Andrew

Maybe it depends on who you are holding your hands out to?

BBC News: "Starmer 'angry and frustrated' at 'intolerable' mistaken release of prisoners"
It's amazing that people in a position of authority, and control the direction of the economy, are unable to see the results of their austerity measures and then act outraged when their system fails.

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy Why is it that the rich always seem to win?

Why is it that the rich always seem to win? youtu.be/KKwCTaUQ5gM?... In this video, I unpack how political choices and not economic laws have made wealth compound and wages stagnate, and what we can do to reverse it.

I'm sure it could be argued that Nigel Farage is using his media presence to enrich himself, though of course it would be at a rate considerably higher than minimum wage

Principles seem unimportant when narrative can serve a as a rallying cry

(Tongue firmly in cheek) ... damned immigrants coming into this country and taking our Hero jobs

UK energy companies made £30bn profit.
Gas extractors £10.8bn
Electricity generators £9.7bn
Transmission/Distribution £6.8 bn
Retail suppliers £2.8 bn

£500 a yr profit from average household
Bills up 42% since 2021.

Direct cause of inflation and poverty.

128,000 people a year die in fuel poverty.

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The cost of winter fuel payments is £3bn a year. The profits of the big four gas supply giants in 2023 were £65bn. It's hard to see any obvious policy conclusions here, but I'm sure top economists are working on the problem.

‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap

City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache.

But silence on its own role in economic crisis.
Short-termism and lack of investment
Endless financial scandals
Pushed for privatization.
Urged deal wage/benefit cuts
Opposes redistribution of income and wealth
Unchecked fat-cattery

Who made this? Brilliant.

Elon Musk Is Gaming the Internet for Fascism The billionaire X owner is accelerating his AI-driven assaults on reality and Europe had better harden its defences, argues Heidi Siegmund Cuda

Elon Musk Is Gaming the Internet for Fascism

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YouTube video by Richard J Murphy From prince to commoner: what Andrew’s downfall tells us about power

From prince to commoner: what Andrew’s downfall tells us about power youtu.be/PZUutyoNhAc?...

I don't understand why flihht operators don't have a mandatory fill from the back policy; I'm forever waiting to get past passengers struggling to get to the window seat, or putting luggage in the overhead lockers , and then the operator blames the passengers for being slow to seat themselves...

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy We need a Basic British Bank

We’re told that competition makes everything better — cheaper, fairer, more efficient. But when it comes to banks, that’s a myth. Six giant institutions dominate the UK market. It’s time for a publicly owned Basic British Bank to make banking fair again. youtu.be/rwPoacsfIqI?...

Richard Murphy: What future awaits a UK with three nations all seeking independence? IN his book The Break-Up Of Britain, published in 1977, Tom Nairn argued that the United Kingdom is an artificial, “unnatural” state whose…

Richard Murphy: What future awaits a UK with three nations all seeking independence? www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

NHS needs up to £3bn extra to avoid cuts, health leaders warn Health leaders say progress on reducing waiting lists will be affected if there is no help in making up the financial shortfall.

NHS needs up to £3bn extra to avoid cuts, health leaders warn.

Cuts = money wasted on redundancies.

NHS leaks money due to PFI, privatisation profits.

6.26m await 7.41m England hospital appointments.

Can't expand economy without healthy workforce.

Must increase NHS capacity. Pay doctors/nurses.

Companies that donated to Labour awarded £138m in contracts, study finds Report raises fresh concerns about the link between political donations and public spending

Companies that donated to Labour awarded £138m in contracts.

Corporations/Rich don't donate, they bribe. Buy access to policymakers, favourable laws, lax regulation, govt contracts. Low/Middle earners cannot compete.

Political donations must be criminalized. No second jobs for MPs.

Nationalism – good or bad? RobertJ asked a question on this blog yesterday that goes to the heart of how I believe that we should think about belonging, identity, and the politics of care. He asked whether nationalism is good o...

Nationalism – good or bad? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10... My thoughts on a subject at the core of politics in the UK now.

In the last 30 years.

University has become unaffordable.
Homes have become unaffordable.
Healthcare has become unaffordable/non existent.
Heating has become unaffordable.
All the jobs are Minimum Wage.

The screws are only turned on you so billionaires can become trillionaires

... and yet, as a result of Brexit, successive governments continue to sell the very ground beneath our feet to the highest(?) bidder in the shape of Freeports and Special Economic Zones, SEZ (please see/read EuropeanPowell)

... hmmm, I don't know, but nagging seems like parenting which has failed; In my experience, parenting is cooperative, how much time do we spend supporting our children on their efforts to meet our expectations/ambitions for them, before we start 'nagging'?

Get.

Rid.

Of.

Ofcom.

It's worse than useless.

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if the government are convinced that private hospital services are the way to cut waiting times, it's because the the private sector mostly operate low risk speedy procedures:should the government be building small hospitals to cater for low risk speedy operations rather than huge complex hospitals?

I'm guessing that a president who spends $350million, or so, dollars on a ballroom is probably looking to be in office beyond the next presidential election in two years time,in order to enjoy the ballroom.

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy The moral case for tax: why fairness depends on it

We’re told tax is a curse and even “theft.” That’s wrong. Tax is how we build a fair society. It’s how we express our shared responsibility. The real immorality lies in avoiding tax. In this video, I explain why tax is not a burden but the foundation of democracy itself. youtu.be/4UXpnRL3WVE?...

I guess the other question is, how long before the Labour party follows the Conservative party by self-destructing?