Mark in Devon
@markindevon.bsky.social
Green/socialist
"Posting is how I remove bothersome thoughts from my head and put them in other people’s"
"Posting is how I remove bothersome thoughts from my head and put them in other people’s"
Reposted by Mark in Devon
The secretary of the Socialist Workers Party says he knows Corbyn well & they met up last week. They chatted on the train to conference
He got off the train & found out he'd been expelled from Your Party *by JC's allies*
(They're not allowing dual membership - ie being in another socialist party)
He got off the train & found out he'd been expelled from Your Party *by JC's allies*
(They're not allowing dual membership - ie being in another socialist party)
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The secretary of the Socialist Workers Party says he knows Corbyn well & they met up last week. They chatted on the train to conference
He got off the train & found out he'd been expelled from Your Party *by JC's allies*
(They're not allowing dual membership - ie being in another socialist party)
He got off the train & found out he'd been expelled from Your Party *by JC's allies*
(They're not allowing dual membership - ie being in another socialist party)
“The chancellor’s failure to levy a windfall tax on the banking sector in the budget is a damning indictment of the stronghold the sector has over our politics.
Reeves could have raised as much as £8bn.
Instead, the banks have raked in record profits."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reeves could have raised as much as £8bn.
Instead, the banks have raked in record profits."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘The City can’t be taken for granted’: how banks won over Rachel Reeves
JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs to expand UK presence after sector was spared from higher taxes in budget
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Reposted by Mark in Devon
Exhibit B is how angrily ministers are insisting the SEND reforms will not be a cuts exercise, despite the need to find £6bn in savings. But you can see why reporters are sceptical - and why it gets written up like this - when you have the above example.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Ministers face calls to explain how £6bn Send funding hole will be paid for
Bridget Phillipson tells MPs that Send costs in England will not fall on core schools funding but on government budget
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Exhibit B is how angrily ministers are insisting the SEND reforms will not be a cuts exercise, despite the need to find £6bn in savings. But you can see why reporters are sceptical - and why it gets written up like this - when you have the above example.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Reposted by Mark in Devon
Professor of Climate Change Tim Lenton @exeter.ac.uk describes tipping points cascades.
Coral reefs appear to be doomed.
AMOC collapse will both freeze and superheat UK, and halve wheat and maize globally.
Positive tipping points, eg death of oil & gas from policy are essential for survival.
Coral reefs appear to be doomed.
AMOC collapse will both freeze and superheat UK, and halve wheat and maize globally.
Positive tipping points, eg death of oil & gas from policy are essential for survival.
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Professor of Climate Change Tim Lenton @exeter.ac.uk describes tipping points cascades.
Coral reefs appear to be doomed.
AMOC collapse will both freeze and superheat UK, and halve wheat and maize globally.
Positive tipping points, eg death of oil & gas from policy are essential for survival.
Coral reefs appear to be doomed.
AMOC collapse will both freeze and superheat UK, and halve wheat and maize globally.
Positive tipping points, eg death of oil & gas from policy are essential for survival.
This is the problem.
Looking from the outside we've noticed that gun crime has been normalised for decades, if not for the entire history of the US.
Even the idea of owning a gun seems insane to most people around the world.
Looking from the outside we've noticed that gun crime has been normalised for decades, if not for the entire history of the US.
Even the idea of owning a gun seems insane to most people around the world.
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This is the problem.
Looking from the outside we've noticed that gun crime has been normalised for decades, if not for the entire history of the US.
Even the idea of owning a gun seems insane to most people around the world.
Looking from the outside we've noticed that gun crime has been normalised for decades, if not for the entire history of the US.
Even the idea of owning a gun seems insane to most people around the world.
UK govt can save over £20bn a year by ending payment of interest on commercial banks’ central bank reserves.
Subsidy implemented after the 2007-08 crash. Banks are very profitable.
Since 2023, the EU stopped paying interest on central bank reserves.
UK can find better uses of £20bn+.
Subsidy implemented after the 2007-08 crash. Banks are very profitable.
Since 2023, the EU stopped paying interest on central bank reserves.
UK can find better uses of £20bn+.
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget
The chancellor has an opportunity to boost the public purpose and deliver redistribution
leftfootforward.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM