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Richard Murphy

@richardjmurphy

Economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting Practice, Sheffield University. Former chartered accountant. Political economist. Opinions all my own.

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What makes Reform a far right party? youtu.be/8xsOyM6PHxM?si… I have been asked to define the way in which I use the term ‘far-right’. I do that in this video and, at the same time, explain why I think Reform fits my criteria for describing it as such.

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“If we’re to have a hope of flourishing during the coming climate breakdown, we need a movement that invites people to share in its determination to act…”. Important reflections on #climate adaptation from ⁦Rupert Read 🌍 🔥⁩👇 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Economics can be defined as a noun and a verb – and right now they are v... youtu.be/EhG670_BgrE?si… The claims economics makes about itself as a subject for study can in no way be matched with the value-laden, neoliberal way in which much of it is now practised. It’s the

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Why doesn’t the news media talk about the real issues in life? taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/0… The news media is very quiet this morning, but still won’t talk about the real issues facing most people in life, or ask how they could be solved. What is that? And what are the consequences?

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Democracy does not matter to Labour taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/0… IPPR is the think-tank most listened to by Labour. It has produced a report on the reform of democracy. In that report it says it will not consider proportional representation because Labour does not want it. No wonder

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‘Bring back the family Doctor’ Wes Streeting NHS England are making policy & funding decisions 20% ✂️ in GP Practice funding since 2016, £2bn=£35/patient/year 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿is 8000 short of GPs, yet GPs are unemployed GPs, leaving & practices closing We are all patients & are losing out

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Energy price rises are due to regulation that favours companies, not people youtu.be/ECTGhvVpsQc?si… The UK has the highest domestic energy prices in Europe, and it’s all down to poor regulation, political dogma, and the fact that we haven’t got nationalised energy companies.

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How we corrupted food taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/0… Food has been corrupted in the interests of profit, at cost to health. The evidence is clear. The question is, how is that situation changed to prevent an ever-growing health crisis overwhelming our capacity to treat it?

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The total intellectual vacuum amongst our politicians taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/0… Wes Streeting might manage to produce a social care plan by 2028, he is telling the world this morning. By then, Labour will be in its last inglorious days in office. How did people as incompetent as

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The total intellectual vacuum amongst our politicians taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/0… Wes Streeting might manage to produce a social care plan by 2028, he is telling the world this morning. By then, Labour will be in its last inglorious days in office. How did people as incompetent as

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Young people left behind are going to get angry taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/0… The graduate recruiting ground for middle class Britain - the bastion of its mundane stability - is disappearing as the semi-secure professional jobs of those in that strata of society are eliminated, and pay

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Since 1997 there have been no less than 25 commissions, select committee inquiries & white papers on social care. Labour - who admit social care is in crisis, & that the NHS cannot be fixed without it - just responded by... ... announcing the 26th one 😳

Since 1997 there have been no less than 25 commissions, select committee inquiries & white papers on social care.

Labour - who admit social care is in crisis, & that the NHS cannot be fixed without it - just responded by...

... announcing the 26th one 😳
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Has Wes Streeting got the ability to be our Health Secretary? youtu.be/vBEqa6H6Nis?si… Wes Streeting has made clear that no action on social care will be taken during this parliament by setting up a commission to report on the issue by 2028, when it will be too late to do anything

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In 2025, we have to say yes to the power of the state youtu.be/27YFXWQq6uk?si… It’s fashionable to lay the blame for all that is wrong in our economy on the state. But that’s a mistake. The state is only failing because it is being run by politicians who have set out to undermine

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Trump: the felon who is to be President taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/0… Four years ago Trump incited a rebellion, or coup. People died as a result. Today he becomes President again, when I think he should be serving tine. We should never forget that this man’s relationship with his role

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Unless Starmer delivers in 2025, the 2029 election is over for Labour youtu.be/wgptQ1zjGhw?si… It’s back to work day for most in the UK, Keir Starmer included. If he had any sense, he’d have one priority for 2025, which is making the UK government work again.

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People are dying so that spreadsheets balance taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/0… 44,000 people suffered serious harm waiting for care in the NHS last year, all because of the obsession with government’s requiring balanced budgets, which is total economic nonsense. For how much longer must

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I have decided to no longer post to this account for reasons that are too obvious to require further explanation. You will find me from now on on BlueSky, where I also use the name RichardJMurphy. So long, and farewell. It was fun while it lasted.

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Trump is trying to break government, the USA, world peace and much more. We could despair, or we could, as happened in WW2, plan for a better future. I suggest this is the time to plan. youtu.be/nbpu3gFYqJA?si…