James Mullaney

Any possibility you could do something on Freeports in UK?

We now have 2 more in Scotland rebranded as "Green Freeports".

I may be very cynical but seems like evidence is very thin on job creation (limited to displacement from other areas)? It's DHLUC so does it reduce inequality?

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Rise of the Nazis - Origins: 2. The First Six Months in Power At the start of 1933, Hitler is the chancellor of Germany, but he does not have absolute power. He sets his sights on dismantling the German state.

Lots of people seems slightly shocked that the gangster-in-chief is doing gangstery things.

Definitely no precedent for this sort of intimidation, control of the levers of govt and shutting down of opposition voices.

Taxing the richest 1% would raise over £70 billion for public services.

Don't buy the excuses. There's more than enough money in the UK to:

🟢 Tackle the climate emergency
🟢 Improve public services
🟢 Lower household bills

It's time to put people and planet before profit. #TaxTheRich

BCP Council's children's services goes from inadequate to good Some children were found to be

Children's services in BCP Council (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole) go from inadequate to good

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"A coordinated minimum tax on billionaires is the most effective way to create a fairer society—and international tax reforms prove it’s possible. A progressive tax system is both the engine of economic development & a pillar of democracy." 💬 @gabrielzucman.bsky.social at @norad.no conference 2025.

Oakeshott, who recently emigrated to Dubai with her children, explaining how "integrating" there was "not really challenging" as it is "90pc expats", beams in to complain about too many immigrants in London.

Could not make it up. ~AA

The combined net worth of America's twelve wealthiest people passed $2 trillion last year.

12 people. $2 trillion.

Meanwhile, U.S. homelessness increased 18% in 2024.

Our problem isn’t an issue of resources.

Our problem is ever-expanding wealth inequality.

Happy New Year

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Always better to get a win but not overly worried. First time we've drawn a blank in the league this season and we didn't lose against a difficult away opponent in tricky conditions.

Also 9 clear, trophy in the bag and CL playoff qualification still possible. All in all looking good 🏆☘️

Here are just some of the now deleted Tweets previously put out by the man Kemi Badenoch has just made an ennobled peer of the realm

John Hartson is given offside in the 2003 League Cup final, hilariously.

In fairness to Rangers, I remember when this iffy cup final decision dominated the media discourse for literally seconds.

Making an end to poverty in Scotland front and centre of government policy Ending poverty and homelessness in Scotland should be front and centre of government policy going forward into 2024

Ending poverty and homelessness in Scotland should be front and centre of government policy going forward into 2024

Homeless Deaths 2023 | National Records of Scotland National Records of Scotland

New stats today by National Records of Scotland: 242 deaths of people experiencing homelessness were registered in Scotland in 2023. This is similar to 2022 (244 deaths) and a stark reminder of the impact of socioeconomic hardship on health outcomes. Full report: https://buff.ly/3ZoDUw2

More than 8,000 Scottish workers ’could be homeless at Christmas’ New research by The Salvation Army has estimated that as many as 8,000 working people in Scotland will be homeless this Christmas.

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Saydnaya Prison: Mapping the Assads' 'human slaughterhouse' Thousands of people have been executed and tortured in the secretive prison since the 1980s.

Just a reminder that there were people claiming Syrian refugees were 'economic migrants' and it was perfectly safe for them to go back... www.bbc.com/news/article...

“He wants to build a world in which his cruelty cannot be limited, in which he and his fellow dictators enjoy impunity, and in which no universal values exist, not even as aspirations.”

This certainly applies to other he-devils as well as Assad.

Two Very Different Manhattan Murder Investigations The NYPD spent countless hours and resources searching for a CEO’s killer, but has made little evident progress on the fatal stabbing of a migrant teen.

As NYPD officials boasted of the resources expended finding the killer of a corporate CEO, another sidewalk murder the same week, of a migrant teen, has not received the same treatment. hellgatenyc.com/two-manhatta...

Plenty of Tories would have the US model in a heartbeat as would frog impersonator and "man of the people" Nigel Farage. The threat hasn't gone away yet and won't be anytime soon. We'll need to fight privatisation of the NHS every step of the way.

Child Poverty % (children living in households below the minimum wage)

Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%

The UK 32.1%

All four of those countries have child benefits, paid by taxing the rich, that make it almost impossible for a child to be in poverty.

The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats A memo for my fellow filthy rich who live in our gated bubble worlds: Wake up, people. It won’t last.

Trump and his billionaires think the end point of Maga is authoritarianism with them at the top. They are fools. I do not condone violence, but this article from 2014 by Nick Hanauer seems prescient for today.

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Reform UK, what they say and what they do.

Farmer protest organiser was behind racist and homophobic posts online Clive Bailye, one of the five farmers who organised the march in the capital, wrote: "only a disabled, unemployed, black, LGBT, transgender, non tax paying, homeless, vegan immigrant in immediate need...

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Clive Bailye & Lord Bamford. Who'd have thought this was organised by the Tory donor class?

The Paradox of Tolerance Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. - In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be un-wise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intol-erant. Credit: Karl Popper

Touching on Karl Popper’s ‘Paradox of Tolerance’

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King Charles III's Coronation cost taxpayers £72m Government figures show that more than £20 million was spent by the Home Office policing the event.

An egregious waste of taxpayer's money, especially whilst the numbers accessing foodbanks and sleeping rough is growing. Wholly unjustifiable.

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