Victoria Pulman

USA is the imperial power of our age, empire's are created and sustained by violence, so shielding its proxies and killing millions who oppose it isn't new, its a feature, see Vietnam

The UK needs to come to the same conlusion.
#MAGAmerica

Agree, but don't see it happening sadly, both our political parties still think what's happening in America is temporary and things will go back to 'normal'

I would feel much better if I was Canadian, thier leaders are awake to the dangers we're all facing from Trump & his circus

Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik There is no way to rationalise the horrors inflicted on Gaza’s innocent children. Now is the time to mourn them fully, says columnist Nesrine Malik

“Each one of those deaths is a singular tragedy: a child robbed of a future, of a chance to find out who they are, to know the world, to be a person.” @nesrinemalik.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Private Equity as Public Debt Financial Capitalism's uncanny resemblance to Soviet-style economics

The UK’s Labour government is preparing to nationalise Thames Water, and socialise the losses of global, unregulated Private Equity (PE) firms, just as the Soviet Union’s Gosplan (State Planning) dept protected loss-making firms back in the day.
annpettifor.substack.com/p/private-eq...

MAGA’s next frontier: Europe Trump’s tentacles are spreading across the continent...

“Radical right-wing groups are spreading Trump’s ideas across Europe, promoted by fawning Brexiteers who’ve suddenly forgotten they campaigned so avidly for British “independence”
@writesbright.bsky.social

writesbright.substack.com/p/magas-next...

Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏

Whereas the influence of newspaper barons like Murdoch was 'in the shadows', through the back door of Downing St & splashed across front pages, the tech media age of Musk allows the algorithm to get directly into people's heads, activating emotional trigger points in a more targeted, insidious way.

Left: Rachel Reeves is celebrating £125 million a year in extra trade with China

Right: Your reminder that Brexit has cost the UK £13.5 billion in trade

To make up for the lost UK-EU trade, Labour needs to find 108 similarly updated trade deals

Great from @robinmcalpine.bsky.social via @commonweal.bsky.social

I'd 're-ask' some of his 're-asks' again, notably that economic growth is needed to fund services. But park that, for now

What is true; the key to change IS to ask different, better questions

commonweal.scot/change-the-s...

Pecksniff: So concerned were Reform MPs at child abuse, none turned up to the Commons debate In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life

"So concerned were Reform MPs at child abuse, none turned up to the Commons debate"

Liz Truss threatens to sue Keir Starmer unless he "ceases and desists" from alleging she crashed the economy.

In other news, here's Liz Truss making the exact same allegation against Gordon Brown

There was a notion, at the time, that the pandemic would be a great 'leveller'. Now, as LA burns, we see that wealth and privilege is no protector. But 'business as normal' resumes quickly. I'm always wondering what can make us step into another's shoes and truly walk around in them... changing us.

Sadly nothing I fear, we have too much selfishness, self interest, corruption and cowardice in our world combined with a lack of empathy, decency and morality and politically bankrupt leaders

You will read countless times today that the LA mayor cut the LA Fire Department's budget by $23 million.

That is a lie.

The budget was actually *increased* by $50 million.

I agree

Venus above the Moon and Saturn

I took this photo of Venus above the Moon tonight, with Saturn also visible in the top left corner! I LOVE that it’s possible to see planets in the sky, and I’m always in awe of them.

Maps of UK Freeports These maps show Freeport locations in the UK, their outer boundaries and the Freeport tax sites within them.

Maps of all 12 UK Freeports including the outer boundaries, note that every Freeport sits within a much larger Special Economic Zone (SEZ) ranging from 34 to 75km in diameter.
Did you vote for this?
www.gov.uk/government/p...

Politicians forget that a heavily indebted Labour government once built social housing, the NHS and public education - without labelling public investment a 'tax'...

DWP spent £50,000 trying to stop release of review into disabled man’s death Previous government spent almost £1m trying to prevent release of documents in 56 legal cases

UK Tory govt spent £50,000 to stop release of review into disabled man’s death.

DWP wrongly stopped his benefits, leaving him with no income.

He weighed 4.5 stone when body found, eight months after benefits were stopped.

Govt tried to conceal murder.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Someone shared this with me, and I think it's beautiful. That's what I wish for everyone I love and appreciate in this New Year 2025, that your life is filled with an abundance of real luxuries. ❤️

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

Well said 👏

Happy New Year 🥂
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda 🥳

Linda La Hughes (Kathy Burke) stepping out of the Tardis

If AI is so good how come it hasn't given us 3 series of this yet?

I'm laughing just thinking about how funny it would be 😅

We all deserve more money. Let me prove why it's time for universal basic income A universal basic income policy is simple yet transformative, writes Zack Polanski, deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales.

"If we fail to deliver real solutions – not just in rhetoric but through policies that improve people’s lives – more demagogues will rise."

My article today on a Universal Basic Income in the @bigissue.com : 👇🏼

www.bigissue.com/opinion/univ...

The analysis and critical thought aren't stale, the lack of positive political change and constructive political leadership stemming from new thinking is one big factor to why there is so much disillusionment globally, cheap populists are filling the void in the meantime and no one is fighting back

Loose regulation, austerity, repeat: The UK economy, explained.

From the new Private Eye, out now.