Paul Trembath 〓〓
@paultrembath.bsky.social
Mostly here, occasionally at the other place. He/Him.
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There is absolutely no way that Major or Blair could have got away with stuff for so long if house prices weren't being pushed upwards higher than inflation. It's why the 2007 crash couldn't have been allowed to signal a correction, either. Why we had to close our eyes and put our foot on the gas.
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
There is absolutely no way that Major or Blair could have got away with stuff for so long if house prices weren't being pushed upwards higher than inflation. It's why the 2007 crash couldn't have been allowed to signal a correction, either. Why we had to close our eyes and put our foot on the gas.
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Phillipson: "Judge us on what we've done so far.. whether thats lifting half a million children out of poverty"
No you havn't
You could have done if you'd scrapped the two child cap as soon as you were elected. But instead you chose to keep it & keep those kids in poverty
No you havn't
You could have done if you'd scrapped the two child cap as soon as you were elected. But instead you chose to keep it & keep those kids in poverty
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Phillipson: "Judge us on what we've done so far.. whether thats lifting half a million children out of poverty"
No you havn't
You could have done if you'd scrapped the two child cap as soon as you were elected. But instead you chose to keep it & keep those kids in poverty
No you havn't
You could have done if you'd scrapped the two child cap as soon as you were elected. But instead you chose to keep it & keep those kids in poverty
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"Another u-turn, how many is this now?
Bridget Phillipson: "No I don't accept that characterisation, I'm afraid"
Bridget Phillipson: "No I don't accept that characterisation, I'm afraid"
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
"Another u-turn, how many is this now?
Bridget Phillipson: "No I don't accept that characterisation, I'm afraid"
Bridget Phillipson: "No I don't accept that characterisation, I'm afraid"
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Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today
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This is extreme wealth inequality in action and the reason we need a wealth tax.
If the political economics discourse wasn't so obsessed with the narrow orthodoxy around spreadsheets and liberal conspiracy theories about fiscal "black holes" this might be obvious.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If the political economics discourse wasn't so obsessed with the narrow orthodoxy around spreadsheets and liberal conspiracy theories about fiscal "black holes" this might be obvious.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This is extreme wealth inequality in action and the reason we need a wealth tax.
If the political economics discourse wasn't so obsessed with the narrow orthodoxy around spreadsheets and liberal conspiracy theories about fiscal "black holes" this might be obvious.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If the political economics discourse wasn't so obsessed with the narrow orthodoxy around spreadsheets and liberal conspiracy theories about fiscal "black holes" this might be obvious.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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With the Observer yesterday in its Glinner interview describing Derrick Jensen as 'an environmentalist who has been ostracised for his views on trans issues', this is worth a read to know what Jensen and DGR are actually about.
Back during Kellie-Jay Keen's 2022 US tour, @nobonzo.bsky.social , @julieofthespirits.bsky.social, my partner Lee & myself sat down to discuss the history of WoLF, their roots in the ecofascist group DGR & how they formed alliances with the Christian Right. healthliberationnow.com/2024/12/19/t...
TERFs, Eco-Fascists and Christo-Nationalists: From Deep Green Resistance to WoLF Partnering with the Global Christian Right
In late 2022, Health Liberation Now! joined N.O. Bonzo and Julianna Neuhouser for an in-depth discussion on the history of how Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF) manifested, its ties to the eco-…
healthliberationnow.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
With the Observer yesterday in its Glinner interview describing Derrick Jensen as 'an environmentalist who has been ostracised for his views on trans issues', this is worth a read to know what Jensen and DGR are actually about.
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I quit my job at a bank vault due to bullion in the workplace.
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I quit my job at a bank vault due to bullion in the workplace.
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What is all this in service of? You can see they're lying to you. They know they're lying to you. So who is it for? It's too lay down the boundaries of what can and can't be said in polite company. The Thatcherite consensus cannot ever be removed. These people will never allow it.
"This is the Labour Party of old – high taxation, high public spending, growth in welfare bills and all the rest of it.
"This puts Labour in a position where it is very much a party older people who lived through the 70s and early 80s would recognise"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/labo...
"This puts Labour in a position where it is very much a party older people who lived through the 70s and early 80s would recognise"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/labo...
‘Labour is trying to pretend it’s all fine – everyone can see what this budget is doing’ | The News Agents
Labour MPs have acted with “tetchiness” as they defend Rachel Reeves' budget, facing questions over whether it has raised taxes for working people. Has the government regressed to where the party was…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
What is all this in service of? You can see they're lying to you. They know they're lying to you. So who is it for? It's too lay down the boundaries of what can and can't be said in polite company. The Thatcherite consensus cannot ever be removed. These people will never allow it.
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Lmao that they have spent five years burning effigies of Jeremy Corbyn and getting union flag tattoos and they are STILL dismissed as being stuck in 1970s socialism.
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Lmao that they have spent five years burning effigies of Jeremy Corbyn and getting union flag tattoos and they are STILL dismissed as being stuck in 1970s socialism.
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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truth coming out of her well to shame humanity
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
truth coming out of her well to shame humanity
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LGBTQ+ children's TV and film archive launched after attacks on queer storytelling
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/the-rainbow-project-lgbtq-archive/?utm_content=1764313201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/the-rainbow-project-lgbtq-archive/?utm_content=1764313201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
LGBTQ+ children's TV and film archive launched by the Rainbow Project
An archive of LGBTQ+ children's TV shows and films has been launched amid cuts and attacks on queer storytelling.
www.thepinknews.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
LGBTQ+ children's TV and film archive launched after attacks on queer storytelling
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/the-rainbow-project-lgbtq-archive/?utm_content=1764313201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/the-rainbow-project-lgbtq-archive/?utm_content=1764313201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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The Glinner article in The Observer (I ain't posting it but if you want to find it I've given you the relevant info) is WILD! The journalist is genuinely transphobic and STILL thinks Glinner is a mentally unwell danger who should stop.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Glinner article in The Observer (I ain't posting it but if you want to find it I've given you the relevant info) is WILD! The journalist is genuinely transphobic and STILL thinks Glinner is a mentally unwell danger who should stop.
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they're watering it down bcos of course they are.
look it's not possible to keep everyone happy.
you are either on the side of workers or you're on the side of those that exploit workers.
labour have chosen the side of those who exploit workers.
look it's not possible to keep everyone happy.
you are either on the side of workers or you're on the side of those that exploit workers.
labour have chosen the side of those who exploit workers.
November 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
they're watering it down bcos of course they are.
look it's not possible to keep everyone happy.
you are either on the side of workers or you're on the side of those that exploit workers.
labour have chosen the side of those who exploit workers.
look it's not possible to keep everyone happy.
you are either on the side of workers or you're on the side of those that exploit workers.
labour have chosen the side of those who exploit workers.
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Why is people leaving this country and no longer wanting to come to this country a good thing?? Cos it sounds like the kind of thing the happens to a shithole country, not a good one
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Why is people leaving this country and no longer wanting to come to this country a good thing?? Cos it sounds like the kind of thing the happens to a shithole country, not a good one
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it's funny how the government is in favour of making the country so inhospitable and unpleasant that skilled workers up and leave but if you ask them to raise taxes on wealth they start fearmongering about about how billionaires who do fuck all for this country might leave.
I'm not sure how much it is appreciated that there will be significant emigration coming. Those here on graduate visas coming to an end, the toughening up of skilled worker rules re. salaries/sponsorable roles and the 'earned settlement' changes to come. Lots of people are going to leave.
November 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
it's funny how the government is in favour of making the country so inhospitable and unpleasant that skilled workers up and leave but if you ask them to raise taxes on wealth they start fearmongering about about how billionaires who do fuck all for this country might leave.
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Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are habitual liars. So why, we might ask, do so many journalists and politicians act as if a ceasefire is in place, even as Israel’s bombing and killing in Gaza rages on?
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-gaz...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-gaz...
The Gaza “Ceasefire” is a Total Fraud
The fire has not, in fact, ceased, and there have to be meaningful penalties for Israel’s violations.
www.currentaffairs.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are habitual liars. So why, we might ask, do so many journalists and politicians act as if a ceasefire is in place, even as Israel’s bombing and killing in Gaza rages on?
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-gaz...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-gaz...
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when you see ppl ranting on the news, print, radio, and podcasts claiming that zack polanski's economics are 'crazy' and 'communist' and so on pls remember that these are the same ppl currently calling rachel reeves a 'socialist' for her bog-standard, typical, trickle-down budget.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
when you see ppl ranting on the news, print, radio, and podcasts claiming that zack polanski's economics are 'crazy' and 'communist' and so on pls remember that these are the same ppl currently calling rachel reeves a 'socialist' for her bog-standard, typical, trickle-down budget.
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ICE is arresting husbands & wives at their final green card interviews
They’re going to the immigration meeting to complete the final step in the legal process and leaving in handcuffs
One man had to take his crying infant from his wife’s arms as ICE forcibly detained her
This is cruel entrapment
They’re going to the immigration meeting to complete the final step in the legal process and leaving in handcuffs
One man had to take his crying infant from his wife’s arms as ICE forcibly detained her
This is cruel entrapment
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
ICE is arresting husbands & wives at their final green card interviews
They’re going to the immigration meeting to complete the final step in the legal process and leaving in handcuffs
One man had to take his crying infant from his wife’s arms as ICE forcibly detained her
This is cruel entrapment
They’re going to the immigration meeting to complete the final step in the legal process and leaving in handcuffs
One man had to take his crying infant from his wife’s arms as ICE forcibly detained her
This is cruel entrapment
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"What I'm really aiming at is to become one with the song. It's not acting. In acting, aren't you conscious of being separate from whet you're doing?" — Marianne Faithfull
Watching Jane Pollard & Iain Forsyth's forthcoming Marianne Faithfull doc, Broken English and I love that they choose this as the first track to represent early Marianne. It's such a perfect cover. Donovan is the observer but MP is completely inside the song. youtu.be/3fp0wo3qA1c?...
Marianne Faithfull - Sunny Goodge Street
YouTube video by I♥MarianneFaithfull
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November 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"What I'm really aiming at is to become one with the song. It's not acting. In acting, aren't you conscious of being separate from whet you're doing?" — Marianne Faithfull
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November 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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"They had submitted extensive paperwork and paid fees. The foreign spouses had been fingerprinted and passed medical exams. None had criminal records. None had entered the country illegally. They had already been granted employment authorization." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"They had submitted extensive paperwork and paid fees. The foreign spouses had been fingerprinted and passed medical exams. None had criminal records. None had entered the country illegally. They had already been granted employment authorization." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
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Like other forms of cruelty, the homelessness is the point
The thing is we've known that housing the homeless is cheaper than neglect, we've known that Ubi is effective at eliminating poverty, we've known that heavily subsidized housing and education leads people into the middle class, we've known all of these things in some cases for 70 years.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Like other forms of cruelty, the homelessness is the point
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It says everything that the CST, CAA, the JC, the board of deputies, Stop the Hate etc have said basically nothing about this clear antisemitism www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It says everything that the CST, CAA, the JC, the board of deputies, Stop the Hate etc have said basically nothing about this clear antisemitism www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...