Politics UK People saying Blackstone is ‘great’ should have a look at what ‘investment’ means for asset managers. It generally doesn’t mean ‘building stuff’. youtu.be/0jxL9Cktsao?si…

There’s a broader point here which is the danger of the trend to the Netflixification of politics - left and right - that is “I only want a party that is entirely homogenous and matches my preference on every issue” if you want broad based parties you need to accept heterogeneity

“Wealth taxes have failed everywhere they’ve been tried.” Better tell the Swiss.

I would like to coin the phrase ‘fake crusader’. The fake crusader is someone who shouts angrily at an injustice for just long enough to get attention and feel self-righteous. Despite having no track record of actually doing anything about it. Read the article on

Fascists of the world do unite!

Seems no one remembered to tell West Bank settlers to stop hitting old Palestinian women over the head till unconscious. For Apartheid Israel, Peace means that Palestinians do not resist settler violence. Time the world tells Israel that this is NOT our definition.

Catching up w Zack Polanski on BBC this morning. Very pleasing to finally have a political leader point out what ought to be obvious - that the Institute of Fiscal Studies is just one voice amongst many on the economy, and that there is no such thing as “independent” economics.

Iain Duncan Smith says when Maccabi played a game in Istanbul there was no trouble at all lan Byrne MP had to point out UEFA moved the game to Hungary after the Turkish authorities refused to stage it &the Hungarian authorities then played it behind closed doors. Hence no trouble

Hi Lisa Nandy MP "unprecedented" means it's never happened before. So your statement in parliament suggesting MTA supporter ban as "unprecedented" is a lie. A lie that you know you are peddling. Lucky for you that Parliamentary privilege used mendaciously can't be held to

Lessons of the Maccabi fiasco: ‘The quiet part is that when their fans chant “death to the Arabs”, there is a small part of British society that agrees with them’ - and politicians humour them out of expediency. Great piece by Jonathan Liew. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Thames Water's collapse is 24 hours away? Back in July Ofwat announced that, at TW request, they had delayed the company's appeal against this year's price rises. TW want more money. a lot, lot more. TW was given a deadline of 22nd Oct or else, that's tomorrow. They're clearly

A statement from me, Beth Winter and Andrew Feinstein

Faiza Shaheen has a PhD, was a visiting professor at the LSE, has published a book, headed up a think tank and is now the executive director of another one. But for #bbcqt she’s still an ‘activist’. See how it works?

Labour are all about "taking on unions" and never about "taking on capitalists"

This is the "most moral army in the world": A soldier stealing a child's bicycle and throwing it in the trash A perfect,small-scale metaphor for an occupation built on stealing childhoods, joy, and futures. Pure, casual cruelty

Worth thinking about in context of this secret D-Notice on Gaza sent out 28 October 2023 Declassified has done nearly all the important work on UK military/intel role in Gaza genocide MSM published close to zero. Because, as noted, they habitually obey state censors. Disgrace

I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising. We surveyed more than 5,000 people in the UK and US, using demographically

Don’t become numb to these atrocities - there are not separate kinds of human beings - what is done to one is done to all .

Israel has bombed multiple churches in Gaza over the past two years.