Trump’s Iranian ‘civilisation will die’ threat. How many will he kill and maim? Bitterness will linger for decades. US is diminished. The man is demented and should be tried for war crimes. "Hell is empty and all the devils are here", wrote William Shakespeare. Maybe he had Trump in mind.

Student loan interest rate capped at 6% in England. Welcome but not enough. It is higher than the rate of inflation and Bank of England base rate. Student debt UK, £292bn; England, £267bn. Must abolish university tuition fees. Most European countries do not charge fees to their citizens.

1974: the top marginal rate of UK income tax was 83% + 15% unearned income surcharge. There were no university fees & food banks, short NHS queue. Now top tax rate is 45%. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. 13.4m live in poverty, food banks everywhere, £292bn student debt.

Hedge fund billionaire to donate £190m to Cambridge University. Wealthy elites funding elite universities, deepening the class divide with high intake from private schools Others face financial squeeze as the state pressed not to increase taxes on corporations and wealthy elites to fund education.

Royal Mail privatisation scandal Today price of 1st class mail rises to £1.80 - an increase of 10p; 2nd class, by 4p to 91p. When privatized in 2013 by Tory/LibDem Govt: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p. Royal Mail hasn't met letter delivery targets, but price still rises. Regulators do what?

1974: the top marginal rate of UK income tax was 83% + 15% unearned income surcharge. There were no university fees & food banks, short NHS queue. Now top tax rate is 45%. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. 13.4m live in poverty, food banks everywhere, £292bn student debt.

Private equity controls our lives from the cradle to the grave. Profiteers from hospitals, nurseries, housing, care homes, undertakers. Business model - high prices, low staffing/wages, high debt, asset-stripping, tax abuse. Life commodified & financialised. Profits for the few, misery for many.

Hedge fund billionaire to donate £190m to Cambridge University. Wealthy elites funding elite universities, deepening the class divide with high intake from private schools Others face financial squeeze as the state pressed not to increase taxes on corporations and wealthy elites to fund education.

UK disability benefit cuts New applicants for the health top-up to Universal Credit to receive half of the current rate whilst cost of living rises. Loss of £200+ a month. If you lose your benefit and reapply, you get the lower rate. Thousands will be pushed into poverty. Cruel.

UK disability benefit cuts New applicants for the health top-up to Universal Credit to receive half of the current rate whilst cost of living rises. Loss of £200+ a month. If you lose your benefit and reapply, you get the lower rate. Thousands will be pushed into poverty. Cruel.

Corporations don't pay the headline rate of UK corporation tax (CT). Effective tax rates are lower because of tax reliefs & subsidies. Despite low effective CT rates, UK is at or near the bottom of the OECD investment league. Did low tax rate persuade water companies to invest or pay dividends?

UK banks can nudge customers to invest in shares. They will get commission, accept no responsibility for losses. Only new shares provide money for investment. Secondary shares is just churn. Another example of the state supporting finance industry, turning people into speculators archive.ph/F9XNU

Corporations don't pay the headline rate of UK corporation tax (CT). Effective tax rates are lower because of tax reliefs & subsidies. Despite low effective CT rates, UK is at or near the bottom of the OECD investment league. Did low tax rate persuade water companies to invest or pay dividends?

UK banks can nudge customers to invest in shares. They will get commission, accept no responsibility for losses. Only new shares provide money for investment. Secondary shares is just churn. Another example of the state supporting finance industry, turning people into speculators archive.ph/F9XNU

Ownership of UK quoted shares. Foreign owned, 58.8% UK individuals, 11.6% Unit trusts, 8.2% Banks, 3.6% Pension funds, 1.6% Insurance companies, 1.2% Other financial institutions, 12.4% Despite privatization giveaways Britons not keen on share ownership. Can't afford to speculate and take risks

Boss of B&Q and Screwfix gets 70% pay rise, to £3.9m. Most store staff are on low wages. B&Q was named and shamed for not paying the minimum wage. Govts preach pay restraint to workers, silence on exec pay, dividends, share buybacks. Workers create wealth, but have no say in its distribution.

Today from the unhinged Felon "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP". Playground bully.

Main rate of UK Corporation Tax cut from 52% in 1983 to 19% in 2017-23, now 25%. They told us cuts would increase investment and wages. For the last 30 yrs UK has been at or near the bottom of the OECD league for investment. Real average wage unchanged since 2008. Capital and execs benefited.

Today from the unhinged Felon "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP". Playground bully.

Ownership of UK quoted shares. Foreign owned, 58.8% UK individuals, 11.6% Unit trusts, 8.2% Banks, 3.6% Pension funds, 1.6% Insurance companies, 1.2% Other financial institutions, 12.4% Despite privatization giveaways Britons not keen on share ownership. Can't afford to speculate and take risks

Boss of B&Q and Screwfix gets 70% pay rise, to £3.9m. Most store staff are on low wages. B&Q was named and shamed for not paying the minimum wage. Govts preach pay restraint to workers, silence on exec pay, dividends, share buybacks. Workers create wealth, but have no say in its distribution.

Main rate of UK Corporation Tax cut from 52% in 1983 to 19% in 2017-23, now 25%. They told us cuts would increase investment and wages. For the last 30 yrs UK has been at or near the bottom of the OECD league for investment. Real average wage unchanged since 2008. Capital and execs benefited.

Private equity entity deceptively named Family First Group closed Hackney Day Nursery and Preschool. PE devours, usual story - high prices, lack of investment, assets sweated. No long-term commitment How long before a block of flats appears on the site? Child welfare shouldn't be a profit centre

Rip-off Britain. A Gulf service station on Sloane Avenue in London’s wealthy Chelsea borough charged 299.9p (nearly £3) for a litre of petrol. They are using Trump's illegal Iran war as cover for profiteering. No regulator doing anything to check sharks.

UK state pension age starts rising to 67. France, 62. Millions will struggle to work, may get derisory benefits. Poor have shorter life, receive pension for fewer yrs. Rich retire whenever they want, have longer lives, receive pension for longer period Huge wealth transfer from poor to the rich

🧵 Oxford Institute for Energy Studies often cited in UK media stories on oil and gas But how independent is it? Its staff includes director of major sanctioned Russian gas firm and researcher accused of pushing Kremlin talking points New on Democracy for Sale: open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Private equity entity deceptively named Family First Group closed Hackney Day Nursery and Preschool. PE devours, usual story - high prices, lack of investment, assets sweated. No long-term commitment How long before a block of flats appears on the site? Child welfare shouldn't be a profit centre

Rip-off Britain. A Gulf service station on Sloane Avenue in London’s wealthy Chelsea borough charged 299.9p (nearly £3) for a litre of petrol. They are using Trump's illegal Iran war as cover for profiteering. No regulator doing anything to check sharks.

UK state pension age starts rising to 67. France, 62. Millions will struggle to work, may get derisory benefits. Poor have shorter life, receive pension for fewer yrs. Rich retire whenever they want, have longer lives, receive pension for longer period Huge wealth transfer from poor to the rich

More than 100 international law experts express "profound concern" about serious violations of international law by the US, Israel and Iran. US-Israeli decision to attack on Iran was a clear breach of the United Nations Charter. Trump has weakened the UN to create a dangerous new world.

Private equity KKR pulled out of the deal to buy Thames Water. New bidders want licence to abuse; no fines for dumping sewage, unplugged leakscausing harms What did their due diligence reports find? Cost borne by customers. The reports need to be made public. archive.ph/G9tsd

More than 100 international law experts express "profound concern" about serious violations of international law by the US, Israel and Iran. US-Israeli decision to attack on Iran was a clear breach of the United Nations Charter. Trump has weakened the UN to create a dangerous new world.

Reform to fund pensions triple lock with ‘biggest benefits bill cut in history’, Farage says. Divisive Farage setting-up pensioners v the rest. Silence on equitable distribution of wealth, corporate welfare, ending profiteering. UK benefits lower than most OECD countries. Preparing for democide.

UK drug exports to US spared tariffs under deal critics say will cost NHS billions. US importers/customers bear tariffs. They won't pay. Instead, the UK will pay up to £9bn a year more for NHS drugs. What will the govt cut? Better to be self reliant.

Private equity KKR pulled out of the deal to buy Thames Water. New bidders want licence to abuse; no fines for dumping sewage, unplugged leakscausing harms What did their due diligence reports find? Cost borne by customers. The reports need to be made public. archive.ph/G9tsd

Reform to fund pensions triple lock with ‘biggest benefits bill cut in history’, Farage says. Divisive Farage setting-up pensioners v the rest. Silence on equitable distribution of wealth, corporate welfare, ending profiteering. UK benefits lower than most OECD countries. Preparing for democide.

UK drug exports to US spared tariffs under deal critics say will cost NHS billions. US importers/customers bear tariffs. They won't pay. Instead, the UK will pay up to £9bn a year more for NHS drugs. What will the govt cut? Better to be self reliant.

🚨Stop the Thames Water creditors 🚨 The creditors are closing in on a deal They want to dodge fines and dump sewage freely This deal would reward Thames Water's abysmal failure, setting a tragic new low for every single water company We've got to stop them. Email your MP now.

Next week’s disability benefit cuts will make people destitute. Families face eviction, lack of food and heating, lose access to the vital care. Govt could cut corporate welfare, collect taxes dodged, tax the rich, but vulnerable are easy target. In a wealthy country misery is a political choice.

Govt to relax planning rules for intensive factory farms; despite local opposition, concerns about water pollution, air quality. My local council refused planning permission for the 7th McDonald's restaurant in town, near a school. Govt allowed it without visiting the site. Backlash long overdue.

Next week’s disability benefit cuts will make people destitute. Families face eviction, lack of food and heating, lose access to the vital care. Govt could cut corporate welfare, collect taxes dodged, tax the rich, but vulnerable are easy target. In a wealthy country misery is a political choice.

Thames Water ‘close to deal that would spare it Ofwat fines until 2030’. Anything given to TW can't be denied to others. No pressure points to end sewage dumping, cash extraction, customer fleecing. A licence to pollute, abuse and exploit. One law for us, another for corporations and capital.

Reform housing chief says Grenfell was tragic ‘but everyone dies in the end’, will deregulate. Reform opposed minimum wage rise, abolition of two-child benefit cap; will cut worker/maternity rights. Ethnic Cleansing: Wants mass deportation of those legally settled in the UK, build detention camps.

Trump's Iran war risks private credit crisis, AI bubble bursting Higher energy prices stoke inflation. Interest rates to rise. Shadow banks could tumble Risks multiplied by banking deregulation Govt must check profiteering, speculation, avoid austerity. Need equitable distribution of wealth.

Govt to relax planning rules for intensive factory farms; despite local opposition, concerns about water pollution, air quality. My local council refused planning permission for the 7th McDonald's restaurant in town, near a school. Govt allowed it without visiting the site. Backlash long overdue.

Reform housing chief says Grenfell was tragic ‘but everyone dies in the end’, will deregulate. Reform opposed minimum wage rise, abolition of two-child benefit cap; will cut worker/maternity rights. Ethnic Cleansing: Wants mass deportation of those legally settled in the UK, build detention camps.

Thames Water ‘close to deal that would spare it Ofwat fines until 2030’. Anything given to TW can't be denied to others. No pressure points to end sewage dumping, cash extraction, customer fleecing. A licence to pollute, abuse and exploit. One law for us, another for corporations and capital.

Trump's Iran war risks private credit crisis, AI bubble bursting Higher energy prices stoke inflation. Interest rates to rise. Shadow banks could tumble Risks multiplied by banking deregulation Govt must check profiteering, speculation, avoid austerity. Need equitable distribution of wealth.

China billionaire owner of Northumbrian Water wants to bid for Thames Water. NW has 50+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, fleeces customers. 90% of England's water is foreign owned. More of the same can't solve problems. Must end privatisation. Must nationalise.

Today, the UK minimum wage for the over-21s rises to £12.71 per hour. £10.85 an hour for 18-20 year olds 4.4m will earn less than the real Living Wage. In parliament, multi-millionaire Tories opposed the rise. No empathy for the poor. Watch my response to their motion.