wellingtonrock

wellingtonrock, 1 day ago to random

You've seen what the Tories have done. Now let's start to UNDO the damage!

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/privatised-water-has-no-place-in-modern-britain?source=direct_link&

wellingtonrock, 1 day ago to random

'The reality that we face a political conspiracy to deny us the chance of lives well lived supported by benign government intended to promote universal well-being is beyond debate. This is a fact. The question is, now that Labour under Starmer has gone so far out of its way to make this clear, what do we do about it?'

Labour and the Tories are both making the same false claim, which is that we can no longer afford government https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/13/labour-and-the-tories-are-both-making-the-same-false-claim-which-is-that-we-can-no-longer-afford-government/

realTuckFrumper, 2 days ago to random

Rishi Sunak To Warn UK Entering ‘Most Dangerous’ Few Years In Country’s History https://www.mediaite.com/uk/rishi-sunak-to-warn-uk-entering-most-dangerous-few-years-in-countrys-history/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

wellingtonrock, 10 days ago to random

Richard Murphy's trenchant criticism of Neoliberal Economics...

Economists are neither thinkers or problem solvers. Most are just mathematicians, and not very good ones at that https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/

wellingtonrock, 12 days ago to random

'Well, these are natural monopolies, and a natural monopoly is a service where we have no choice about who supplies us, and we don't.

If you live in the Thames Water area, you have to buy your water from Thames Water. If you live in Northumberland, Northumbria Water are going to supply you. I have no choice but buy from Anglia Water...

We need the water companies of England to be nationalised https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/

wellingtonrock, 12 days ago to random

Stop the bottom trawlers (not an euphemism) wrecking the seabed to catch a few saleable fish...

https://action.wemove.eu/sign/2023-05-end-bottom-trawling-petition-EN

wellingtonrock, 13 days ago to random

Teeheehee Haahaahaa Haahaahaa

Bette Midler HUMILIATES Trump with New Jingle Exposing His Courtroom Secret https://youtube.com/shorts/ZfvUyOFgVZI?si=Ol9299dIhR9aSO4d

wellingtonrock, 13 days ago to random

'The ministers of Germany, Brazil, Spain and South Africa said by doing this $250 billion could be raised every year to fight growing poverty and inequality. They are calling on other countries to join their campaign.'

International pressure to tax billionaires is growing - Tax Justice UK https://www.taxjustice.uk/blog/pressure-to-tax-billionaires-is-growing?link_id=10&can_id=39785f6efd4bd0ca0f96bac2fa6bc766&source=email-pressure-to-tax-billionaires-is-growing&email_referrer=email_2303343&email_subject=pressure-to-tax-billionaires-is-growing

wellingtonrock, 14 days ago to random

'According to the anguished cri de coeur from the Court’s helpless liberal minority, their conservative colleagues have been cunningly inventing "novel constitutional questions," in order to "insulate this Court and petitioner"—that’s Donald Trump—"from future controversy." In short, they have been acting like the nation’s sovereigns, on behalf of a would-be strongman.'

The Infernal Triangle: A Republic, If We Can Keep It https://americanprospect.bluelena.io/index.php?action=social&chash=a431d70133ef6cf688bc4f6093922b48.2699&s=5f86e1d7dd9d79f7990909cd2151c02f

wellingtonrock, 17 days ago to random

I have a joke about trickle down economics.

99% of you won’t ever get it.

wellingtonrock, 19 days ago to random

'“[W]here, say some, is the King of America?” Thomas Paine wrote in Common Sense, the 1776 pamphlet that convinced British colonists in North America to cut ties with their king and start a new nation. “[I]n America the law is king. For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.”'

April 25, 2024 - by Heather Cox Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-25-2024?publication_id=20533&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr&utm_medium=email

wellingtonrock, 1 month ago to random

'Whatever your politics, it’s perfectly rational to see Thatcher as a key figure: one of few modern prime ministers to profoundly change the country. What’s much less rational, however, is to revere her with few reservations, when the wreckage left by her government is still piling up all around us.'

Margaret Thatcher set Britain’s decline in motion – so why can’t politics exorcise her ghost? | Andy Beckett | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/12/thatcher-uk-decline-politics-exorcise-her-ghost

wellingtonrock, 1 month ago to random

'In 2021, Debenhams closed its doors after 242 years, with the loss of 12,000 jobs. It was destroyed by private equity which increased debt from £128m to £1.6bn, and paid itself dividends of £1.3bn. The company was strangled by debt which left no wiggle room for investment and collapsed owing £616m to its suppliers.'

Private equity is predatory capitalism with a long trail of destruction - Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate https://leftfootforward.org/2024/04/private-equity-is-predatory-capitalism-with-a-long-trail-of-destruction/

wellingtonrock, 1 month ago to random

... And British people too!...

'The record profits of large corporations are coming out of the paychecks of average Americans, who are still struggling to get by.'

Why are we still suffering inflation? Monopoly power! https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-are-we-still-suffering-inflation?publication_id=365422&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr&utm_medium=email

wellingtonrock, 1 month ago to random

'we have a Labour shadow minister actively seeking office, declaring war on his own party's natural supporters and the NHS unions. And people wonder why I can see nothing of merit left in Labour.

This labour leadership is a total disgrace, having sold out on any remaining principles the right of the Party ever had.'

Wes Streeting is a disgrace https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/08/wes-streeting-is-a-disgrace/

wellingtonrock, 1 month ago to random

'Project 2025 seeks to immediately establish a police-state, permanently
stripping away decades of civil and human rights.

Their simply staggering stated authoritarian agenda includes:

• Banning abortion nationwide and tracking all pregnancy-related procedures
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• Blocking all gender-affirming care
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• Condemning single motherhood and same-sex marriage
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• Installing their President permanently.

Project 2025 and the End of America https://johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/project-2025-and-the-end-of-america?publication_id=2037902&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr&utm_medium=email

wellingtonrock, 1 month ago to random

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Ex-Corbyn aide Laura Parker: 'Vote Green' in Labour-held Bristol target seat - LabourList https://labourlist.org/2024/03/ex-corbyn-aide-laura-parker-vote-green-in-labour-held-bristol-target-seat/

wellingtonrock, 1 month ago to random

'The selling off of Norwich’s brand new, award-winning council homes should be a wake-up call. Trying to solve the UK housing crisis while right to buy remains on the statute books is like trying to fill a bath with the plug out.'

Councils now sell off more houses than they build. Thatcher’s legacy, right to buy, is a failure | Phineas Harper | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/26/councils-sell-off-more-houses-right-to-buy-failure

wellingtonrock, 1 month ago to random

'But now it’s clear that Trump wants more than isolated acts of violence from his followers. He wants a full-fledged civil war.'

It’s now clear that Trump is preparing his base for a Civil War https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/its-now-clear-that-trump-is-preparing?utm_medium=email

wellingtonrock, 1 month ago to random

'The work to be done is to make sure that Trump doesn't come close. And part of that work is to explain to voters what Trump says and who Trump is. He's the bloodbath candidate.'

The Bloodbath Candidate - by Timothy Snyder https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-bloodbath-candidate?publication_id=310897&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr&utm_medium=email

wellingtonrock, 1 month ago to random

'So there you have it: Trump and his regressive mouthpieces want to cut Social Security so they can give another giant tax cut to the super-rich.

Biden wants to save Social Security by having the super-rich — who have become far richer over the past several decades — pay more Social Security taxes.'

The biggest contrast in the upcoming election (other than democracy vs. "blood in the streets" fascism) https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-biggest-contrast-in-the-upcoming?publication_id=365422&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr&utm_medium=email

wellingtonrock, 1 month ago to random

'Nothing will ever make Labour acceptable to me until they say they they are going to really tackle the issues arising from poverty, and to root out its causes. Why should I tolerate them when they could do that, and so far say that they will not?'

What is the point of power if it is not to help the most vulnerable and least well off, which there is no sign that Labour will do? https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/03/17/what-is-the-point-of-power-if-it-is-not-to-help-the-most-vulnerable-and-least-well-off-which-there-is-no-sign-that-labour-will-do/

wellingtonrock, 1 month ago to random

'The best Americans, betrayed by you when you cast your vote, will be murdered at the whim and for the wealth of a dictator. Your tragedy will be living long enough to understand this.'

The Strongman Fantasy - by Timothy Snyder https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-strongman-fantasy?publication_id=310897&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr&utm_medium=email

wellingtonrock, 1 month ago to random

'Keep in mind, the news media are not independent; they are a sort of bulletin board and public relations firm for the ruling class - tge people who run things. Those who decide what news you will or will not hear are paid by, and tolerated purely at the whim of, those who hold economic power. If the parent corporation doesn't want you to know something, it won't be in the news. Period. Or, at the very least, it will be slanted to suit them, and rarely followed up.'

wellingtonrock, 2 months ago to random

'And now he’s conned most Republican voters into believing his utterly baseless claim that he won the 2020 election. Political conning is Trump’s genius.

This genius — combined with utter stupidity in every other dimension — poses the clearest and most terrifying danger to America and the world. '

Seriously, again, how dumb is Trump? - Robert Reich https://robertreich.substack.com/p/seriously-how-dumb-is-trump?publication_id=365422&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr&utm_medium=email