"The government’s response? “We don’t believe a further independent review is required.” Let that sink in. £560 million of public money disappeared into one freeport alone. And they don’t think we need to look into it." @boldpolitics.bsky.social This topic has a LOT of legs to it!

Of course, the Government's response to my petition asking for a full transparency review of UK free zones was always going to be one of immense gaslighting. open.substack.com/pub/european...

This is so bloody ridiculous it defies comment. WHAT THE ABSOLUTE F**K!! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

To be clear, the FBI paid nearly $1M in overtime over a FIVE DAY PERIOD last March. And yes, part of it was to find and redact Trump's name. I spoke to sources who reviewed the files for the FBI and DOJ and wrote about it here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...

The UK government’s budget is simply managing decline. The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth. Can't grow economy by hiking taxes on low/middle income families. Whatever happened to taxing the rich?

They say that politicians refuse to learn important lessons, but it isn't about that at all. They don't want to learn anything. They don't make mistakes. They make deliberate acts of horror. They don't want to truly change anything. They're fine with the current inhuman society.

When is the Met ever going to be sorted out? Discrimination and corruption have been the norm for decades.

Labour MPs moaning about not being consulted. What did they expect? 🤔 Do they not understand that their part bows down to capitalists? 🤔

via John Frankish

Reeves is reactionary in the most literal sense of the word. She is reacting to the demands of the markets, reacting to the fiscal rules inherited from the Tories, reacting to the fear that she may upset big business. There is nothing transformative about this at all

we are told is that “there is no money”, meaning that support must be withdrawn, that public services must be restricted, and that working people must bear the burden of decisions made to protect wealth. Reeves has surrendered control of the economy to the very interests that caused its decline

The still image captures perfectly the joy Bridget Phillipson feels when she is giving workers a kicking. Just an awful person owned by corporate power.

Rachel Reeves' She gave the City what it wanted. She spent almost nothing on anything that might add value to the country. She imposed austerity, although she denied it. She increased some benefits, recognising that in a country where too little is happening, she had no choice but to do so

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This is exactly what Neoliberalism doesn't want you to think about If a government is not constrained by tax revenue, then the question becomes: who benefits from public spending? Who gains from austerity? Who holds power in the economy? That leads directly to the politics of class and distribution

governments cannot hide behind markets. If they cut services, cap benefits, or impose austerity, they do so because they choose to and not because the bond markets made them. As we have seen repeatedly this year, markets are not the grown-ups in the room.

Judge in Palestine Action case worked for Israeli spy Robert Maxwell open.substack.com/pub/asawinst...

The green transition cannot be financed by the private sector. It requires public direction on a scale never seen in peacetime. MMT explains how to mobilise those resources without pretending that taxes on the wealthy must be collected first. The government spends first then taxes the money back

You cannot build a caring, sustainable economy while pretending that “there is no money left”. Nor can you do it while basing your economics on myths designed to protect the power of finance.

A reminder after Budget Day with no end to cuts to disability benefit with no end to increases in 'defence' spending meme via Anthony Corella

“The report details how there were over 3,000 lone soldiers serving in the IDF in August 2024, 54 of them from Britain. “The revelation comes as the Israeli army seeks to recruit more foreign soldiers, with the IDF aiming to fill a manpower shortage of around 10,000-12,000 soldiers” via Ad Sinistram

🚨British military personnel trained in Israel amid the Gaza genocide, Declassified can reveal. This comes after we exposed the Israeli soldiers training in Britain over the past two years👇 www.declassifieduk.org/british-mili...

Totally agree, and the sooner the better!

This incredibly irresponsible alcoholic idiot is calling for 500 additional troops in Washington. Because that won't incite more violence. Everything about this silly "Secretary of War" is about saber rattling and pretending he is so strong. He really must have been picked on in school.

Whilst feeling a certain amount of sympathy for these residents, a great amount of caution is required before entering into a leasehold contract. Domestic leasehold has always been a potential booby-trap. 'Our £3.6m bill for flats too dangerous to live in' - BBC News share.google/jdt7efTNKiAX...

Nigel Farage fans want us all to forget his extreme views during his schoolboy years. The same Nigel Farage fans who won’t let go of Shamima Begum’s extreme views during her schoolgirl years. As an adult, Shamima has seen the error of her ways, whereas Nigel.…

A judge gets pulled from the Palestine Action judicial review at the last minute. The Min of Defence refuses to explain why. The 3 replacement judges include a former government lawyer& a judge who previously ruled to allow F-35 components to be sent to Israel. #Britishjustice #israellobby

For everyone that says “but 14 years of the Tories” or anyone that has to listen to it👇🏻

“Germany announced Monday it will lift restrictions on arms exports to Israel, citing a "stabilized ceasefire" in Gaza and recent diplomatic progress in the region” NATO members have by their support of Israel‘ slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza abdicated any residual claim to moral authority

A Pathetic tinkering budget What we need is a major redistribution of wealth and a massive investment in public services, but we get neither As usual, the average worker will pay, while the rich, banks and big business will barely notice www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

Starmer was asked is the UK ready to defend its self if Russia lobbed Hypersonic missiles at us. His answer should of been, I am certain Putin would never attack us with all the assets he has in the UK, especially in London, and sitting in important positions in Westminster he invested heavily in.

You can raise wages for the lowest paid as much as you like but if you're thick enough to STILL not tackle route causes of the cost of living, people will be just treading water. Look at how much we pay for Council Tax, Water, Electricity, Gas, Food, Petrol, these things are crippling us #LABOUR

It seems increasingly clear that the plan is to shut down as many hospital departments as possible, send patients home and roll out new privately run hubs with less NHS oversight than ever. While oceans of public money goes to private banks and private healthcare.

"As budgets go, I thought it was a bit 'meh', to be honest. It lacked danger and a bit of sauciness, and it was also a bit too woke for my tastes...."

Today, Labour is going to announce a return to PFI for the NHS- which is a total disaster. But they’ve renamed it the “NHS neighbourhood rebuild”. Don’t be fooled 🚨 I’ve explained what’s going on in this piece I’ve just written- open.substack.com/pub/jujuliag...

The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population. How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich? They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.

UK govt wants jury trials scrapped except for rape, murder, manslaughter or cases passing a public interest test. What would toff judges do to protesters against bad laws, environmental and other issues. Bad choice by a govt led by a human rights lawyer.

Palestine Action were close to getting their proscription lifted so their panel of judges have been replaced by pro-government and Zionist judges. Not very subtle, is it?

Today will go down in history as the day when the Labour Party really began to die. My suspicion is that there will be no way forward for Labour after this. Its 125 years of history will be over, wounded by the adoption of neoliberalism under Blair and finally murdered by McSweeney and Starmer

Did I miss somthing, Angela Rayner resigned as Deputy PM there was a vote to replace her, but it turned out it was for the position of Leader, and Starmer just gave it to Lammy asfter he was supposed to be just a stand in untill the vote was concluded. Sounds more like Starmer stitched up Rayner.

Yesterday, Rachel Reeves put out a YouTube video on the Budget. After 18 hours, she had 187 views Says it all really

As the insatiable greed of fossil fuel billionaires tightens its grip on bribe-hungry governments ... "As the impact of global warming becomes more obvious, you might expect countries to step up climate action & preparation, but we’re seeing the opposite happen" www.newscientist.com/article/2505...

Today I think we can expect an out-pouring of lies incompetence and bullshit from Rachel Reeves, she can be relied upon to protect the bankers, the city of London spivs, and the wealthy elite from any increase in taxation, and she will substantially improve the electoral chances of Farage & Reform

Where is the mandate from the people to Kier Starmer to do all the shit he is doing? Did his manifesto involve redesigning courts to get rid of juries? In fact what Starmer is proving is, get elected and fuck the mandate—you can do what you want without ACCOUNTABILITY? English Public? 🤷🏼🤷🏼

We have a five year elected dictatorship

via Anti-Reform

What the ACTUAL FUCK ? Netanyahu’s son living in the UK. Working in the UK. Living under an assumed identity which must have been granted by the LABOUR GOVERNMENT. WHO gave him a new identity ? More @declassifieduk.org