Graeme Purves
@gaspurves.bsky.social
Citizen. Environmentalist. European. Spatial Planner. Democrat. Geddesian. Withered Botanist. Lapsed Munro-Bagger.
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'There is a hegemony of stupidity among the mainstream economic commentators in this country at present, none of whom appears to have the imagination to ask, “Why does it have to be like this?”'
Richard Murphy
Richard Murphy
Why does it have to be like this?
The Guardian has reported that:
UK inflation has returned above 3% as soaring fuel and transport prices triggered by the Iran war heap renewed pressure on British households.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show inflation as measured by the consumer prices index rose from 2.9% in July to 3.1% in...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
September 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM
'There is a hegemony of stupidity among the mainstream economic commentators in this country at present, none of whom appears to have the imagination to ask, “Why does it have to be like this?”'
Richard Murphy
Richard Murphy
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The UN has accused a UN permanent security member of committed widespread sexual violence in its war the UN decalred illegal.
You'd think the US Party of "family values" would be on the side of the victims.
You'd think the US Party of "family values" would be on the side of the victims.
⚡ Russian forces have committed widespread sexual violence in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion, according to a new UN report.
kyivindependent.com/abhorrent-ac...
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'Abhorrent acts' - Russian forces committed widespread sexual violence in Ukraine since full-scale invasion, UN reports
Russian forces are responsible for the vast majority of sexual violence in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) announced in a new report.
kyivindependent.com
September 19, 2026 at 9:10 AM
The UN has accused a UN permanent security member of committed widespread sexual violence in its war the UN decalred illegal.
You'd think the US Party of "family values" would be on the side of the victims.
You'd think the US Party of "family values" would be on the side of the victims.
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🔴 Something Tom Watson won't tell you: Five police forces in the East Midlands working with Palantir on a controversial surveillance programme are ending their involvement
Exclusive by Democracy for Sale and Liberty Investigates.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...
Exclusive by Democracy for Sale and Liberty Investigates.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...
Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool
Exclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot.
democracyforsale.substack.com
September 19, 2026 at 8:33 AM
🔴 Something Tom Watson won't tell you: Five police forces in the East Midlands working with Palantir on a controversial surveillance programme are ending their involvement
Exclusive by Democracy for Sale and Liberty Investigates.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...
Exclusive by Democracy for Sale and Liberty Investigates.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...
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'Dougie,' yells my wife. 'I'm sick and tired of you pretending to be a detective. I think we should split up.'
'Good idea,' I agree. 'We can cover more ground that way.'
'Good idea,' I agree. 'We can cover more ground that way.'
September 19, 2026 at 10:11 AM
'Dougie,' yells my wife. 'I'm sick and tired of you pretending to be a detective. I think we should split up.'
'Good idea,' I agree. 'We can cover more ground that way.'
'Good idea,' I agree. 'We can cover more ground that way.'
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The Abernethy and Glenmore Exclusion Zone and the King’s visit to Ryvoan | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland:
#ScottishEnvironment🌱 #Wildfire🔥 #PublicAccess🥾
parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/09/18/t...
#ScottishEnvironment🌱 #Wildfire🔥 #PublicAccess🥾
parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/09/18/t...
The Abernethy and Glenmore Exclusion Zone and the King's visit to Ryvoan - parkswatchscotland
Yesterday afternoon the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) further reduced the overall area covered by their unlawful exclusion zone in Glenmore (see here) and (here). Once again there was no n...
parkswatchscotland.co.uk
September 18, 2026 at 12:56 PM
The Abernethy and Glenmore Exclusion Zone and the King’s visit to Ryvoan | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland:
#ScottishEnvironment🌱 #Wildfire🔥 #PublicAccess🥾
parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/09/18/t...
#ScottishEnvironment🌱 #Wildfire🔥 #PublicAccess🥾
parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/09/18/t...
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Duma "elections" have started. It isn't who votes that counts, but who counts the votes.
September 18, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Duma "elections" have started. It isn't who votes that counts, but who counts the votes.
The Abernethy and Glenmore Exclusion Zone and the King’s visit to Ryvoan | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland:
#ScottishEnvironment🌱 #Wildfire🔥 #PublicAccess🥾
parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/09/18/t...
#ScottishEnvironment🌱 #Wildfire🔥 #PublicAccess🥾
parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/09/18/t...
The Abernethy and Glenmore Exclusion Zone and the King's visit to Ryvoan - parkswatchscotland
Yesterday afternoon the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) further reduced the overall area covered by their unlawful exclusion zone in Glenmore (see here) and (here). Once again there was no n...
parkswatchscotland.co.uk
September 18, 2026 at 12:56 PM
The Abernethy and Glenmore Exclusion Zone and the King’s visit to Ryvoan | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland:
#ScottishEnvironment🌱 #Wildfire🔥 #PublicAccess🥾
parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/09/18/t...
#ScottishEnvironment🌱 #Wildfire🔥 #PublicAccess🥾
parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/09/18/t...
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An oil-producing nation with no refinery.
An exporting nation with no shipping routes.
An electricity producer forced to pay to upload to the “national” grid.
Welcome to our blessed "union of equals".
An exporting nation with no shipping routes.
An electricity producer forced to pay to upload to the “national” grid.
Welcome to our blessed "union of equals".
September 17, 2026 at 12:24 PM
An oil-producing nation with no refinery.
An exporting nation with no shipping routes.
An electricity producer forced to pay to upload to the “national” grid.
Welcome to our blessed "union of equals".
An exporting nation with no shipping routes.
An electricity producer forced to pay to upload to the “national” grid.
Welcome to our blessed "union of equals".
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On the lam/on the lamb
September 17, 2026 at 12:14 PM
On the lam/on the lamb
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'It is time the independence movement was ahead of reality, not behind it. Retail politics will not get us there. Hard work and not being afraid to look properly at the difficult questions will.'
Robin McAlpine, via The National
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Robin McAlpine, via The National
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September 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM
'It is time the independence movement was ahead of reality, not behind it. Retail politics will not get us there. Hard work and not being afraid to look properly at the difficult questions will.'
Robin McAlpine, via The National
archive.is/Yfqyy
Robin McAlpine, via The National
archive.is/Yfqyy
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Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
September 17, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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What really causes inflation? It isn’t money creation youtu.be/Vi-hQDibhK4?.... And for those with very little understanding of economics who claim it does, as I show, the evidence doesn't support their case.
What really causes inflation? It isn’t money creation
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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September 17, 2026 at 6:11 AM
What really causes inflation? It isn’t money creation youtu.be/Vi-hQDibhK4?.... And for those with very little understanding of economics who claim it does, as I show, the evidence doesn't support their case.
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Fungi season in an Irish Atlantic rainforest!
September 17, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Fungi season in an Irish Atlantic rainforest!
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Andy Davey @DaveyCartoons on #AsylumSeekers #Piddington @Telegraph – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
September 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Andy Davey @DaveyCartoons on #AsylumSeekers #Piddington @Telegraph – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
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In 2024-25 HMRC failed to collect £59.2bn of tax; £500bn since 2010.
£12.8bn lost through profit shifting by multinational corporations.
Promoters of a business rates avoidance scheme boasted that they have deprived local councils of £500m.
Billions can be raised by ending abuses.
£12.8bn lost through profit shifting by multinational corporations.
Promoters of a business rates avoidance scheme boasted that they have deprived local councils of £500m.
Billions can be raised by ending abuses.
Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
leftfootforward.org
September 16, 2026 at 10:15 AM
In 2024-25 HMRC failed to collect £59.2bn of tax; £500bn since 2010.
£12.8bn lost through profit shifting by multinational corporations.
Promoters of a business rates avoidance scheme boasted that they have deprived local councils of £500m.
Billions can be raised by ending abuses.
£12.8bn lost through profit shifting by multinational corporations.
Promoters of a business rates avoidance scheme boasted that they have deprived local councils of £500m.
Billions can be raised by ending abuses.
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Fair play to the wife of a Caribbean man and mother of mixed race children being informed by the BBC reporter that she’s in the minority in her community regarding immigration and responding with, “Yes, I’m surrounded by bigots.”
September 16, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Fair play to the wife of a Caribbean man and mother of mixed race children being informed by the BBC reporter that she’s in the minority in her community regarding immigration and responding with, “Yes, I’m surrounded by bigots.”
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"Do BBC news work for Reform?"
via Harry Eccles
via Harry Eccles
September 16, 2026 at 8:55 AM
"Do BBC news work for Reform?"
via Harry Eccles
via Harry Eccles
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Reducing littering is a good thing. 👏🏼
But I'm so cynical I would bet 50p that this has only been signed off because someone added "with AI" on the title of their project proposal, knowing full well that would get it bumped to the top of the funding approval queue.
But I'm so cynical I would bet 50p that this has only been signed off because someone added "with AI" on the title of their project proposal, knowing full well that would get it bumped to the top of the funding approval queue.
AI trial scheme on Edinburgh roads aims to catch litter louts
SCOTTISH transport chiefs have launched a new artificial intelligence pilot scheme to catch slovenly drivers throwing litter out of their cars....
SCOTTISH transport chiefs have launched a new artificial intelligence pilot scheme to catch slovenly drivers throwing litter out of their cars....
AI trial scheme on Edinburgh roads aims to catch litter louts
SCOTTISH transport chiefs have launched a new artificial intelligence pilot scheme to catch slovenly drivers throwing litter out of their cars. The six-month trial will see LitterCam technology deployed on the Edinburgh City Bypass and the A1 from mid-September. Software will detect rubbish being thrown from moving vehicles to measure the scale of the problem across South East Scotland. It follows the collection of more than 3,000 bags of waste – equating to 15 tonnes – on the bypass alone over the past year.
theedinburghreporter.co.uk
September 16, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Reducing littering is a good thing. 👏🏼
But I'm so cynical I would bet 50p that this has only been signed off because someone added "with AI" on the title of their project proposal, knowing full well that would get it bumped to the top of the funding approval queue.
But I'm so cynical I would bet 50p that this has only been signed off because someone added "with AI" on the title of their project proposal, knowing full well that would get it bumped to the top of the funding approval queue.
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A data center in New Jersey spilled 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a local creek, putting the area’s entire river system at risk.
Is it any wonder nearly 70 percent of Americans don’t want a data center in their community?
Is it any wonder nearly 70 percent of Americans don’t want a data center in their community?
September 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
A data center in New Jersey spilled 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel into a local creek, putting the area’s entire river system at risk.
Is it any wonder nearly 70 percent of Americans don’t want a data center in their community?
Is it any wonder nearly 70 percent of Americans don’t want a data center in their community?
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£72million can’t fix this. Nothing can fix this. This is Reform.
A bunch of raging liabilities who shouldn’t ever be anywhere near public office.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A bunch of raging liabilities who shouldn’t ever be anywhere near public office.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform's Dan Thomas resigns as Wales leader after arrest
Thomas said he has done nothing wrong as Gwent Police confirms arrest on suspicion of assault.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2026 at 6:05 AM
£72million can’t fix this. Nothing can fix this. This is Reform.
A bunch of raging liabilities who shouldn’t ever be anywhere near public office.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A bunch of raging liabilities who shouldn’t ever be anywhere near public office.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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First Canada wanted closer EU ties. Now Australia does too.
Meanwhile, Starmer spent two years trying to “make Brexit work”, while Burnham remains boxed in by red lines.
Farage once said even Brexit’s worst-case scenario would leave us better off.
How wrong he was. Still, £5m buys a few Ferraris
Meanwhile, Starmer spent two years trying to “make Brexit work”, while Burnham remains boxed in by red lines.
Farage once said even Brexit’s worst-case scenario would leave us better off.
How wrong he was. Still, £5m buys a few Ferraris
September 15, 2026 at 9:14 AM
First Canada wanted closer EU ties. Now Australia does too.
Meanwhile, Starmer spent two years trying to “make Brexit work”, while Burnham remains boxed in by red lines.
Farage once said even Brexit’s worst-case scenario would leave us better off.
How wrong he was. Still, £5m buys a few Ferraris
Meanwhile, Starmer spent two years trying to “make Brexit work”, while Burnham remains boxed in by red lines.
Farage once said even Brexit’s worst-case scenario would leave us better off.
How wrong he was. Still, £5m buys a few Ferraris
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Wages taxed at rates of 20%-45%. Earners also pay national insurance.
Capital gains taxed at rates of 18% to 24%.
By taxing capital gains at the same rates as wages £12bn to £14bn could be raised. More, if NI charged.
Why are workers taxed at higher rates than return on wealth
Will the govt act?
Capital gains taxed at rates of 18% to 24%.
By taxing capital gains at the same rates as wages £12bn to £14bn could be raised. More, if NI charged.
Why are workers taxed at higher rates than return on wealth
Will the govt act?
Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
leftfootforward.org
September 15, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Wages taxed at rates of 20%-45%. Earners also pay national insurance.
Capital gains taxed at rates of 18% to 24%.
By taxing capital gains at the same rates as wages £12bn to £14bn could be raised. More, if NI charged.
Why are workers taxed at higher rates than return on wealth
Will the govt act?
Capital gains taxed at rates of 18% to 24%.
By taxing capital gains at the same rates as wages £12bn to £14bn could be raised. More, if NI charged.
Why are workers taxed at higher rates than return on wealth
Will the govt act?
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Safe to say the people of Kentucky are not being represented properly
September 15, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Safe to say the people of Kentucky are not being represented properly