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For any Terry Finch fans out there, I’m performing a work in progress show November 16th at the Soho Theatre, London. I’ll be playing live music and reading from Terry’s crime stories. It will be bleak.
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Matthew Holness: Work in Progress – Soho Theatre
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October 1, 2026 at 8:05 PM
For any Terry Finch fans out there, I’m performing a work in progress show November 16th at the Soho Theatre, London. I’ll be playing live music and reading from Terry’s crime stories. It will be bleak.
sohotheatre.com/events/matth...
sohotheatre.com/events/matth...
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Swathes of UK economy are owned by foreign investors.
No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends.
USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors.
UK could do the same, generate billions.
Why are super-rich privileged?
No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends.
USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors.
UK could do the same, generate billions.
Why are super-rich privileged?
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 19, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Swathes of UK economy are owned by foreign investors.
No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends.
USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors.
UK could do the same, generate billions.
Why are super-rich privileged?
No tax is deducted from billions paid to them in dividends.
USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden have a dividend withholding tax for foreign investors.
UK could do the same, generate billions.
Why are super-rich privileged?
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Reform UK given £36m donation by a crypto billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls, pardoned by Donald Trump.
Is it legal?
Dwarfs £15m from a Thailand based crypto billionaire
What have they been promised?
Hate politics funded by the rich.
Is it legal?
Dwarfs £15m from a Thailand based crypto billionaire
What have they been promised?
Hate politics funded by the rich.
Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Reform UK given £36m donation by a crypto billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls, pardoned by Donald Trump.
Is it legal?
Dwarfs £15m from a Thailand based crypto billionaire
What have they been promised?
Hate politics funded by the rich.
Is it legal?
Dwarfs £15m from a Thailand based crypto billionaire
What have they been promised?
Hate politics funded by the rich.
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Oh look, it turns out that successive British governments have been “feigning helplessness” over Israel’s criminality and have merely been “paying lip service” to a peaceful resolution. Exactly like we’ve been saying they were for years. And all it took to notice was the government doing something.
September 9, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Oh look, it turns out that successive British governments have been “feigning helplessness” over Israel’s criminality and have merely been “paying lip service” to a peaceful resolution. Exactly like we’ve been saying they were for years. And all it took to notice was the government doing something.
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Wealthy want UK govt to ditch pensions triple lock, cut welfare spending.
Silence on corporate welfare
Oil/gas, water, energy profiteering
HMRC not collecting £59bn last yr
Poorest 20% paying higher proportion in income in taxes than the richest 20%.
It is always about hitting the poor, old, sick.
Silence on corporate welfare
Oil/gas, water, energy profiteering
HMRC not collecting £59bn last yr
Poorest 20% paying higher proportion in income in taxes than the richest 20%.
It is always about hitting the poor, old, sick.
Ditch pensions triple lock and cut welfare spending to calm markets, Burnham told
Bond market shock has ramifications for new prime minister’s first Budget, his former adviser warns
www.independent.co.uk
September 7, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Wealthy want UK govt to ditch pensions triple lock, cut welfare spending.
Silence on corporate welfare
Oil/gas, water, energy profiteering
HMRC not collecting £59bn last yr
Poorest 20% paying higher proportion in income in taxes than the richest 20%.
It is always about hitting the poor, old, sick.
Silence on corporate welfare
Oil/gas, water, energy profiteering
HMRC not collecting £59bn last yr
Poorest 20% paying higher proportion in income in taxes than the richest 20%.
It is always about hitting the poor, old, sick.
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UK’s biggest private hospital firm Spire in £1.03bn takeover by hedge fund Toscafund known as “the Rottweiler”
Value driven by NHS contracts. Spire has 45% gross profit margin
New owner will be aggressive.
Privatisation bleeds the NHS, money buys less.
Must increase NHS capacity.
Value driven by NHS contracts. Spire has 45% gross profit margin
New owner will be aggressive.
Privatisation bleeds the NHS, money buys less.
Must increase NHS capacity.
UK’s biggest private hospital firm Spire agrees £1bn takeover by hedge fund
Toscafund, founded by City figure known as ‘the Rottweiler’, signs deal amid fears over creeping privatisation of NHS
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2026 at 6:29 AM
UK’s biggest private hospital firm Spire in £1.03bn takeover by hedge fund Toscafund known as “the Rottweiler”
Value driven by NHS contracts. Spire has 45% gross profit margin
New owner will be aggressive.
Privatisation bleeds the NHS, money buys less.
Must increase NHS capacity.
Value driven by NHS contracts. Spire has 45% gross profit margin
New owner will be aggressive.
Privatisation bleeds the NHS, money buys less.
Must increase NHS capacity.
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Live SUGAR review and photos from Seattle! Thanks to Andy Nystrom and Cat Rose.
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August 24, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Live SUGAR review and photos from Seattle! Thanks to Andy Nystrom and Cat Rose.
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China launches global tax hunt going back decades.
UK needs to do the same.
Last year HMRC failed to collect £59bn of taxes, that is £500bn since 2010.
Poorest 20% Britons pay higher proportion of their income in direct/indirect taxes than the richest 20%.
archive.ph/6hIvy
UK needs to do the same.
Last year HMRC failed to collect £59bn of taxes, that is £500bn since 2010.
Poorest 20% Britons pay higher proportion of their income in direct/indirect taxes than the richest 20%.
archive.ph/6hIvy
China launches global tax hunt going back decades
Fiscal pressure sparks retroactive campaign and tougher controls on future offshore capital flows
www.ft.com
August 10, 2026 at 7:03 AM
China launches global tax hunt going back decades.
UK needs to do the same.
Last year HMRC failed to collect £59bn of taxes, that is £500bn since 2010.
Poorest 20% Britons pay higher proportion of their income in direct/indirect taxes than the richest 20%.
archive.ph/6hIvy
UK needs to do the same.
Last year HMRC failed to collect £59bn of taxes, that is £500bn since 2010.
Poorest 20% Britons pay higher proportion of their income in direct/indirect taxes than the richest 20%.
archive.ph/6hIvy
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Trump govt offers grants of $500,000 to change UK politics.
Foreign money for right wing groups.
Disguised as “public education” it promotes MAGA propaganda on abortion, regulation, hate speech, climate change, diversity and more.
Is UK the 51st state?
Foreign money for right wing groups.
Disguised as “public education” it promotes MAGA propaganda on abortion, regulation, hate speech, climate change, diversity and more.
Is UK the 51st state?
US accused of meddling in British politics with $500,000 grant for ‘public education’ courses
Documents published on US embassy’s website prompt claims of attempt to export Maga propaganda to UK
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Trump govt offers grants of $500,000 to change UK politics.
Foreign money for right wing groups.
Disguised as “public education” it promotes MAGA propaganda on abortion, regulation, hate speech, climate change, diversity and more.
Is UK the 51st state?
Foreign money for right wing groups.
Disguised as “public education” it promotes MAGA propaganda on abortion, regulation, hate speech, climate change, diversity and more.
Is UK the 51st state?
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Has anyone checked up on Mark, he might be having a rough day. Not being able to continue to hurt children on purpose.
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apnews.com/article/meta...
Court orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online
A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms.
apnews.com
August 7, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Has anyone checked up on Mark, he might be having a rough day. Not being able to continue to hurt children on purpose.
apnews.com/article/meta...
apnews.com/article/meta...
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Your weekend reminder Nigel Farage wants to
- leave the ECHR
- repeal the Equality Act
- Strip back workers rights
- Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts
- repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes “no fault evictions”
youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...
- leave the ECHR
- repeal the Equality Act
- Strip back workers rights
- Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts
- repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes “no fault evictions”
youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...
If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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August 7, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Your weekend reminder Nigel Farage wants to
- leave the ECHR
- repeal the Equality Act
- Strip back workers rights
- Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts
- repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes “no fault evictions”
youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...
- leave the ECHR
- repeal the Equality Act
- Strip back workers rights
- Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts
- repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes “no fault evictions”
youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...
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I'd challenge anyone to read this outstanding book and come away telling me that the Royal Family are a force for good.
An in depth and shocking expose not just of the grubby money grabbing dim witted Yorks but the whole Firm and it's acts of self preservation.
An in depth and shocking expose not just of the grubby money grabbing dim witted Yorks but the whole Firm and it's acts of self preservation.
July 18, 2026 at 10:31 AM
I'd challenge anyone to read this outstanding book and come away telling me that the Royal Family are a force for good.
An in depth and shocking expose not just of the grubby money grabbing dim witted Yorks but the whole Firm and it's acts of self preservation.
An in depth and shocking expose not just of the grubby money grabbing dim witted Yorks but the whole Firm and it's acts of self preservation.
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Lamine Yamal decided then and there as Lionel Messi bathed him, to take revenge.
These two are about to face one another in the 2026 World Cup final.
Lionel Messi x Lamine Yamal.
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Lionel Messi x Lamine Yamal.
nyti.ms/4psDTTo
July 17, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Lamine Yamal decided then and there as Lionel Messi bathed him, to take revenge.
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Nigel Farage is a privately educated ex-city trader who has been in politics for more than 25 years. He is the establishment.
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/07/nigel-farage-is-the-establishment
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/07/nigel-farage-is-the-establishment
Nigel Farage is "the establishment"
Uniting capital and labour is easier in rhetoric than in government
www.newstatesman.com
July 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Nigel Farage is a privately educated ex-city trader who has been in politics for more than 25 years. He is the establishment.
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/07/nigel-farage-is-the-establishment
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2026/07/nigel-farage-is-the-establishment
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What’s that, Dale? You want to give me an unconditional personal gift of £5million to do whatever I want with? Sure! I just need to fill out a form. If I didn’t declare it that would be silly.
July 9, 2026 at 4:55 PM
What’s that, Dale? You want to give me an unconditional personal gift of £5million to do whatever I want with? Sure! I just need to fill out a form. If I didn’t declare it that would be silly.
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It is day three of the Faragian Farce in Clacton, and the clown car is filling up.
Laurence Fox has now joined the race, which is bad news for Count Binface as it appears he has lost his position as the comedy candidate to a man with no bin and fewer jokes.
🐻
Laurence Fox has now joined the race, which is bad news for Count Binface as it appears he has lost his position as the comedy candidate to a man with no bin and fewer jokes.
🐻
Farage’s Farce, Day 3: The Clacton Clown Car Fills Up
Farage’s grand anti-scrutiny stunt now has Count Binface, Laurence Fox, far-right oddities and the potential to become the weirdest by-election in British history.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
July 9, 2026 at 9:23 AM
It is day three of the Faragian Farce in Clacton, and the clown car is filling up.
Laurence Fox has now joined the race, which is bad news for Count Binface as it appears he has lost his position as the comedy candidate to a man with no bin and fewer jokes.
🐻
Laurence Fox has now joined the race, which is bad news for Count Binface as it appears he has lost his position as the comedy candidate to a man with no bin and fewer jokes.
🐻
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People who opted to watch the replay at 7am should have to sit through an hour’s rain delay because they couldn’t be arsed to stay up. #VoteBinface #MEXENG
July 6, 2026 at 3:14 AM
People who opted to watch the replay at 7am should have to sit through an hour’s rain delay because they couldn’t be arsed to stay up. #VoteBinface #MEXENG
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FIFA needs to be disbanded and a new football body needs to take its place; after the blatant corruption (biased group selection, construction deals, games, gambling) and the conspiracy with Trump seen this World Cup, regional bodies like UEFA, CAF, etc need to figure out a different model.
July 7, 2026 at 6:59 PM
FIFA needs to be disbanded and a new football body needs to take its place; after the blatant corruption (biased group selection, construction deals, games, gambling) and the conspiracy with Trump seen this World Cup, regional bodies like UEFA, CAF, etc need to figure out a different model.
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Watchdog warns of risks to patients as private equity stake in US healthcare grows.
Profits extracted, staff/wage cuts, low investment, asset-stripping, poor patient care
Yet UK handing NHS services to private equity, which is draining public purse.
Why are govts intoxicated with private equity?
Profits extracted, staff/wage cuts, low investment, asset-stripping, poor patient care
Yet UK handing NHS services to private equity, which is draining public purse.
Why are govts intoxicated with private equity?
Watchdog warns of risks to patients as private equity’s stake in US healthcare grows
New report details slew of ventures between private equity and non-profits and calls for greater government oversight
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Watchdog warns of risks to patients as private equity stake in US healthcare grows.
Profits extracted, staff/wage cuts, low investment, asset-stripping, poor patient care
Yet UK handing NHS services to private equity, which is draining public purse.
Why are govts intoxicated with private equity?
Profits extracted, staff/wage cuts, low investment, asset-stripping, poor patient care
Yet UK handing NHS services to private equity, which is draining public purse.
Why are govts intoxicated with private equity?
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I mean, they made up a “Peace Prize” for the One Special Boy & held World Cups in Putin’s Russia, after he illegally occupied Crimea, & in stadiums built with slave labor in Qatar, & they seem to have rigged the entire draw to get Messi to the final, so what did anyone expect?
FIFA has how made up some kind of insane appeal process and could rescind the Balogun red card recension
no notes www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...
no notes www.nytimes.com/athletic/742...
Belgium granted right to appeal against FIFA’s Folarin Balogun ban decision (Gift Article)
Balogun is currently able to face Belgium in Monday's round-of-16 game after his ban was suspended by FIFA.
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
I mean, they made up a “Peace Prize” for the One Special Boy & held World Cups in Putin’s Russia, after he illegally occupied Crimea, & in stadiums built with slave labor in Qatar, & they seem to have rigged the entire draw to get Messi to the final, so what did anyone expect?
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The politics of Nordic solidarity: If Norway beats Brazil it will traumatize Sweden, which Denmark and Finland will find hilarious.
July 5, 2026 at 8:46 PM
The politics of Nordic solidarity: If Norway beats Brazil it will traumatize Sweden, which Denmark and Finland will find hilarious.
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U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Participating In Combat
September 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Participating In Combat
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111 Years Ago Today: War Declared By All
August 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
111 Years Ago Today: War Declared By All
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scientists and scholars estimate we are only a decade away from learning all the lyrics to "black" by pearl jam
March 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
scientists and scholars estimate we are only a decade away from learning all the lyrics to "black" by pearl jam