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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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The man who won't let you have paid sick leave or health care returns to Congress after getting free health care and 90 days paid sick leave
September 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM
The man who won't let you have paid sick leave or health care returns to Congress after getting free health care and 90 days paid sick leave
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@pimlicat.bsky.social, CEO of Best for Britain: “Carney is treating the EU as the strategic asset it is, and the UK must do the same, going much further than the status quo to signal our intention to apply for membership. Voters want it, our economy needs it, and Burnham can deliver it.”
September 16, 2026 at 8:52 AM
@pimlicat.bsky.social, CEO of Best for Britain: “Carney is treating the EU as the strategic asset it is, and the UK must do the same, going much further than the status quo to signal our intention to apply for membership. Voters want it, our economy needs it, and Burnham can deliver it.”
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Anyone thinking that Piddington is a lovely little village story and what japes, needs to watch this.
Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers.
September 16, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Anyone thinking that Piddington is a lovely little village story and what japes, needs to watch this.
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I predicted a month ago that Trump was going to say exactly this. I said he was going to try and blame Ukraine for diesel prices and tell Zelenskyy to stop. And here it is. bsky.app/profile/atru...
September 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I predicted a month ago that Trump was going to say exactly this. I said he was going to try and blame Ukraine for diesel prices and tell Zelenskyy to stop. And here it is. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Most of Russia’s oil comes from places nowhere near Ukraine and all of Russia put together produces just a fraction of what passes through Hormuz. It’s all such obvious bullshit.
I predicted a month ago that Trump was going to say exactly this. I said he was going to try and blame Ukraine for diesel prices and tell Zelenskyy to stop. And here it is. bsky.app/profile/atru...
September 13, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Most of Russia’s oil comes from places nowhere near Ukraine and all of Russia put together produces just a fraction of what passes through Hormuz. It’s all such obvious bullshit.
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Trump is asking Ukraine not to bomb russian oil refineries. How about a concession - russia gets out of Ukraine and Ukraine stops hitting russian refineries.
I would suggest for Trump to pass this proposal to his boss Putin.
I would suggest for Trump to pass this proposal to his boss Putin.
September 13, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Trump is asking Ukraine not to bomb russian oil refineries. How about a concession - russia gets out of Ukraine and Ukraine stops hitting russian refineries.
I would suggest for Trump to pass this proposal to his boss Putin.
I would suggest for Trump to pass this proposal to his boss Putin.
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The New York Times did not blink.
The Times: “We won’t be issuing a retraction."
But they didn't stop there. "This is another all too common example of the president lashing out at coverage he doesn’t like and belittling journalists who report the facts.”
The Times: “We won’t be issuing a retraction."
But they didn't stop there. "This is another all too common example of the president lashing out at coverage he doesn’t like and belittling journalists who report the facts.”
September 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
The New York Times did not blink.
The Times: “We won’t be issuing a retraction."
But they didn't stop there. "This is another all too common example of the president lashing out at coverage he doesn’t like and belittling journalists who report the facts.”
The Times: “We won’t be issuing a retraction."
But they didn't stop there. "This is another all too common example of the president lashing out at coverage he doesn’t like and belittling journalists who report the facts.”
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Elon Musk is bankrolling an ad campaign to get you to check your voter registration through an innocent-sounding website.
But his real goal is to collect and sell your personal data to advertising companies, Big Tech, and other Republican PACs.
But his real goal is to collect and sell your personal data to advertising companies, Big Tech, and other Republican PACs.
The hidden dangers of Musk’s votesafe.org
The slick voter registration website, currently being promoted to millions of people, is a digital surveillance machine.
popular.info
September 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Elon Musk is bankrolling an ad campaign to get you to check your voter registration through an innocent-sounding website.
But his real goal is to collect and sell your personal data to advertising companies, Big Tech, and other Republican PACs.
But his real goal is to collect and sell your personal data to advertising companies, Big Tech, and other Republican PACs.
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“I was on top of the North Tower during the attacks, and after I rescued a couple hundred people, I had to jump because there were too many flames for even me to deal with.” — President Donald Trump
Trump Claims He Was Falling Man
WASHINGTON—Saying America could frankly be more grateful for the enduring image he provided, President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that he was the previously unidentified Falling Man captured midai...
theonion.com
September 10, 2026 at 11:00 PM
“I was on top of the North Tower during the attacks, and after I rescued a couple hundred people, I had to jump because there were too many flames for even me to deal with.” — President Donald Trump
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But these contradictions pale beside the AfD itself, an ultranationalist fascist political party which is micromanaged and financed by the Kremlin.
September 7, 2026 at 8:29 PM
But these contradictions pale beside the AfD itself, an ultranationalist fascist political party which is micromanaged and financed by the Kremlin.
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Alice Weidel, the leader of the neo Nazi AfD party in Germany, is a lesbian woman married to an immigrant woman of color with two adopted kids
She is proudly anti immigrant, anti LGBT and anti LGBT adoption and lives primarily in Switzerland.
Rights for me, none for thee.
She is proudly anti immigrant, anti LGBT and anti LGBT adoption and lives primarily in Switzerland.
Rights for me, none for thee.
September 7, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Alice Weidel, the leader of the neo Nazi AfD party in Germany, is a lesbian woman married to an immigrant woman of color with two adopted kids
She is proudly anti immigrant, anti LGBT and anti LGBT adoption and lives primarily in Switzerland.
Rights for me, none for thee.
She is proudly anti immigrant, anti LGBT and anti LGBT adoption and lives primarily in Switzerland.
Rights for me, none for thee.
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If Barack Obama had done this, every Sunday show would have talked about nothing else.
September 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
If Barack Obama had done this, every Sunday show would have talked about nothing else.
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“It’s crucial to remember that Farage is a symptom, not a cause. He’s the beneficiary of forces that are upending systems across the world.”
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social on why it all
comes back to the cash trail…
www.thenerve.news/p/nigel-fara...
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social on why it all
comes back to the cash trail…
www.thenerve.news/p/nigel-fara...
Follow the money: the Farage funding timeline
As the revelations around donations to Reform and its leader multiply, we’re keeping the receipts. Carole Cadwalladr introduces a master timeline of our investigation into Farage’s biggest funder, cry...
www.thenerve.news
September 4, 2026 at 10:06 AM
“It’s crucial to remember that Farage is a symptom, not a cause. He’s the beneficiary of forces that are upending systems across the world.”
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social on why it all
comes back to the cash trail…
www.thenerve.news/p/nigel-fara...
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social on why it all
comes back to the cash trail…
www.thenerve.news/p/nigel-fara...
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Americans following the Farage scandal in the UK should take a close look at this part of it bc 1) Thiel placed JD Vance, among others and 2) there were recent reports about a similar Masters of the Universe program at Stanford.
A six-month investigation by Byline Times reveals that with the support of Palantir's Peter Thiel, Reform's policy chief James Orr has used the University of Cambridge as a student recruitment ground for a hard-right, theocratic political project aimed at bolstering talent in Farage’s party
Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...
bylinetimes.com
September 4, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Americans following the Farage scandal in the UK should take a close look at this part of it bc 1) Thiel placed JD Vance, among others and 2) there were recent reports about a similar Masters of the Universe program at Stanford.
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I am a scientist – and the answer is climate change.
Yes, there is nuance. Yes, it could take a long time to identify the precise mechanisms.
But there is no question why ice and snow-related disasters are on the rise. Our planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, and humans are responsible.
Yes, there is nuance. Yes, it could take a long time to identify the precise mechanisms.
But there is no question why ice and snow-related disasters are on the rise. Our planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, and humans are responsible.
In Nepal, it will most likely take months for scientists to understand exactly what led to deadly flash floods that killed over 1,000 people and left thousands missing. Early theories posit glacier meltwater and a thawing permafrost could have contributed to bedrock collapse.
Deadly Flash Floods in Nepal Most Likely Caused by Weakened Bedrock
As the planet warms, glacier meltwater and a thawing permafrost could have contributed to destabilizing the rock.
nyti.ms
September 2, 2026 at 1:31 PM
I am a scientist – and the answer is climate change.
Yes, there is nuance. Yes, it could take a long time to identify the precise mechanisms.
But there is no question why ice and snow-related disasters are on the rise. Our planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, and humans are responsible.
Yes, there is nuance. Yes, it could take a long time to identify the precise mechanisms.
But there is no question why ice and snow-related disasters are on the rise. Our planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, and humans are responsible.
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This is racism, straight out of the Trump playbook. Reform are trying to turn our great country into a franchise of Trump's America.
There are countless British patriots who came here from overseas, many of them refugees we proudly welcomed. That's the kind of country we are.
There are countless British patriots who came here from overseas, many of them refugees we proudly welcomed. That's the kind of country we are.
September 3, 2026 at 10:56 AM
This is racism, straight out of the Trump playbook. Reform are trying to turn our great country into a franchise of Trump's America.
There are countless British patriots who came here from overseas, many of them refugees we proudly welcomed. That's the kind of country we are.
There are countless British patriots who came here from overseas, many of them refugees we proudly welcomed. That's the kind of country we are.
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And the biggest howler: Reform’s geniuses in Kent were apparently able to repaint a fence, trim the verge, plant grass seed (and get it to grow instantly), redo the pavement and repave the road all so quickly that the car in the top-right corner didn’t move an inch! Amazing!
August 31, 2026 at 9:02 AM
And the biggest howler: Reform’s geniuses in Kent were apparently able to repaint a fence, trim the verge, plant grass seed (and get it to grow instantly), redo the pavement and repave the road all so quickly that the car in the top-right corner didn’t move an inch! Amazing!
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5 things Brits believe to be true, but arent:
1. Crime rates are rising rapidly
Reality: Crime rates in the UK have been broadly stable or declining for most types of crime since the mid-90s, though some offences like knife crime have fluctuated regionally
hackney.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s6...
1. Crime rates are rising rapidly
Reality: Crime rates in the UK have been broadly stable or declining for most types of crime since the mid-90s, though some offences like knife crime have fluctuated regionally
hackney.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s6...
hackney.moderngov.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
5 things Brits believe to be true, but arent:
1. Crime rates are rising rapidly
Reality: Crime rates in the UK have been broadly stable or declining for most types of crime since the mid-90s, though some offences like knife crime have fluctuated regionally
hackney.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s6...
1. Crime rates are rising rapidly
Reality: Crime rates in the UK have been broadly stable or declining for most types of crime since the mid-90s, though some offences like knife crime have fluctuated regionally
hackney.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s6...
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You can tell a lot about GTA 6 by its roads. www.thebiglead.com/gta-6-fricti...
Vice City’s roads tell you everything you need to know about GTA 6
In GTA 5’s Los Santos, the already wide roads of Los Angeles were stretched to accommodate a car zipping through traffic. You could split lanes like a motorbike, even if you were driving a bus. GTA 6’...
www.thebiglead.com
September 2, 2026 at 9:24 AM
You can tell a lot about GTA 6 by its roads. www.thebiglead.com/gta-6-fricti...
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There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.”
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
ysph.yale.edu
September 2, 2026 at 9:05 AM
There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”
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If I give my money to a product that said "BUY" on it you best believe I own that shit.
Otherwise you better start labelling it "RENT"
Otherwise you better start labelling it "RENT"
Sony argues licensing warning labels are unnecessary because everyone already knows they don't own their digital games https://kotaku.com/sony-argues-no-ones-dumb-enough-to-think-they-actually-own-a-digital-game-2000730015
Sony Says Wild Stuff In A New Legal Filing About Digital Games
A new legal filing defends the lack of licensing disclosures on the PlayStation Store
kotaku.com
August 31, 2026 at 10:27 PM
If I give my money to a product that said "BUY" on it you best believe I own that shit.
Otherwise you better start labelling it "RENT"
Otherwise you better start labelling it "RENT"
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So much more than a Country Music Superstar.
Philanthropist, humanitarian, defender of diversity & fierce advocate for the working class, she helped fund the Moderna Covid vaccine & donated 332+ million books to children. Thank you, Dolly. We will always love you.♥️
#RIP
Philanthropist, humanitarian, defender of diversity & fierce advocate for the working class, she helped fund the Moderna Covid vaccine & donated 332+ million books to children. Thank you, Dolly. We will always love you.♥️
#RIP
Dolly Parton, Hardscrabble Storyteller Turned Global Entertainer, Dead at 80
Dolly Parton, country music legend, dead at 80.
shorturl.at
August 26, 2026 at 2:03 PM
So much more than a Country Music Superstar.
Philanthropist, humanitarian, defender of diversity & fierce advocate for the working class, she helped fund the Moderna Covid vaccine & donated 332+ million books to children. Thank you, Dolly. We will always love you.♥️
#RIP
Philanthropist, humanitarian, defender of diversity & fierce advocate for the working class, she helped fund the Moderna Covid vaccine & donated 332+ million books to children. Thank you, Dolly. We will always love you.♥️
#RIP
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Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library.
Here's what the charity does ⬇️
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Here's what the charity does ⬇️
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.
www.rollingstone.com
August 25, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library.
Here's what the charity does ⬇️
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Here's what the charity does ⬇️
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...