiteering by energy, water, phone, house builders, care home, dental care companies.

Zack Polanski MOGS Laura Kuenssberg over her economic groupthink WATCH HERE:

"I think we need to be talking about the food on the table, the heat in our homes, and yes....the means of production." We are building a socialist alternative to establishment politics. Help us do it. greensorganise.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social

This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals

‘Is there anything we can do to alleviate flash flooding?’ Lots - & it’s good to see @floodmary.bsky.social talking here about working with nature, reducing paved areas & rain gardens But we also need land use change across whole catchments - more trees, restored peat www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...