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UK, Leftie, reader, writer. Countryside, nature, the seasons. I cherish any brief moments of peace, and enjoy myths and legends, books and writing. Unfairness and unkindness make me furious.

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Can You Please Stop Telling Me To Live My Best Life Please Thoughts On The Advice Pandemic

Dear modern digital culture. Please stop telling me how to be the best version of me. I'm ok with being, with the exception of the odd day here and there, the fifth or sixth best version of me, with all the chaos, foibles and happy unpredictability that entails: tomcox.substack.com/p/can-you-pl...

08.07.2025 10:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 120    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Rachel Reeves hints at tax rises in autumn budget after welfare bill U-turn Initially aimed at saving ยฃ5.5bn, the watered-down welfare bill now leaves the government with an estimated ยฃ5.5bn black hole - close to breaching the chancellor's fiscal rules set out last year.

Rachel Reeves hints at tax rises in autumn.

The bottom 20% pay a higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%. This must change.

Tax capital gains and dividends at same rate as wages, charge them NIC too.

Levy wealth tax, financial transactions tax, windfall tax on profiteers.

05.07.2025 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 319    ๐Ÿ” 131    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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I canโ€™t believe I need to spell this out โ€“ but Trump is not your daddy | Arwa Mahdawi From the Maga crowd to Natoโ€™s secretary general, everyone is addressing the president of the US as if he was their actual father. Make it stop, writes Arwa Mahdawi

I canโ€™t believe I need to spell this out โ€“ but Trump is not your daddy | Arwa Mahdawi

01.07.2025 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 116    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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One big happy family

01.07.2025 13:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3953    ๐Ÿ” 758    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 228    ๐Ÿ“Œ 69

Hear me out: what if E.T. never went back to space and just slowly became a rock troll so he could be with Elliott forever?

30.06.2025 09:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tens of thousands defy Hungaryโ€™s ban on Pride in protest against Orbรกn Crackdown on Pride is part of effort to curb democratic freedoms ahead of a hotly-contested election next year Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Budapest in defiance of the Hungarian governmentโ€™s ban on Pride, heeding a call by the cityโ€™s mayor to โ€œcome calmly and boldly to stand together for freedom, dignity and equal rightsโ€. Jubilant crowds packed into the cityโ€™s streets on Saturday, waving Pride flags and signs that mocked the countryโ€™s prime minister, Viktor Orbรกn, as their peaceful procession inched forward at a snailโ€™s pace. Continue reading...

Tens of thousands defy Hungaryโ€™s ban on Pride in protest against Orbรกn

28.06.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1012    ๐Ÿ” 198    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33

Some 100 private jets will fly to Venice for Jeff Bezos' wedding, and I recycle yoghurt cup lids.

24.06.2025 10:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1486    ๐Ÿ” 414    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 53    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24
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Ex-world leaders call for โ€˜powerful shiftโ€™ as they warn of extreme inequality Former leaders urge current state heads to work together to end poverty amid potential of first trillionaires emerging The world is facing a looming crisis of inequality that could see the first trillionaires emerge while nearly half of humanity still languishes in poverty, a group of 40 former presidents and prime ministers warns. In a letter seen by the Guardian, the group โ€“ which includes ex-British prime minister Gordon Brown โ€“ issues a joint appeal to current world leaders for a โ€œnew economic coalition of the willingโ€ to address the escalating threats of inequality, poverty and environmental breakdown. Continue reading...

Ex-world leaders call for โ€˜powerful shiftโ€™ as they warn of extreme inequality

26.06.2025 15:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 117    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
1. Rolls-Royce SMR selected to build small modular nuclear reactors
2. Thousands of jobs to be created as government announces multi-billion-pound investment to build Sizewell C
3. System to distribute surplus food to the most vulnerable 
4. Fairer system for debt collection
5. Compensation to postmasters reaches ยฃ1 billion milestone
6. Winter fuel allowance reinstated with ยฃ35k cap
7. ยฃ187m Tech First scheme to get school kids ready to work in AI
8. Extend ban on destructive bottom trawling
9. ยฃ86 billion boost to science and tech to turbocharge economy
10.  ยฃ113bn of new capital investment in homes, transport and energy at the forefront of the spending review
11. Over 6,000 arrests and 9,000 visits carried out across the UK in illegal working
12. Digital marketplace to help change how the UK public sector buys technology

1. Rolls-Royce SMR selected to build small modular nuclear reactors 2. Thousands of jobs to be created as government announces multi-billion-pound investment to build Sizewell C 3. System to distribute surplus food to the most vulnerable 4. Fairer system for debt collection 5. Compensation to postmasters reaches ยฃ1 billion milestone 6. Winter fuel allowance reinstated with ยฃ35k cap 7. ยฃ187m Tech First scheme to get school kids ready to work in AI 8. Extend ban on destructive bottom trawling 9. ยฃ86 billion boost to science and tech to turbocharge economy 10. ยฃ113bn of new capital investment in homes, transport and energy at the forefront of the spending review 11. Over 6,000 arrests and 9,000 visits carried out across the UK in illegal working 12. Digital marketplace to help change how the UK public sector buys technology

Another raft of good things being undertaken by our hard working Labour government. Just in last 7 days. All on Gov website because itโ€™s not in the media!

10.06.2025 09:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 85    ๐Ÿ” 46    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, Iโ€™ve noticed none of this is reported by MSM.

10.06.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Non-voters are Nigel Farageโ€™s secret weapon The โ€œhang the paedos, fund the NHSโ€ constituency is not moving left.

Low information, low education, high prejudice. Like those new voters who turned out for Trump in November.

05.06.2025 15:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 182    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Quite the compliment coming from one of my favorite accounts on this platform.

Thanks for all you do, Rick!

From your fan, Mar๐Ÿซ

02.05.2025 21:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24618    ๐Ÿ” 2862    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 511    ๐Ÿ“Œ 97
A country lane on the southern edge of Dartmoor.

A country lane on the southern edge of Dartmoor.

A Cornish country lane in May

A Cornish country lane in May

A country lane on the edge of the Quantocks

A country lane on the edge of the Quantocks

Another lovely Dartmoor lane in spring

Another lovely Dartmoor lane in spring

AREN'T COUNTRY LANES BRILLIANT?

I'm keeping the paywall permanently off this lane-themed piece I wrote, to try to tempt people to subscribe to my Substack: tomcox.substack.com/p/once-upon-...

P.S. It works much better if you read it right to the end. I promise.

There's an audio version too.

21.04.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 357    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The White House. The actual White House.

This is the attitude of every abuser, who is now fearful of the consequences of their abuse.

10.04.2025 09:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18110    ๐Ÿ” 5555    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 866    ๐Ÿ“Œ 480
A country lane on Dartmoor at Sunset.

A country lane on Dartmoor at Sunset.

A Cornish country lane in summer.

A Cornish country lane in summer.

A country lane on the edge of the Quantocks.

A country lane on the edge of the Quantocks.

Another lovely Dartmoor lane.

Another lovely Dartmoor lane.

Aren't country lanes brilliant?
tomcox.substack.com/p/once-upon-...

12.04.2025 14:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1102    ๐Ÿ” 101    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
Five linoprint bookmark designs by my mum, Jo.

Five linoprint bookmark designs by my mum, Jo.

Look at these beautiful linoprint bookmarks - made by my mum, Jo - that have just arrived in the post.
I'll be sending these out for free to the next 20 people who order a hardback of my recent novel, 1983, direct from me.
Details below...

12.04.2025 13:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 123    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
I hope everyone realizes that scrubbing historical references from web sites is no different than burning books

I hope everyone realizes that scrubbing historical references from web sites is no different than burning books

12.04.2025 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46548    ๐Ÿ” 11570    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 677    ๐Ÿ“Œ 354
A photograph of the sun setting over the River Severn, as viewed from an ancient hill fort in Gloucestershire, but which I'm passing off as the landscape in my novel Villager - inaccurately, since the book is set in Devon, although more specifically is also set on a moor that is supposed to serve as a parallel universe version of Dartmoor, with its own legends, ghosts and lost psychedelic music.

A photograph of the sun setting over the River Severn, as viewed from an ancient hill fort in Gloucestershire, but which I'm passing off as the landscape in my novel Villager - inaccurately, since the book is set in Devon, although more specifically is also set on a moor that is supposed to serve as a parallel universe version of Dartmoor, with its own legends, ghosts and lost psychedelic music.

I've removed the paywall permanently from this piece, which is a chapter from my novel Villager, told entirely in the form of an online village message board. If you like it, you'll probably like the book. If you don't, you won't... tomcox.substack.com/p/the-villag...

15.01.2025 09:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 438    ๐Ÿ” 112    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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@fpwellman.bsky.social: You canโ€™t say, on one hand, "I can't trust the government, theyโ€™re all bureaucrats," and then say, on the other hand, "Well, they're all criminals because the government said soโ€”so letโ€™s ship them to El Salvador forever."

You're fucking losing your minds if you think so.

05.04.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2057    ๐Ÿ” 332    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 40    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Please share!!! This is getting ridiculousโ€”they just canโ€™t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last yearโ€™s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.

05.04.2025 02:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21539    ๐Ÿ” 9871    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 452    ๐Ÿ“Œ 396
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Wake Up! Your House is Burning!

05.04.2025 15:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Comrade Sisko (@Pinko69420
), accompanied by two fist bump emojis. The tweet includes a photo of a person sitting in a car, wearing a gray Bass Pro Shops cap and glasses. Overlaid on the image is white text that reads: "Let's start with a 200% tariff on podcast equipment for straight men." The background outside the car window shows a clear sky, power lines, and some buildings.

The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Comrade Sisko (@Pinko69420 ), accompanied by two fist bump emojis. The tweet includes a photo of a person sitting in a car, wearing a gray Bass Pro Shops cap and glasses. Overlaid on the image is white text that reads: "Let's start with a 200% tariff on podcast equipment for straight men." The background outside the car window shows a clear sky, power lines, and some buildings.

Guys really do love to hear themselves talk, huh.

05.04.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2973    ๐Ÿ” 220    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14

Quite a lot more writing (to say the least) on this theme - and others - here, most of which is free to read for three months after it appears: tomcox.substack.com

03.04.2025 09:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh those hummingbird hawk moths are incredible. Iโ€™ve only seen them a few times!

03.04.2025 10:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
What a Trump victory will mean, is the completion of the annihilation of Palestine and others, abandoning of Ukraine/Europe to aid Russia's invasion, US/ Israeli war against Iran, the return of CIA death squads in the Middle East and Africa, economic collapse, and so on.

What a Trump victory will mean, is the completion of the annihilation of Palestine and others, abandoning of Ukraine/Europe to aid Russia's invasion, US/ Israeli war against Iran, the return of CIA death squads in the Middle East and Africa, economic collapse, and so on.

Nov 5, 2024

30.03.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3389    ๐Ÿ” 753    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 90    ๐Ÿ“Œ 38

I have this charming book and I'd recommend it

30.03.2025 20:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NEW: Today in Instanbul, Turkey.

A people fighting for democracy & against authoritarianism. This is how you do it!

Chairman of Republican Peopleโ€™s Party, ร–zgรผr ร–zel:

โ€œToday, 2.2 million of our citizens overflowed Maltepe Square. This is just the beginning. This nation will not remain silent.โ€ ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท

29.03.2025 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3307    ๐Ÿ” 1210    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 66    ๐Ÿ“Œ 143

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