Can someone cleverer than me explain what’s wrong with this idea: the government claims a tax on shares, but rather than taking the money, they transfer the shares to a democratic people’s portfolio. Initially a one off, say 1 % would mean nothing to the owners but initiate a transfer of capital.

Sam Rose from UNRWA: "Nothing gets into Gaza without the say so of the Israeli authorities. That has been life in Gaza for more than 20 years.. we have 6,000 trucks of aid outside of the Gaza strip. We are not permitted to bring any of those supplies in"

Everyone saying you can’t just throw money at the NHS to fix it now saying throw money at the military ?

That cuntry’s sovereignty should end at his borders.

“Their attempts to filter became part of the noise, and they seem unable to bring any more thought to bear on the matter that that which leads them to try to simplify what can only be understood by coming to terms with its complexity” insights like this is why I love reading Iain M Banks

Here’s hoping he majority of people are sane intelligent adults and see through Musk’s lunacy and he gets his comeuppance

What a thoroughly nasty man Elon Musk is. No-one elected him. He’s just a huge troll sat on a pile of gold, chuckling about what kingdom he can smash up next.

Farage’s refusal to condemn Musk’s outrageous statements shows total unfitness for public office. But @bbclaurak.bsky.social fails to hold him to account & allows whole interview to be on his terms. No focus on Reform’s divisive policies & no effective challenge to his dangerous insinuations

Never feed this machine.

Why does the UK continue to supply weapons for this kind of inhuman activity? aje.io/zy00v1

Politicians using polarising language is a bugbear of mine. Implying a wrong is the domain of a political leaning is lazy and divisive. Whether left or right, ridicule and racism is wrong and not exclusive to either.

And Israel continues to kill in Gaza with such regularity much of the media no longer find it newsworthy - Al Jazeera reported 21 killed yesterday “Women, children ‘incinerated’ in Israeli attack on tents in Gaza safe zone” aje.io/bpgzod

For Joe, fear is a factor 😂

Great quote-

Reposting just because I like the quote. My mum thought Desmond Tutu was an evil man, I don't!

Sanctions applied to foreign individuals but ok we waste £75m on Charles’ coronation.“ “These unscrupulous individuals selfishly deprive their fellow citizens of much-needed funding for education, healthcare and infrastructure – for their own enrichment,” David Lammy said in a statement.”

Everyone should listen to this. Time to get angry

I moved from twitter thinking I’d spend less time here- turns out I’ve found great content and am enjoying more involvement. I don’t want to be a known name- hence my pseudonym but I promise to behave responsibly! Hopefully the community can police itself and keep interactions civil!

So finally Justin Welby resigned - but what of Charles ( #NotMyKing ) as the head of the church? He takes the tax benefits but doesn't take the responsibility and he's been very silent hasn't he?

Pity my first post here is political, but this post just resonates with me. Hope it's not true, but I feel Americans have sold what they have left to the capitalists, soon they will have nothing.