DavidF
@davidf7858.bsky.social
Observer of comedy, sport, social science & popular science.
Current affairs worrier & potential pessimist.
Environment;Sustainability;Nature. Social contract;Justice;Inequality reduction; Cooperation.
Reasoned contradiction welcomed & not personalised.
Current affairs worrier & potential pessimist.
Environment;Sustainability;Nature. Social contract;Justice;Inequality reduction; Cooperation.
Reasoned contradiction welcomed & not personalised.
Smaller scale should be incentivised in many more sectors...with regulated overview for sustainability & universal benefits.
25% of food is lost in supply chains before it can reach consumers. Clearly, something is wrong with the dominant model of agricultural production.
Feeding the World as if People Mattered by @drflachsophone.bsky.social calls for an alternative: small-scale farming @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
Feeding the World as if People Mattered by @drflachsophone.bsky.social calls for an alternative: small-scale farming @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
How to feed the world through small-scale farming - LSE Review of Books
Feeding the World as if People Mattered by Andrew Flachs critiques the capitalist global food system, calling for ethical, sustainable, small-scale farming.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
August 28, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Smaller scale should be incentivised in many more sectors...with regulated overview for sustainability & universal benefits.
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Govts routinely talk about easing cost-of-living crisis.
No party has any plan.
Crisis due to low wages, profiteering by utilities and oligopolies dominating the market.
Govts don't push for higher wages, break-up big conglomerates, control price of essentials, embrace progressive taxation.
No party has any plan.
Crisis due to low wages, profiteering by utilities and oligopolies dominating the market.
Govts don't push for higher wages, break-up big conglomerates, control price of essentials, embrace progressive taxation.
We need to abolish state-sanctioned poverty
No one is ever born poor. They are condemned to poverty by societal policies which prevent millions from realising their full physical, mental, and intellectual capacities potentialities.
leftfootforward.org
July 11, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Govts routinely talk about easing cost-of-living crisis.
No party has any plan.
Crisis due to low wages, profiteering by utilities and oligopolies dominating the market.
Govts don't push for higher wages, break-up big conglomerates, control price of essentials, embrace progressive taxation.
No party has any plan.
Crisis due to low wages, profiteering by utilities and oligopolies dominating the market.
Govts don't push for higher wages, break-up big conglomerates, control price of essentials, embrace progressive taxation.
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Farage would do the same in the uk
Whilst
Removing the nhs
Cut education
Stop cheap green energy
Stop infrastructure rebuild
Unless you’re rich, you’ll get very poor with Farage !!
Whilst
Removing the nhs
Cut education
Stop cheap green energy
Stop infrastructure rebuild
Unless you’re rich, you’ll get very poor with Farage !!
April 8, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Farage would do the same in the uk
Whilst
Removing the nhs
Cut education
Stop cheap green energy
Stop infrastructure rebuild
Unless you’re rich, you’ll get very poor with Farage !!
Whilst
Removing the nhs
Cut education
Stop cheap green energy
Stop infrastructure rebuild
Unless you’re rich, you’ll get very poor with Farage !!
Follow the money.
Underfunded services & support. Neglected infrastructure. Cost of living increases vs. ever increasing wealth of richest, that enables avoidance of tax & democratic accountability.
Private Equity requires our attention more than welfare users or foreign born people.
Underfunded services & support. Neglected infrastructure. Cost of living increases vs. ever increasing wealth of richest, that enables avoidance of tax & democratic accountability.
Private Equity requires our attention more than welfare users or foreign born people.
Global super-rich may have hidden $3.55tn from tax officials.
0.1% of households have more wealth than the poorest half of the global population.
Govts funded by the super rich, don't shut down tax havens and the tax abuse industry or levy wealth tax.
HMRC goes easy on wealthy individuals.
0.1% of households have more wealth than the poorest half of the global population.
Govts funded by the super rich, don't shut down tax havens and the tax abuse industry or levy wealth tax.
HMRC goes easy on wealthy individuals.
Global super-rich may have hidden $3.55tn from tax officials, says Oxfam
Charity calls for a levy on the very richest and the closing of tax loopholes in its report on offshore wealth
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Follow the money.
Underfunded services & support. Neglected infrastructure. Cost of living increases vs. ever increasing wealth of richest, that enables avoidance of tax & democratic accountability.
Private Equity requires our attention more than welfare users or foreign born people.
Underfunded services & support. Neglected infrastructure. Cost of living increases vs. ever increasing wealth of richest, that enables avoidance of tax & democratic accountability.
Private Equity requires our attention more than welfare users or foreign born people.
I recommend Byline Times.
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I feel frustration-free without clickbait & commercially motivated views that serve vested interests at expense of society & democracy.
Satisfaction from well written thought, evidence & questioning.
Considered articles from varied viewpoints.
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I feel frustration-free without clickbait & commercially motivated views that serve vested interests at expense of society & democracy.
Satisfaction from well written thought, evidence & questioning.
Considered articles from varied viewpoints.
April 8, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I recommend Byline Times.
subscribe.bylinetimes.com
I feel frustration-free without clickbait & commercially motivated views that serve vested interests at expense of society & democracy.
Satisfaction from well written thought, evidence & questioning.
Considered articles from varied viewpoints.
subscribe.bylinetimes.com
I feel frustration-free without clickbait & commercially motivated views that serve vested interests at expense of society & democracy.
Satisfaction from well written thought, evidence & questioning.
Considered articles from varied viewpoints.
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Main rate of UK Corporation Tax cut from 52% in 1983 to 19% in 2017-23, now 25%.
They told us cuts would increase investment and wages.
For the last 30 yrs UK has been at or near the bottom of the OECD league for investment.
Real average wage unchanged since 2008. Capital and execs benefited.
They told us cuts would increase investment and wages.
For the last 30 yrs UK has been at or near the bottom of the OECD league for investment.
Real average wage unchanged since 2008. Capital and execs benefited.
April 5, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Main rate of UK Corporation Tax cut from 52% in 1983 to 19% in 2017-23, now 25%.
They told us cuts would increase investment and wages.
For the last 30 yrs UK has been at or near the bottom of the OECD league for investment.
Real average wage unchanged since 2008. Capital and execs benefited.
They told us cuts would increase investment and wages.
For the last 30 yrs UK has been at or near the bottom of the OECD league for investment.
Real average wage unchanged since 2008. Capital and execs benefited.
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An Important Information Film. Please share widely so that more people receive the information.
Tickets: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
Tickets: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
An Important Information Film. Please share widely so that more people receive the information.
Tickets: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
Tickets: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
Excellent show at City Varieties,Leeds. Resulted in a lingering feel good factor.
We'll be hoping to see ABK again.
We'll be hoping to see ABK again.
An Important Information Film. Please share widely so that more people receive the information.
Tickets: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
Tickets: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
April 2, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Excellent show at City Varieties,Leeds. Resulted in a lingering feel good factor.
We'll be hoping to see ABK again.
We'll be hoping to see ABK again.
We probably shouldn't vote to cut public spending & revenue, while national income is directed towards 'wealth creators';
Promised prosperity, but losses to offshore corporations & individuals.
Economically inefficient wealth redistribution.
'Job creator' roles are replaceable.
Promised prosperity, but losses to offshore corporations & individuals.
Economically inefficient wealth redistribution.
'Job creator' roles are replaceable.
March 16, 2026 at 12:44 AM
We probably shouldn't vote to cut public spending & revenue, while national income is directed towards 'wealth creators';
Promised prosperity, but losses to offshore corporations & individuals.
Economically inefficient wealth redistribution.
'Job creator' roles are replaceable.
Promised prosperity, but losses to offshore corporations & individuals.
Economically inefficient wealth redistribution.
'Job creator' roles are replaceable.
The only way that Labour can win the next election, is not through anti-opposition votes, but
via reasoned, evidenced, convincing, persistent debate that justifies an holistic set of policies to tackle wealth inequality & sustainability.
Now.
via reasoned, evidenced, convincing, persistent debate that justifies an holistic set of policies to tackle wealth inequality & sustainability.
Now.
guys, these are the people you’re supposed to be *winning back to Labour*, I don’t think saying “oh they’re all either rubes or reactionaries” is a great play
Keir Starmer has written to all Labour MPs attacking the Green Party for embracing "divisive" and "sectarian" politics
I'm picking up concern among Labour MPs about how this letter will come across to people who have voted/are tempted to vote Green, as it could risk further alienating these voters
I'm picking up concern among Labour MPs about how this letter will come across to people who have voted/are tempted to vote Green, as it could risk further alienating these voters
February 27, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The only way that Labour can win the next election, is not through anti-opposition votes, but
via reasoned, evidenced, convincing, persistent debate that justifies an holistic set of policies to tackle wealth inequality & sustainability.
Now.
via reasoned, evidenced, convincing, persistent debate that justifies an holistic set of policies to tackle wealth inequality & sustainability.
Now.
Farage, Trump fan & broker for the rich & powerful.
Our judgement of Reform UK is being similarly tested.
Our judgement of Reform UK is being similarly tested.
Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Farage, Trump fan & broker for the rich & powerful.
Our judgement of Reform UK is being similarly tested.
Our judgement of Reform UK is being similarly tested.
Reform UK cut & paste Trump Administration policies.
RefUK & Tories to introduce an ICE equivalent?
Extreme wealth inequality is their motivation & general public's source of suffering.
Difficult to get the warnings through to the 30+% who support RefUK.
In the meantime... Climate change.
RefUK & Tories to introduce an ICE equivalent?
Extreme wealth inequality is their motivation & general public's source of suffering.
Difficult to get the warnings through to the 30+% who support RefUK.
In the meantime... Climate change.
January 25, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Reform UK cut & paste Trump Administration policies.
RefUK & Tories to introduce an ICE equivalent?
Extreme wealth inequality is their motivation & general public's source of suffering.
Difficult to get the warnings through to the 30+% who support RefUK.
In the meantime... Climate change.
RefUK & Tories to introduce an ICE equivalent?
Extreme wealth inequality is their motivation & general public's source of suffering.
Difficult to get the warnings through to the 30+% who support RefUK.
In the meantime... Climate change.
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Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
Reform UK copy USA Republican policies. How far would they go?
This health policy is too far. Prime example of public suffering for private wealth accumulation.
Extreme wealth inequality is our problem, denying circulation of national income would flow through our pockets & our public services.
This health policy is too far. Prime example of public suffering for private wealth accumulation.
Extreme wealth inequality is our problem, denying circulation of national income would flow through our pockets & our public services.
Reform MP Andrew Rosindell tells the BBC that he "would not object" to scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance
January 25, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Reform UK copy USA Republican policies. How far would they go?
This health policy is too far. Prime example of public suffering for private wealth accumulation.
Extreme wealth inequality is our problem, denying circulation of national income would flow through our pockets & our public services.
This health policy is too far. Prime example of public suffering for private wealth accumulation.
Extreme wealth inequality is our problem, denying circulation of national income would flow through our pockets & our public services.
Project 2025; Trump Administration; Pardon criminals; Immunity for ICE; Indiscriminate kidnap & kill; Protest & unpopularity; Potential election loss; Insurrection Act; Excuse to implement; Increasingly urgent.
Who will prevent or investigate the killing of an ICE agent?
Who will prevent or investigate the killing of an ICE agent?
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 25, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Project 2025; Trump Administration; Pardon criminals; Immunity for ICE; Indiscriminate kidnap & kill; Protest & unpopularity; Potential election loss; Insurrection Act; Excuse to implement; Increasingly urgent.
Who will prevent or investigate the killing of an ICE agent?
Who will prevent or investigate the killing of an ICE agent?
Project 2025; Trump Administration; Pardon criminals; Immunity for ICE; Indiscriminate kidnap & kill; Protest & unpopularity; Potential election loss; Insurrection Act; Excuse to implement; Increasingly urgent.
Who will prevent or investigate the killing of an ICE agent?
Who will prevent or investigate the killing of an ICE agent?
January 25, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Project 2025; Trump Administration; Pardon criminals; Immunity for ICE; Indiscriminate kidnap & kill; Protest & unpopularity; Potential election loss; Insurrection Act; Excuse to implement; Increasingly urgent.
Who will prevent or investigate the killing of an ICE agent?
Who will prevent or investigate the killing of an ICE agent?
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2. There’s a basic metric by which you can tell who in politics are your allies and who are your enemies: whether they support or oppose the extreme concentration of wealth. Those who support it (let’s call them Group 1) are the political right. Those who oppose it (Group 2) are the political left.
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
2. There’s a basic metric by which you can tell who in politics are your allies and who are your enemies: whether they support or oppose the extreme concentration of wealth. Those who support it (let’s call them Group 1) are the political right. Those who oppose it (Group 2) are the political left.
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Austerity, Brexit & high wealth inequality deny choice to politicians who prioritise the public good.
Left with deciding which asset to sell or environment to degrade for revenue;
Leading to political loss, as voters reward alternative candidates, who may value wealth over public good.
Solutions?
Left with deciding which asset to sell or environment to degrade for revenue;
Leading to political loss, as voters reward alternative candidates, who may value wealth over public good.
Solutions?
January 16, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Austerity, Brexit & high wealth inequality deny choice to politicians who prioritise the public good.
Left with deciding which asset to sell or environment to degrade for revenue;
Leading to political loss, as voters reward alternative candidates, who may value wealth over public good.
Solutions?
Left with deciding which asset to sell or environment to degrade for revenue;
Leading to political loss, as voters reward alternative candidates, who may value wealth over public good.
Solutions?
Trump administration actions that contradict statements;
They see the global crises, while denying them.
They see the domestic crises, while informing that their policies are effective in protecting their constituents.
1 of 3
They see the global crises, while denying them.
They see the domestic crises, while informing that their policies are effective in protecting their constituents.
1 of 3
January 8, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Trump administration actions that contradict statements;
They see the global crises, while denying them.
They see the domestic crises, while informing that their policies are effective in protecting their constituents.
1 of 3
They see the global crises, while denying them.
They see the domestic crises, while informing that their policies are effective in protecting their constituents.
1 of 3
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
Tell the UK Government they must do better for nature!
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
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Please take 5 seconds to sign the petition: petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Please take 5 seconds to sign the petition: petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
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Plastic Surpasses Plankton in Greek Seas
with some areas showing an alarming ratio of 1.3 million plastic particles per square kilometer.
This shift poses a threat not only to marine biodiversity but also to human health, as plastics enter the food chain
www.berkeywaterfilter.com/plastic-surp...
with some areas showing an alarming ratio of 1.3 million plastic particles per square kilometer.
This shift poses a threat not only to marine biodiversity but also to human health, as plastics enter the food chain
www.berkeywaterfilter.com/plastic-surp...
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Plastic Surpasses Plankton in Greek Seas
with some areas showing an alarming ratio of 1.3 million plastic particles per square kilometer.
This shift poses a threat not only to marine biodiversity but also to human health, as plastics enter the food chain
www.berkeywaterfilter.com/plastic-surp...
with some areas showing an alarming ratio of 1.3 million plastic particles per square kilometer.
This shift poses a threat not only to marine biodiversity but also to human health, as plastics enter the food chain
www.berkeywaterfilter.com/plastic-surp...
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The politics of Jenrick, Farage and Tommy Robinson will guarantee national decline.
Even if we imposed all the most vicious, hostile, and arbitrary policies they want, our towns and villages will still suffer until we fund local public services rather than corporate tax breaks.
Even if we imposed all the most vicious, hostile, and arbitrary policies they want, our towns and villages will still suffer until we fund local public services rather than corporate tax breaks.
Our culture and heritage have been eroded, not by immigrants, but by Thatcherism and corporate greed.
The answer isn’t bitterness or scapegoating.
People are right to be angry with a rotten system that’s let them down—real patriotism means rebuilding our communities.
My op-ed piece for LFF. 👇
The answer isn’t bitterness or scapegoating.
People are right to be angry with a rotten system that’s let them down—real patriotism means rebuilding our communities.
My op-ed piece for LFF. 👇
On patriotism and national decline
Prioritisation of corporate wealth and privatisation have threatened our heritage and eroded our culture far more than immigration ever has
leftfootforward.org
October 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The politics of Jenrick, Farage and Tommy Robinson will guarantee national decline.
Even if we imposed all the most vicious, hostile, and arbitrary policies they want, our towns and villages will still suffer until we fund local public services rather than corporate tax breaks.
Even if we imposed all the most vicious, hostile, and arbitrary policies they want, our towns and villages will still suffer until we fund local public services rather than corporate tax breaks.