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- Labour MP Meg Hillier is on the board of Re:State, described by OpenDemocracy as "a free market think tank" & a "conduit for privatisation.
- 7 of Re:State's 10 current funders profits from the NHS.
- Look at their Board & Trustees: heavy on corporate lobbyists, private equity
- 7 of Re:State's 10 current funders profits from the NHS.
- Look at their Board & Trustees: heavy on corporate lobbyists, private equity
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
- Labour MP Meg Hillier is on the board of Re:State, described by OpenDemocracy as "a free market think tank" & a "conduit for privatisation.
- 7 of Re:State's 10 current funders profits from the NHS.
- Look at their Board & Trustees: heavy on corporate lobbyists, private equity
- 7 of Re:State's 10 current funders profits from the NHS.
- Look at their Board & Trustees: heavy on corporate lobbyists, private equity
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On Wednesday, 4th December, 1.30 UK time, I will give a talk about how the rapid expansion of Freeports, SEZs, and AI Growth Zones represents a pathway toward charter-city style governance, of which Forest City in Suffolk may be an early test case.
www.communityplanningalliance.org/events-calen...
www.communityplanningalliance.org/events-calen...
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
On Wednesday, 4th December, 1.30 UK time, I will give a talk about how the rapid expansion of Freeports, SEZs, and AI Growth Zones represents a pathway toward charter-city style governance, of which Forest City in Suffolk may be an early test case.
www.communityplanningalliance.org/events-calen...
www.communityplanningalliance.org/events-calen...
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The government hates democracy, hates disabled people, hates immigrants and hates trans people. But it's obsessed with flags.
But I've always hated the far right. So I will oppose them at every opportunity.
But I've always hated the far right. So I will oppose them at every opportunity.
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The government hates democracy, hates disabled people, hates immigrants and hates trans people. But it's obsessed with flags.
But I've always hated the far right. So I will oppose them at every opportunity.
But I've always hated the far right. So I will oppose them at every opportunity.
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Why is so much of the left economically incompetent? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
Why is so much of the left economically incompetent?
LabourList published an article last week under the headline “Bond markets explained: How in hock are we – and can we break free?”
The article began with a question that should trouble anyone who care...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Why is so much of the left economically incompetent? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
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Government budgets are not like household budgets.
Why the government is nothing like a household
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Government budgets are not like household budgets.
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Richard Murphy: What Scotland needs from the Budget (but won’t get) www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
Richard Murphy: What Scotland needs from the Budget (but won’t get)
There is one thing that can be said for sure about Rachel Reeves’s Budget on Wednesday and that is that there will be remarkably few references to…
www.thenational.scot
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Richard Murphy: What Scotland needs from the Budget (but won’t get) www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
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The Alternative Budget 2025, Part 9: Essential economic reforms www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11... My alternative budget is drawing towards its close.
The Alternative Budget 2025, Part 9: Essential economic reforms
Rachel Reeves will be presenting her Budget on November 26, if the Labour government of which she is a part lasts that long.
I will be commenting on that Budget on the day on BBC Radio 2, and elsewhe...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The Alternative Budget 2025, Part 9: Essential economic reforms www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11... My alternative budget is drawing towards its close.
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Monday's blog post (24/11) is now posted (15:23 EAST) - Corporate welfare is rife in Japan’s banking sector - billmitchell.org/blog/?p=62931
Corporate welfare is rife in Japan’s banking sector – William Mitchell – Modern Monetary Theory
billmitchell.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Monday's blog post (24/11) is now posted (15:23 EAST) - Corporate welfare is rife in Japan’s banking sector - billmitchell.org/blog/?p=62931
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Why is the priority of the economy not to house the homeless and ensure everyone has good healthcare?
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Why is the priority of the economy not to house the homeless and ensure everyone has good healthcare?
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Neo-Liberalism has been a disaster leading to Giant Monopolies like we've never seen before!
Cory Doctorow explains the consequences of 40+ years of Neo-Liberal policies and deregulation of competition law.
Cory Doctorow explains the consequences of 40+ years of Neo-Liberal policies and deregulation of competition law.
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Neo-Liberalism has been a disaster leading to Giant Monopolies like we've never seen before!
Cory Doctorow explains the consequences of 40+ years of Neo-Liberal policies and deregulation of competition law.
Cory Doctorow explains the consequences of 40+ years of Neo-Liberal policies and deregulation of competition law.
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Britain’s oil, gas and finance curses www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11... Why is the UK failing? It's not because we are no good: it's because the government squandered oil and then bowed down to finance. We never had a hope once our governments put them first.
Britain’s oil, gas and finance curses
In 1993, the economist Richard Auty coined the term “resource curse” to describe the paradox that countries with abundant natural resources often grow more slowly and less equitably than those without...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Britain’s oil, gas and finance curses www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11... Why is the UK failing? It's not because we are no good: it's because the government squandered oil and then bowed down to finance. We never had a hope once our governments put them first.
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Essential viewing @zackpolanski.bsky.social talks with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Smash the status quo apart.
Democracy is a problem Capital is trying to solve via propaganda.
We need to solve the problem of Capital’s exploitation of Democracy
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
Smash the status quo apart.
Democracy is a problem Capital is trying to solve via propaganda.
We need to solve the problem of Capital’s exploitation of Democracy
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
How To Platform Socialist Ideas Through Billionaire Owned Channels | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Essential viewing @zackpolanski.bsky.social talks with @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Smash the status quo apart.
Democracy is a problem Capital is trying to solve via propaganda.
We need to solve the problem of Capital’s exploitation of Democracy
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
Smash the status quo apart.
Democracy is a problem Capital is trying to solve via propaganda.
We need to solve the problem of Capital’s exploitation of Democracy
m.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
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I absolutely get this because I went through it between 2019 and 2021: the full round of anger, denial, bargaining, depression and acceptance. And what I ended up with is: politics is not real, 98% of daily politics is meaningless words that mean little more than “Fuck you” and “We decide”.
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I absolutely get this because I went through it between 2019 and 2021: the full round of anger, denial, bargaining, depression and acceptance. And what I ended up with is: politics is not real, 98% of daily politics is meaningless words that mean little more than “Fuck you” and “We decide”.
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This includes general health , education at all levels,child care, aged care, disability care, veterans care, mental and dental health
November 22, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This includes general health , education at all levels,child care, aged care, disability care, veterans care, mental and dental health
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No human services should be run for-profity
They should all be operated and funded directly by the state
Makes for sustainable service quality, creates jobs, give people what they need
All sovereign currency-issung nations can afford to do this
They should all be operated and funded directly by the state
Makes for sustainable service quality, creates jobs, give people what they need
All sovereign currency-issung nations can afford to do this
This from Cory Doctorow @pluralistic.fr is about hospices in the US in the private equity era. But it's true of for-profit provision of all human services, always and everywhere
pluralistic.net/2025...
pluralistic.net/2025...
November 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
No human services should be run for-profity
They should all be operated and funded directly by the state
Makes for sustainable service quality, creates jobs, give people what they need
All sovereign currency-issung nations can afford to do this
They should all be operated and funded directly by the state
Makes for sustainable service quality, creates jobs, give people what they need
All sovereign currency-issung nations can afford to do this
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Neo-liberalism is build on myths. One such myth is that their laissez-faire and "free market" policies will reduce bureaucracy.
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Neo-liberalism is build on myths. One such myth is that their laissez-faire and "free market" policies will reduce bureaucracy.
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The predictable knee jerk incompetence of this government. Instead of addressing the material problems in people lives they scapegoat immigration and make the material problems worse. 50k nurse could quit the UK!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The predictable knee jerk incompetence of this government. Instead of addressing the material problems in people lives they scapegoat immigration and make the material problems worse. 50k nurse could quit the UK!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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It is the time of year when I get more boring than usual, to remind you there exists a global online Masters degree in economics with live webinars solidly based on #MMT and a respect for our planetary boundaries
Let's change the world!
For details, [email protected]
Let's change the world!
For details, [email protected]
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It is the time of year when I get more boring than usual, to remind you there exists a global online Masters degree in economics with live webinars solidly based on #MMT and a respect for our planetary boundaries
Let's change the world!
For details, [email protected]
Let's change the world!
For details, [email protected]
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So, the government are giving the BoE £34 billion every year the pay the banks for….er..nothing!
It also appears that it’s the OBR that’s calling the shots not Reeves.
It’s hard to get your head around how pathetic this is 🤔
It also appears that it’s the OBR that’s calling the shots not Reeves.
It’s hard to get your head around how pathetic this is 🤔
Rachel Reeves’ fatal mistake - Yanis Varoufakis & Wolfgang Munchau | The Econoclasts
YouTube video by UnHerd
youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
So, the government are giving the BoE £34 billion every year the pay the banks for….er..nothing!
It also appears that it’s the OBR that’s calling the shots not Reeves.
It’s hard to get your head around how pathetic this is 🤔
It also appears that it’s the OBR that’s calling the shots not Reeves.
It’s hard to get your head around how pathetic this is 🤔
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It's a LIE.
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It's a LIE.
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Its a scandal that hospices have to rely on charity for most of their funding. What we need is a publicly funded & fully resourced hospice system within the NHS.
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Its a scandal that hospices have to rely on charity for most of their funding. What we need is a publicly funded & fully resourced hospice system within the NHS.
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EveryDoctor has started to gather testimony from frontline NHS staff to bring into the public domain, because we are fed up of seeing political rhetoric filling the papers, with an absolute lack of focus on what’s actually happening to patients+ staff. We’ll keep you updated 💙🚨
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
EveryDoctor has started to gather testimony from frontline NHS staff to bring into the public domain, because we are fed up of seeing political rhetoric filling the papers, with an absolute lack of focus on what’s actually happening to patients+ staff. We’ll keep you updated 💙🚨
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Private healthcare is a scam.
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Private healthcare is a scam.
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