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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 2h

#AlphabetChallenge
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Day 3 graffiti #RundālePalace #Latvia

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 15h

You wait months for an incoherent speech on the economy, and then two come along in the same morning! My SKETCH of Rachel Reeves vs Kemi Badenoch vs Reality.

Making a mess of a mess | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

To get one incoherent speech on the economy may be regarded as a misfortune. To get two in the same morning… well, it did at least move us towards an explanation of why people have to keep making them.

thecritic.co.uk

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 16h

What better endorsement
Kwasicoin?

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 19h

Shouldn’t politicians elected under a party ticket resign if they defect?

Otherwise they are denying the electors choice.

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Oxfam GB @oxfamgb.bsky.social · 1d

How do the richest people on Earth get away with destroying the planet? They built a fortress of money, lawsuits, lobbyists, banks, propaganda, and hate. But every fortress has a weakness: us.
Join the campaign to #MakeRichPollutersPay
👉 bit.ly/47Lncer

Red background with image of a castle fortress. Text reads; "How do the richest people on Earth destroy the planet without consequences? They build a fortress, with six walls."

Illustration of scales where a finger is pushing down one side. The page is split in two sections.
Text 1 reads; "Wall 1: The money moat. Their wealth is invested in the companies burning the world. When polluters profit, so do they."
Text 2 reads; "Wall 2: The legal shield. Pass an environmental law? They sue governments in secret corporate courts. They've won over $120 billion this way."

Illustration of an oil barrell spilling out and the oil is in the shape of a dollar sign. The page is split in two sections.
Text 1 reads; "Wall 3: The hired army. At COP29, fossil fuel lobbyists outnumbered delegates from climate-vulnerable nations. The guards write the climate laws."
Text 2 reads; "Wall 4: The banker's gate. Banks multiply their money by financing new drilling, new mines and new pipelines. Trillions of dollars pumped into pollution, while we get lectured on straws."

Sillhouette of footprints. The page is split in two sections.
Text 1 reads; "Wall 5: The distraction machine. When climate activism grows, the same donors fund hate and division. If we're fighting eachother, we're not fighting polluters."
Text 2 reads; "Wall 6: the propaganda tower. Big oil invented carbon footprint to make you blame yourself. The message: It's your fault, don't look at us."

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Simon Kuper @simonkuper.bsky.social · 5d

With social isolation rising, about the last thing that brings people together - even across political divides - is sports fandom. Me @financialtimes.com on why fans have more friends, social connections and democratic sympathies - with help from @moreincommonus.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/671ea66b-4...

How sport unites us

[FREE TO READ] In a divided world, fandom is a social superpower

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 1d

#AlphabetChallenge
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Day 2 #Grosmont @visitmonmouthshire.bsky.social

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 1d

Sharkbait: Nigel Farage needs the threat of an election to keep Reform moving forwards. My SKETCH.

Sharkbait | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

“A relationship is like a shark,” Woody Allen tells Diane Keaton in Annie Hall. “It has to constantly move forward or it dies.” Watching Nigel Farage trying to keep his Reform Party interesting on…

thecritic.co.uk

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 1d

US accused of ‘bully-boy’ tactics to sink climate deal

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 2d

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekSforShadows
Day 1 Rockies

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 2d

“5 stages to the strongman: monopolisation of major industries; extraction of monopoly rents and a chasm between winners and losers; emergence of mass resentment and grievances; failure of democratic government to address grievances; rise of the strongman claiming to be ‘on the side of the people’

Tim Wu @superwuster.bsky.social · 9d

NY Times essay adapted from my new book, "The Age of Extraction." Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...

Opinion | Big Tech’s Predatory Platform Model Doesn’t Have to Be Our Future

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 3d

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekRforRock
Day 7 #Ethiopia #SimienMountains

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 3d

“How can you go bust providing water to the households and businesses of London at high prices while maintaining inadequate environmental safeguards?”

John Kay @financialtimes.com

Ken Penton @kenpenton.bsky.social · 5d

Powerful and thoughtful piece on what we need to do sort out utilities, such as water, from John Kay in today’s FT. Much for Emma Reynolds and Keir Starmer to consider giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... What exactly are we paying for? The legacy of privatising utilities

What exactly are we paying for? The legacy of privatising utilities

All-round expertise is lacking, but urgently needed to run key public services efficiently

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 3d

“The Thatcherite revolution, with its emphasis on deregulation and privatisation, is now widely perceived as a failure”

Quite

Ken Penton @kenpenton.bsky.social · 5d

Powerful and thoughtful piece on what we need to do sort out utilities, such as water, from John Kay in today’s FT. Much for Emma Reynolds and Keir Starmer to consider giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... What exactly are we paying for? The legacy of privatising utilities

What exactly are we paying for? The legacy of privatising utilities

All-round expertise is lacking, but urgently needed to run key public services efficiently

giftarticle.ft.com

finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 4d

The stats quoted are UK i.e Britain and NI
@theguardian.com

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 4d

And England is about to get worse

New threat to green spaces in the Lords on Monday campaignerkate.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/n... @openspacessociety.bsky.social

New threat to green spaces

A last-minute amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill threatens green spaces with recreational rights under a statutory trust. There was a time, before the Thatcher government changed the…

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 4d

Just England I presume?

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 4d

Open and green spaces and public parks are the reason people feel proud of their local area. they provide places for social connection, support health and well-being, increase community engagement and volunteering, help people to connect with nature, and are a strong foundation for social capital.

Kate Ashbrook @campaignerkate.bsky.social · 4d

New threat to green spaces in the Lords on Monday campaignerkate.wordpress.com/2025/11/01/n... @openspacessociety.bsky.social

New threat to green spaces

A last-minute amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill threatens green spaces with recreational rights under a statutory trust. There was a time, before the Thatcher government changed the…

campaignerkate.wordpress.com

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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 4d

Another big factor for the UK is its slide down the income rankings.

Would-be migrants want to join a dynamic economy with the promise of high and rising wages.

The UK used to fit that bill, but Britain’s top salaries are now well down the list.

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 4d

#AlphabetChallenge
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Day 6 Blue Nile

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 5d

#FingerPostFriday #grosmontpathsgroup
One more installed with the support of #MonLife #RamblersCymru
@visitmonmouthshire.bsky.social @ramblersgb.bsky.social

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 5d

#AlphabetChallenge
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Day 5 @PembsCoast

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 6d

#AlphabetChallenge
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Day 4 Boobies 😊

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 6d

Minority representation on TV causes outrage

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

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finstumpf.bsky.social @finstumpf.bsky.social · 6d

Worth reading Tony Blair’s speech;

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 6d

It's linked to 'why is Labour's policy agenda so unpopular' - although 'open vs closed' is a terrible way of naming it, the last nineteen years have proved Tony Blair's basic analysis of what the dividing lines of politics would become exactly right:

Full text of Tony Blair's speech to the TUC

'Over the coming months, we will be conducting a debate and refining policy on the basis of it. Participate in it. Organised labour has a crucial role to play.'

www.theguardian.com