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Two wonderful cricketers no longer with us. So very sad 😔

Who can we really afford — the rich or everyone else? youtu.be/SzTi95kUBKo?...

ITV in talks to sell television business to Sky. Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock. CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.

We all value ‘the rule of law’. But whose law & rules? Corporations/Rich v Masses. The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few. A few crumbs are thrown to pacify the masses but these are concessions and can be withdrawn. See the linked article.

The black hole in Britain’s economy isn’t in the Treasury youtu.be/XZhZzCOIHUw?...

Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

🚨BREAKING!🚨 30+ of the world's leading economists have written a letter backing calls for a wealth tax on the super-rich. Among those backing the call are the internationally renowned Thomas Piketty, José Antonio Ocampo, Jayati Ghosh, and Ha-Joon Chang. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Rachel Reeves could slash the Cash ISA limit to £4K — a win for hedge funds, a loss for the rest of us 💸 Even the banks are against it. Tell the govt to protect savers, not risky investments! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

@kiaoval.com still trying hard but still no wickets 🥴

The Oval at its very best. Who said @countycricketday.bsky.social is dead @kiaoval.com

🏏 New County Cricket newsletter. Pls share and enjoy 🟣 Championship returns 🟢 Blast reaches halfway 🟠 Signings for Hants, Yorks, Gloucs 🔴 Middx sack Johnson and appoint Vilas 🔵 Yorks all-rounder moves to Warks 🟡 Schedule rows rumble on countycricket.substa...

NatWest’s return to the private sector is a story of opportunity lost www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05...

The UK is in decline where money wields power. Normal people toil and are just voting fodder. Laws and policies are crafted to give the appearance of sternness and fairness, but are rarely fully enforced on corporations and the rich. Must end political corruption

Bloody’ell 😡😡😡😡

Where else will you see professional players enjoy time with their families on the outfield with spectators. Well done @kiaoval.com

Another fine day at The Oval 😁😁😁

Wonderful sight at The Oval

Metro Bank plans £60m bonus for bosses, irrespective on performance. Ultimately paid by high charges to customers, staff/wage cuts, branch closures. Govt removed cap on bankers' bonus. Govts tells workers wage rises are inflationary but silence on exec remuneration, dividends, share buybacks.

Widow, 72, charged £330 by British Gas HomeCare to tighten leaky tap. People fleeced everyday by corporations and their execs living in leafy suburbs - just look at energy, water, rail, mail, banking, insurance, transport, internet. Politicians punish the poor, old, sick and disabled.

As we celebrate 80 years after VE Day: Fascism and far-right is on the rise, stoking hatred. War clouds hang as megalomaniacs want to redraw borders. Hard-won social rights are being lost. Poverty, deprivation and intolerance are on the rise. Don't let their sacrifices be in vain.

Thames Water Prospective Private Equity Owner KKR Donated $1m to Trump Inauguration. Business model: profiteering, price hikes, low investment, high leverage, asset-stripping, excessive returns. In US KKR group sanctioned 217 times, fined $678m for anti-social practices. Can't address water woes.

No 10 rethinking winter fuel payment cut after election slump. "Rethinking" won't do. Must restore WFP. End two-child benefit cap, disability benefit cut, snooping on benefit claimants' bank accounts. Compensate 1950s born women. End energy,/water profiteering. Cut taxes on the poor. Tax the rich.

Neoliberalism has dominated economics and politics for 45 years, despite being based on nothing more than myths, falsehoods, and fantasies that should have discredited the cult promoting it long ago. youtu.be/uYyalJMXROw?...

Trump's mishandling of the economy during his first 100 days shouldn't surprise anyone. He doesn't understand the economy and tanked pretty much every business he ever touched. Watch. https://youtu.be/zbh9SW5Cgqg?si=tmQLdtdCWpVAWW-r

This makes no sense. The company is effectively insolvent. Govt should be able to buy it back for a nominal £1 with no compensation to the greedy shareholders and kleptocratic bosses who've looted it to death. Govt should also clawback money from these crooks. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

"He's had to bite his tongue, he's had to redouble his efforts when shunned, he's had to decline financial opportunities in franchise cricket, he's had to show he can excel with different balls, formats and pitches" | @georgedobell.bsky.social

NatWest profits soar 36% as full privatisation looms. After the 2007-08 crash UK govt bailed it out for £46bn. Tory/Labour sale of shares expected to recoup £25bn. Another state subsidy to the City/rich. Natwest could have become UK's public bank to revive the economy, but govts lack vision.

Every hour, every new bulletin tells us the stock exchange index, but why? What economic news would you rather hear? youtu.be/7tHHQhChTPc?...

"The balance here is off the scale" The government's proposed cuts to disability benefits will deepen poverty and hardship, and push many further from work. Iain Porter, senior policy adviser at @jrf-uk.bsky.social gives evidence to the Work & Pensions Committee

UK company law is not enforced. The cost of not doing so is enormous. youtu.be/YFOrIemNthg?... Why doesn't the UK government care about the fact that UK company law is not enforced? What is the point of having law that they will not impose, at considerable cost to society?

Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal. Farage/Reform want US style insurance-based healthcare; lower food/environmental standards, worker/consumer rights; return to gold standard, benefit cuts. Who in their right mind wants this.

Banks exist to keep you in debt, and so in misery, for as long as possible. youtu.be/IB2wLjqihjM?... Banks are not your friend. They exist to exploit you, and they will whenever they can.

NatWest proposing 43% pay hike for CEO to £7.7m. Barclays 45% hike to £14.3m. HSBC 43% hike to £15m. Banks bailed out by the people, gamble with other people's money. Govts tell workers pay rises are inflationary, but rise in exec pay, dividends, share buybacks OK. Let customers vote on exec pay

BOOM!💥 The number of @bsky.app users just hit 35 MILLION!!! 👏 LETS KEEP GOING, LETS MAKE BLUESKY THE BIGGEST SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM ON THE PLANET AND SEND MUSK, ZUCK & TRUMP PACKING! LETS DO THIS!

Lovely scene at The Oval - wonderful ❤️

Rachel Reeves could cut the interest paid by the government to the UK’s commercial banks by up to £20bn a year. So why won’t she, when she says she is so short of money that those with disabilities must suffer? youtu.be/XITKNiosNwk?...

🏏 New County #Cricket newsletter. Please share and enjoy 🟣 All the Round Two previews 🟢 A fine Round One reviewed 🟠 Gloucs unveil special mural 🔴 Essex celebrate century at Chelmsford 🔵 Middlesex legal trouble 🟡 Championship reform ahead? countycricket.substa...

What Canada, Mexico, Japan, the UK, and the European Union should do in response to Trump’s grossly irresponsible tariffs open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Does the UK government have a debt problem right now? No, except for the self-imposed one created by the Bank of England www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03...

A sensible country 👍

Nuff said ☹️

(Except for the cleaner - we’ve done our own cleaning since moving to the UK, so no great hardship there.) The point is, perspective matters. The Telegraph wringing its hands over the “middle-class poor” while countless people struggle to afford food, heating, or rent is frankly embarrassing.

⏰The Govt have under 2 weeks to block the bailout of Thames Water. 📑25,000 people have signed the petition to take Thames Water into public ownership. #Thames has failed and shouldn't be rewarded with a £3 billion bailout. Agree? Sign our petition tinyurl.com/yxht3p94

@fulhamfc.com why are you not posting on this platform

Taxpayers can't fund payouts for Waspi women, Starmer says. Nonsense. Payment can be phased. Govts that fund wars; bailout banks & energy companies; hand £895bn QE to speculators, subsidies to oil, gas, biomass, auto, steel, microchip & others can also fund justice. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reminder: the stock market is NOT the economy.