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If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.

UK subsidises energy prices in other countries.

Investors, state entities from Canada, France, Germany, Spain, Israel, Italy, Korea, Norway, UAE & the US own most of UK energy sector.

£514bn operating profit since 2020.

Profits/Dividends go abroad.

Britons pay the price of privatisation dogma.

If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.

Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.

90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.

90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.

Public ownership would make a difference.

Starmer asks Conservative peer to write planning bill to block judicial reviews Exclusive: One option could be to leave treaty that allows legal claims against projects such as Heathrow expansion

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YouGov MRP shows a Reform UK government a near-certainty if an election were held tomorrow | YouGov Second YouGov MRP model since the 2024 election projects Reform UK would win 311 seats, just 15 short of a majority

Do we really have to accept this 'near-certainty', or can we choose an alternative: a better, fairer, greener, wealthier, healthier, happier, and more successful Scotland?
#ScottishIndependence #IndependenceIsNormal #BelieveInScotland

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Time for change .. @greenparty.org.uk … @zackpolanski.bsky.social is a breath of fresh air in Uk politics

Clear, fair and realistic.

Fears of new PFI-style ‘disaster’ as firms handed £6m to advise on using private funds for NHS clinics Exclusive: Consultants and lawyers hired to advise on using public-private partnerships to build ‘neighbourhood health centres’ in England

The PFI disaster

Wes Streeting readies more of the NHS for privatisation. Hands £6m to advisers.

NHS will be a shell doling out contracts to private equity and corporations. Profits guaranteed.

Money will buy less. Higher taxes, lower value.

Say NO to privatisation of the NHS.

He got an entire country running on clean energy. Can he do it again? Ramón Méndez Galain helped Uruguay decarbonize its grid in just five years, with 98 percent of its energy coming from renewable sources.

Congratulations Uruguay and Ramón Méndez Galain in particular! No more excuses, please, from leaders of other countries that these things are not possible.
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Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.

Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.

This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy Why modern monetary theory fails without tax

A short explanation of one key aspect of MMT delivered with real clarity.
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Our Consultation Response | Save The Roseburn Pa Join the campaign to ensure Edinburgh's Roseburn Path continues as a fantastic green corridor and active travel route.

...and finally, here is Save the Roseburn Path's own response to the consultation:
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Consultation Guidance | Save The Roseburn Pa Join the campaign to ensure Edinburgh's Roseburn Path continues as a fantastic green corridor and active travel route.

"Save the Roseburn Path" guidance for completing the consultation form:
www.savetheroseburnpath.com/consultation...

If you love and want to save the Roseburn Path, please fill out the City of Edinburgh's consultation into the tram extension and make our voices heard. Every response matters.
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And what a roasting that was 😀
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YouTube video by Richard J Murphy Austerity is the midwife of fascism

"Austerity is the midwife of fascism"
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National Commission on Electoral Reform: Terms of Reference APPG for Fair Elections

A ready to go plan to independently review how Parliament is elected, promote a national conversation, and build consensus on a way forward
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YouTube video by Girl Gone London the shocking reality of USA healthcare that would NEVER happen in Britain

Beware those who advocate a 'rethink' of our approach to health in the UK. This well-researched video, by 'Girl Gone London' compares the insurance-based system as implemented in the USA and the UK's NHS. Which is more efficient, which is cheaper and which is more equitable?
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‘Past mistakes must be avoided’: anxiety as Labour eyes public-private funding for NHS Decision on neighbourhood health centres expected in autumn but approach divides policy experts

UK Govt to kick off public-private partnerships in England.

It is new name for Private Finance Initiative. Private sector invests £1, gets £6+ back. The state guarantees corporate profits.

Nothing learnt?

Govt can create money, borrow, do QE, tax the rich ... why hand free cash to corporations?

Where Is the Political Leadership Against This Violent Far-Right Movement Terrorising Britain? The silence of senior mainstream politicians and media organisations against the rise of a new well-organised far-right movement on Britain's streets is a disgrace, argues Adam Bienkov

This is shocking. The silence on this is a disgrace.
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“If I said I was wearing a Palestine Action T-shirt would you get here quicker?”

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Take Action: Stop Elon Musk's Energy Power Grab Change Minds → Change Politics

Take Action: Say No to Elon Musk's Energy Power Grab.
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It's time to shatter the long-held myths about money. Here, Professor Richard Murphy clearly argues the case for a proper understanding which would change the political focus and dispel austerity narratives.
#MMT #WealthInequality

Expert debunks everything you've been told about Scotland's 'deficit' It's GERS day: The day in Scotland when the Government Expenditure and Revenue Statement for Scotland is published by the Scottish Government ...

"(...GERS is) misleading. It's untruthful, and it's politically loaded against Scotland. It's time to scrap it, to replace it, and to show Scotland's real potential."
www.thenational.scot/politics/253...
#independenceIsNormal

GERS figures show Scottish Government revenue growing faster than spending SCOTTISH Government revenue is growing faster than spending, new official figures show despite declining income from North Sea oil and gas.

Of COURSE Scotland is doing better than the rest of the UK.

Surely even a crusty old Tory must now realise that GERS, it's just a load of manipulated balderdash?

A pile of manufactured baloney.

Unionist Propaganda, aimed at feeble, frightened folk.

Any sensible Scot knows this!

It's 2025.

It’s simply the wrong strategy. Starmer is alienating his core base and won’t convince any Reform voters by cosplaying the hard guy now.
I’m genuinely getting tired of this.

Thats why I dont think Stevenson is is the person to listen too.

His heart is in the right place but he operates an establishment neoliberal view of the ex trader.

Prof Murphy is right here.

Why do the MSM journalists, who interview this illiterate and innumerate simpleton, not interrupt him to challenge this nonsense?
Are they too pusillanimous or equally innumerate?

The Renewable Illusion: Why Fossil Fuels Keep Winning Global renewables hit records in 2024, but fossil fuel use still rises. Here’s why solar’s surge isn’t enough—and what the latest energy data really shows.

1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
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"When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done." John Maynard Keynes "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" 1936.

Environment Secretary urged to apologise for ‘misleading’ Scottish water claims Holyrood’s Climate Action and Energy Secretary has written to Steve Reed about ‘inaccurate and misleading comments’ about water quality in Scotland.

UK Environment Secretary must apologise for ‘misleading’ Scottish water claims.

Claimed water “pollution levels in Scotland are worse than they are in England”.

Water Commission found 66% of Scotland’s water bodies to be of good ecological status; 16.1% in England; 29.9% in Wales.