KirstenInCamden
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After six years, my time as Board director at the #ElectoralReformSociety is coming to an end. Voting is now open for my replacement. I am voting for #PabloJohn, #SarahLewis, #SandyMartin, #ShaunRoberts. All have proved to be formidable operators on and off the #ERS Board and we need them there!
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Why the 2% inflation target is killing the economy youtu.be/971ZezThexQ?...
Catherine Mann of the Bank of England says inflation will stay above 2%. But what if the problem isn’t inflation but is the target itself?
Why the 2% inflation target is killing the economy
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024.

Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay.

The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year.

Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M

See the problem?
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The Bank of England is missing its 2% inflation target, but so what when the target is harmful? Isn't it time we had better economic policy rather than spending time fretting about missing goals set in the 1990s for reasons that no one can now recall? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
What do you do when the target’s wrong?
As the Guardian noted yesterday: Bank of England rate-setter Catherine Mann has warned there is “very clear upside evidence” that UK inflation could remain above the central bank’s 2% target for lo...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
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The Tory media's shift from hysterically claiming that Starmer *did* intervene in the China spy case to hysterically claiming that Starmer *should* have intervened in the China spy case is a thing to behold.
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Sometimes I think: perhaps Brexit is only the second-worst thing Boris Johnson did to the country. Perhaps introducing the word 'dead cat' to people who are addicted to savviness was the worst.
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With Cabinet ministers finally admitting Brexit’s economic damage, the ground is shifting...
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What’s the harm of trying? youtu.be/aCpbDQ-hIpw?...

In this off-the-cuff, spur-of-the-moment video, I ask a simple question: What’s the harm of trying something different? Why not invest? Why not tax wealth? Why not admit that government spending creates money?
What’s the harm of trying? When everything’s failing, why not change course?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Neoclassical economics is built on myths — and none is more absurd than the idea of homo economicus: the perfectly rational, fully informed, self-interested human who supposedly drives all economic decision-making.

youtu.be/jvn2yzT0C6Y?...
The biggest lie in economics: why “rational man” or "homo economicus"never existed
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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I sometimes worry I exaggerate the collective madness of our media but the people who cheered Brexit, Boris Johnson & Liz Truss's mini-budget are now applauding Kemi Badenoch's speech. 'Parallell universe' doesn't come close. I suppose her not falling over is a win of sorts for them at the moment.
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Fascism is an ideology that divides humanity into “superior” and “inferior” groups — with catastrophic consequences. In this video, I explain what fascism really means, why its essence is exclusion, and why true democracy depends on equality and respect for all. youtu.be/H7pjd_G3088?...
What is fascism really about?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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10 minutes today is all it takes to vote for your favourite Electoral Reform Society Council members. I voted for Pablo John, Sarah Lewis, Sandy Martin and Shaun Roberts. They are our best chance for helping a new and fairer voting system across the line.
Strong support for fair votes and jubilant mood at Lib Dem Conference
I have just returned from a very sunny weekend in Bournemouth at the annual Liberal Democrat conference.As is usually the case at the Liberal Democrats annual meeting, the mood was jubi
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The very uncharitable profits of JustGiving which takes fees, a cut of gift aid, and then asks donors for a tip! bit.ly/4nzZpDV much better to give directly to the charity, but if you do use JG always set tip to zero. But you can’t stop it snaffling some of the Gift Aid
JustGiving pays £25.8m dividend to American owner
The charity platform made the payment to the Nasdaq-listed Blackbaud after revenues rose by 9.7 per cent to £64.5m
bit.ly
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Some honesty at last

Labour MP blames Brexit for Rachel Reeves’ tax-hiking Budget last Oct, adding that he hopes Britain rejoins the EU in his lifetime.

Andrew Lewin said leaving EU left Britain £40bn poorer per year, adding that “were we still members… there would not have been a single tax rise”
Brexit to blame for Rachel Reeves’ tax hikes, Labour MP claims
Andrew Lewin has said ‘not a single tax’ would have had to increase if Britain stayed in the EU
www.independent.co.uk
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Ignore the nonsense of a 2% rise in domestic energy bills from today.
ELECTRICITY standing charge UP 4.5%, units UP 2.41%
GAS standing charge UP 14.12%, units DOWN 0.63%
%ages differ for people who pay quarterly. Stand Charge now £16.33/month electricity and £10.35/month - more for quarterly
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After six years, my time as Board director at the #ElectoralReformSociety is coming to an end. Voting is now open for my replacement. I am voting for #PabloJohn, #SarahLewis, #SandyMartin, #ShaunRoberts. All have proved to be formidable operators on and off the #ERS Board and we need them there!
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The eight ignored risks that could crash financial markets youtu.be/lp0YlAowKNw?...

Financial markets are at record highs. Politicians, economists, and financiers tell us everything is fine. But it isn’t. In this video, I explain eight major risks to markets that are being ignored.
The eight ignored risks that could crash financial markets
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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