@libretio.bsky.social
Anti-Brexit, proud Remoaner, anti-Tory, pro-PR, hates film/video censorship, loves 3-D movies. Dog person (though cats are OK, too).
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We despair that the rightwing keep shifting the Overton Window further right. They never suggest that leaving the ECHR is impossible or not the right time. They just demand it. And we end up discussing it.
It’s time the left pushed back.
Not put up ‘can’t do’ barriers to our own hopes and aims.
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It’s time the left pushed back.
Not put up ‘can’t do’ barriers to our own hopes and aims.
👏
🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
December 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We despair that the rightwing keep shifting the Overton Window further right. They never suggest that leaving the ECHR is impossible or not the right time. They just demand it. And we end up discussing it.
It’s time the left pushed back.
Not put up ‘can’t do’ barriers to our own hopes and aims.
👏
It’s time the left pushed back.
Not put up ‘can’t do’ barriers to our own hopes and aims.
👏
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The BBC is helping Reform UK push immigration to the top of the agenda
The BBC is helping Reform UK push immigration to the top of the agenda
THE BBC is not only excessively platforming Reform UK in news and current affairs programmes, especially for viewers in Scotland,
www.thenational.scot
December 9, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The BBC is helping Reform UK push immigration to the top of the agenda
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Hey, let’s all just forget that FPTP exists, and pick a party to split the vote with 😅
It’s doing my head in.
There’s some sort of collective amnesia about what we had to do to get the Tories out.
Nothing has changed.
Tactical voting, or risk a Reform government.
Stop arguing about Green vs YP.
It’s doing my head in.
There’s some sort of collective amnesia about what we had to do to get the Tories out.
Nothing has changed.
Tactical voting, or risk a Reform government.
Stop arguing about Green vs YP.
December 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Hey, let’s all just forget that FPTP exists, and pick a party to split the vote with 😅
It’s doing my head in.
There’s some sort of collective amnesia about what we had to do to get the Tories out.
Nothing has changed.
Tactical voting, or risk a Reform government.
Stop arguing about Green vs YP.
It’s doing my head in.
There’s some sort of collective amnesia about what we had to do to get the Tories out.
Nothing has changed.
Tactical voting, or risk a Reform government.
Stop arguing about Green vs YP.
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1. Why I Teach Modern Monetary Theory and What I’m Trying to Do
I’m reposting the text from my ‘About’ page which I updated again this morning.
MMT101 is for people who believe we can build a fairer, greener world by understanding how our monetary system works
I’m reposting the text from my ‘About’ page which I updated again this morning.
MMT101 is for people who believe we can build a fairer, greener world by understanding how our monetary system works
December 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
1. Why I Teach Modern Monetary Theory and What I’m Trying to Do
I’m reposting the text from my ‘About’ page which I updated again this morning.
MMT101 is for people who believe we can build a fairer, greener world by understanding how our monetary system works
I’m reposting the text from my ‘About’ page which I updated again this morning.
MMT101 is for people who believe we can build a fairer, greener world by understanding how our monetary system works
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Bonds are irrelevant. We could stop selling them yesterday. This is payola to the monied classes. These concepts are baked into our psychology as we just assume these things matter because institutions that serve the bourgeois repeat them ad nauseum and we of course believe it. It is official!!!
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Bonds are irrelevant. We could stop selling them yesterday. This is payola to the monied classes. These concepts are baked into our psychology as we just assume these things matter because institutions that serve the bourgeois repeat them ad nauseum and we of course believe it. It is official!!!
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Imagine the reaction to allegations that Corbyn had made hissing gas noises to Jewish kids as a schoolboy - and then if he had responded to those allegations by shouting 'Bernard Manning!' at the journalists
The radio silence about Farage from people who are usually supremely vocal about antisemitism is so so telling.
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Imagine the reaction to allegations that Corbyn had made hissing gas noises to Jewish kids as a schoolboy - and then if he had responded to those allegations by shouting 'Bernard Manning!' at the journalists
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We deserve better than this
December 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
We deserve better than this
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social in the Guardian responding to the £9m donation from a crypto investor to Reform UK.
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social in the Guardian responding to the £9m donation from a crypto investor to Reform UK.
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Today on his birthday, we’re remembering the great Tony Todd, not only for the iconic roles he embodied, but for the tremendous passion he had for his work, and for his thoughtful and nuanced approach to a genre that was lucky to benefit from his gifts. He is missed.
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Today on his birthday, we’re remembering the great Tony Todd, not only for the iconic roles he embodied, but for the tremendous passion he had for his work, and for his thoughtful and nuanced approach to a genre that was lucky to benefit from his gifts. He is missed.
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The optimal level of deficit is the level needed to support real outcomes: full employment; full use of available resources (and not beyond).
It's all about managing real resources - there's no need to look at the level of spending. Real resource use tells us what's needed.
It's all about managing real resources - there's no need to look at the level of spending. Real resource use tells us what's needed.
December 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The optimal level of deficit is the level needed to support real outcomes: full employment; full use of available resources (and not beyond).
It's all about managing real resources - there's no need to look at the level of spending. Real resource use tells us what's needed.
It's all about managing real resources - there's no need to look at the level of spending. Real resource use tells us what's needed.
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Unity is stronger than division.
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Unity is stronger than division.
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
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MMT101 is for people who believe we can build a firer, greener world by understanding how the economy and our monetary system work.
Subscribe for free to get my weekly post: mmt101.substack.com/subscribe
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December 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
MMT101 is for people who believe we can build a firer, greener world by understanding how the economy and our monetary system work.
Subscribe for free to get my weekly post: mmt101.substack.com/subscribe
Subscribe for free to get my weekly post: mmt101.substack.com/subscribe
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Delighted to be supporting the launch of @togetheralliance.bsky.social
Together we need to take on the far right.
Togetheralliance.org.uk
Together we need to take on the far right.
Togetheralliance.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Delighted to be supporting the launch of @togetheralliance.bsky.social
Together we need to take on the far right.
Togetheralliance.org.uk
Together we need to take on the far right.
Togetheralliance.org.uk
1/ Right-wing ideology is inherently dishonest. Adherents cannot tell the truth: That they exist to line their own pockets by serving the interests of the rich and powerful. The rest of us get crumbs from the table. According to your bank balance, some may get bigger crumbs than others - but they...
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
1/ Right-wing ideology is inherently dishonest. Adherents cannot tell the truth: That they exist to line their own pockets by serving the interests of the rich and powerful. The rest of us get crumbs from the table. According to your bank balance, some may get bigger crumbs than others - but they...
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Still getting to grips with #Russian influence on #Brexit and beyond? Don't miss this...
A beginner's guide to how #Putin launched hybrid war on the UK with @peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
A beginner's guide to how #Putin launched hybrid war on the UK with @peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
A Beginners Guide to Russian Influence: Brexit and Beyond
Podcast Episode · Byline Podcast · 29/11/2025 · 31m
podcasts.apple.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Still getting to grips with #Russian influence on #Brexit and beyond? Don't miss this...
A beginner's guide to how #Putin launched hybrid war on the UK with @peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
A beginner's guide to how #Putin launched hybrid war on the UK with @peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
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In 1949, Albert Einstein wrote WHY SOCIALISM.
Here is an extract.
Here is an extract.
November 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In 1949, Albert Einstein wrote WHY SOCIALISM.
Here is an extract.
Here is an extract.
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🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
How Online Radicalisation Works: What the New X Study Reveals About Cambridge Analytica, the IRA, and the Dark Triad Machine
The debate is over. A major new experiment show how effective Cambridge Analytica and Russian troll farms were in shifting political emotions with hostile, anti-democratic content online
pdjukes.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
For nearly a decade, sceptics have dismissed allegations that Bannon’s Cambridge Analytica and Prigozhin’s troll farms successfully intervened in the Brexit referendum and Trump’s election in 2016 - now the argument is over
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
pdjukes.substack.com/p/how-online...
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"We can judge Farage not just by the words he, allegedly, shouted as a child, but by the words and actions he has chosen as an adult."
Zack Polanski on why Farage should be judged on his record as a politician which has seen him echo conspiracy and language of the far right.
Zack Polanski on why Farage should be judged on his record as a politician which has seen him echo conspiracy and language of the far right.
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"We can judge Farage not just by the words he, allegedly, shouted as a child, but by the words and actions he has chosen as an adult."
Zack Polanski on why Farage should be judged on his record as a politician which has seen him echo conspiracy and language of the far right.
Zack Polanski on why Farage should be judged on his record as a politician which has seen him echo conspiracy and language of the far right.
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One of my most enduring gripes. Politicians are told not to patronise voters. The most patronising approach is to nod along when they believe stuff that's not true, or encourage them
this is one of the reasons not to do policy by poll or focus group
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
One of my most enduring gripes. Politicians are told not to patronise voters. The most patronising approach is to nod along when they believe stuff that's not true, or encourage them
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Nigel Farage accused of ‘persistent’ racial abuse by ex-schoolmate who rejects claims it was ‘banter’
Farage accused of ‘persistent’ racial abuse by schoolmate who rejects ‘banter’ claims
Reform UK leader ‘categorically’ denies allegations he growled ‘Hitler was right’ and hissed ‘gas them’ while at Dulwich College
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Nigel Farage accused of ‘persistent’ racial abuse by ex-schoolmate who rejects claims it was ‘banter’
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Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The very first thing the Prime Minister does is use the household budget metaphor.
A metaphor - this report into BBC coverage - said could be "easily misleading."
Why is the government trying to mislead the country?
A metaphor - this report into BBC coverage - said could be "easily misleading."
Why is the government trying to mislead the country?
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The very first thing the Prime Minister does is use the household budget metaphor.
A metaphor - this report into BBC coverage - said could be "easily misleading."
Why is the government trying to mislead the country?
A metaphor - this report into BBC coverage - said could be "easily misleading."
Why is the government trying to mislead the country?
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Betraying Democracy, again.
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Betraying Democracy, again.
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Nigel Farage thinks the song ‘Gas 'Em All’ is just bants. Pass it on.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Nigel Farage thinks the song ‘Gas 'Em All’ is just bants. Pass it on.