Russ Cheshire
@russcheshire.bsky.social
Island dweller. Observer. Still learning.
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Too many campaigners talk about what’s wrong, but never explain what must change or how it could happen.
Real campaigning means finding solutions: identifying causes, proposing reforms, and then doing the maths on the finances to show how they would work in practice.
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Real campaigning means finding solutions: identifying causes, proposing reforms, and then doing the maths on the finances to show how they would work in practice.
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Why moaning isn’t campaigning, and how we could really change the world
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Too many campaigners talk about what’s wrong, but never explain what must change or how it could happen.
Real campaigning means finding solutions: identifying causes, proposing reforms, and then doing the maths on the finances to show how they would work in practice.
youtu.be/uF40KyuRp8Q?...
Real campaigning means finding solutions: identifying causes, proposing reforms, and then doing the maths on the finances to show how they would work in practice.
youtu.be/uF40KyuRp8Q?...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Richard Murphy: Scotland’s banks, not its currency, hold the key to real independence www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
Richard Murphy: Scotland’s banks, not its currency, hold the key to real independence
PEOPLE in Scotland worry a great deal about money when the subject of independence comes up
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December 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Richard Murphy: Scotland’s banks, not its currency, hold the key to real independence www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
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People feel politics has nothing to do with them — and they’re right to feel ignored. In this video, I explain why our democracy is failing, why so many feel powerless, and how we can put people back in charge.
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Why people have given up on politics — and how we fix it
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 8, 2025 at 7:10 AM
People feel politics has nothing to do with them — and they’re right to feel ignored. In this video, I explain why our democracy is failing, why so many feel powerless, and how we can put people back in charge.
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A badger in the rainforest at night, captured in this image by Ross Bartley.
7,319 of these amazing, gorgeous native animals were culled by the Irish state last year alone, and 66,000 since 2014, in a pointless, cruel attempt to eliminate bovine TB, despite a promise to switch to vaccinations.
7,319 of these amazing, gorgeous native animals were culled by the Irish state last year alone, and 66,000 since 2014, in a pointless, cruel attempt to eliminate bovine TB, despite a promise to switch to vaccinations.
December 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A badger in the rainforest at night, captured in this image by Ross Bartley.
7,319 of these amazing, gorgeous native animals were culled by the Irish state last year alone, and 66,000 since 2014, in a pointless, cruel attempt to eliminate bovine TB, despite a promise to switch to vaccinations.
7,319 of these amazing, gorgeous native animals were culled by the Irish state last year alone, and 66,000 since 2014, in a pointless, cruel attempt to eliminate bovine TB, despite a promise to switch to vaccinations.
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Modern Monetary Theory describes how money works in the real economy.
In this video, I share 12 essential questions to challenge politicians when they deny economic reality — and ensure the power of money is used for people, not for the wealthy few.
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In this video, I share 12 essential questions to challenge politicians when they deny economic reality — and ensure the power of money is used for people, not for the wealthy few.
youtu.be/S3RGCq5KnTU?...
12 questions that expose the truth about money
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Modern Monetary Theory describes how money works in the real economy.
In this video, I share 12 essential questions to challenge politicians when they deny economic reality — and ensure the power of money is used for people, not for the wealthy few.
youtu.be/S3RGCq5KnTU?...
In this video, I share 12 essential questions to challenge politicians when they deny economic reality — and ensure the power of money is used for people, not for the wealthy few.
youtu.be/S3RGCq5KnTU?...
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The Bank of England has issued a stark new Financial Stability Report — and beneath the cautious language lies a clear message: the global risk environment has deteriorated sharply. A systemic crisis now looks more like “when” than “if”.
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The Bank of England is warning a financial crash is coming
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The Bank of England has issued a stark new Financial Stability Report — and beneath the cautious language lies a clear message: the global risk environment has deteriorated sharply. A systemic crisis now looks more like “when” than “if”.
youtu.be/NMDdkEZhNbI?...
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Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐
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There are thousands of trained doctors in the UK right now — unemployed. Not because they’re unnecessary, but because the government refuses to fund the NHS roles we desperately need.
If we have the doctors, we can fund the doctors. So why won’t they?
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If we have the doctors, we can fund the doctors. So why won’t they?
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Why is our government choosing NHS cuts over patient care?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
There are thousands of trained doctors in the UK right now — unemployed. Not because they’re unnecessary, but because the government refuses to fund the NHS roles we desperately need.
If we have the doctors, we can fund the doctors. So why won’t they?
youtu.be/jN42hYQsehU?...
If we have the doctors, we can fund the doctors. So why won’t they?
youtu.be/jN42hYQsehU?...
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BREAKING: Palestine activist Strecker found not guilty in Jersey ‘terror’ trial www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
BREAKING: Palestine activist Strecker found not guilty in Jersey 'terror' trial
Natalie Strecker, an anti-genocide activist from Jersey, has been found not guilty of inviting support of Hamas and Hezbollah
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December 4, 2025 at 8:59 AM
BREAKING: Palestine activist Strecker found not guilty in Jersey ‘terror’ trial www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
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Wes Streeting claims there are too many diagnoses of anxiety, autism, and ADHD. But when people are oppressed by neoliberalism, and others cannot comply with its demand for uniformity, he is really seeking to destroy evidence of dissent for his toxic worldview. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Wes Streeting’s exercise in thought control
The Guardian reports this morning that:
The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has ordered a clinical review of the diagnosis of mental health conditions, according to reports.
Streeting is understood ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Wes Streeting claims there are too many diagnoses of anxiety, autism, and ADHD. But when people are oppressed by neoliberalism, and others cannot comply with its demand for uniformity, he is really seeking to destroy evidence of dissent for his toxic worldview. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
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Polls suggest that Reform support may have peaked, perhaps because it appeals only to a very distinctive, and noisy, minority | Stephen McNair
Odd and incompetent: Reform hits a ceiling
Polls suggest that Reform support may have peaked, perhaps because it appeals only to a very distinctive, and noisy, minority
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December 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Polls suggest that Reform support may have peaked, perhaps because it appeals only to a very distinctive, and noisy, minority | Stephen McNair
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Is the Office for Budget Responsibility really protecting the UK economy, or enforcing austerity? I argue that the OBR was designed to remove democratic control over fiscal policy. In that case, it's time to get rid of it. youtu.be/lu6i9BB0XpU?...
Do we really need the Office for Budget Responsibility?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 4, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Is the Office for Budget Responsibility really protecting the UK economy, or enforcing austerity? I argue that the OBR was designed to remove democratic control over fiscal policy. In that case, it's time to get rid of it. youtu.be/lu6i9BB0XpU?...
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Children, photojournalist among Palestinians killed by Israeli forces across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces kill 357 Palestinians in 50 days of ceasefire
Children, photojournalist among Palestinians killed by Israeli forces across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Children, photojournalist among Palestinians killed by Israeli forces across Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
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British politics is broken. The old left vs right divide no longer explains what is happening. Instead, we face a new choice: care or neglect.
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Why left vs right politics is over in the UK
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
British politics is broken. The old left vs right divide no longer explains what is happening. Instead, we face a new choice: care or neglect.
youtu.be/7UtmjV6LNWA?...
youtu.be/7UtmjV6LNWA?...
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Why won’t so much of the left believe in the sovereign power to make money? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Why won’t so much of the left believe in the sovereign power to make money?
There are days when I genuinely wonder what parts of the left think the state is for.
The capacity to create money is the most fundamental power any modern government possesses. It is the basis of its...
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December 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Why won’t so much of the left believe in the sovereign power to make money? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
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On the ferry, crossing the Firth of Clyde after a fantastic short break on Arran. We stayed in a brilliant vegan B&B - Stonewater House in Lamlash. Saw otters, red squirrels, eider, mergansers, many shore birds and woodland birds. A stunning place. share.google/AWcMAxYmL56h...
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
On the ferry, crossing the Firth of Clyde after a fantastic short break on Arran. We stayed in a brilliant vegan B&B - Stonewater House in Lamlash. Saw otters, red squirrels, eider, mergansers, many shore birds and woodland birds. A stunning place. share.google/AWcMAxYmL56h...
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How the right-wing newspapers still manage to dictate BBC coverage.
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
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Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
The Real 'Benefits Street' Protecting Britain's Wealthiest
The sheer scale of outrage about plans to lift children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of the British press
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November 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
How the right-wing newspapers still manage to dictate BBC coverage.
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
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Questions to ask a lcritic of MMT www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
Questions to ask a left-wing critic of MMT
Some on the Marxist left of politics, including those of that persuasion who have now entered the Greens in England and Wales with the clear aim of pushing it in a Marxist, class warfare-based directi...
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November 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Questions to ask a lcritic of MMT www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
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MMT matters because it reveals power – and gives us back the right to choose www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
MMT matters because it reveals power – and gives us back the right to choose
I think modern monetary theory (MMT) matters. That is not because it is perfect, because no theory is. Instead, it is because it explains something that almost no one in mainstream economics has ever ...
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November 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
MMT matters because it reveals power – and gives us back the right to choose www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
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Why does poverty still exist in one of the richest countries on earth? In this video, I explain how antisocial neoliberal economics deliberately creates poverty.
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Why do we still have poverty in UK?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Why does poverty still exist in one of the richest countries on earth? In this video, I explain how antisocial neoliberal economics deliberately creates poverty.
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Rachel Reeves' Budget was a damp squib, delivering austerity by stealth. There was no vision, and no investment. There was just fear of the City of London. In this video, I ask why the Chancellor has surrendered economic power to finance. youtu.be/6pTpT_uB_4M?...
Rachel Reeves’ budget: Who really governs Britain?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Rachel Reeves' Budget was a damp squib, delivering austerity by stealth. There was no vision, and no investment. There was just fear of the City of London. In this video, I ask why the Chancellor has surrendered economic power to finance. youtu.be/6pTpT_uB_4M?...