Wasonceloved
@wasonceloved.bsky.social
Screenwriter. Post-socialist. Post-feminist (ask me). Welsh Londoner. MMT. Atheist. “Scourge of the unthinking, regardless of their political orientation.” Pic not me.
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Wasonceloved
@wasonceloved.bsky.social
· Aug 18
There's a lovely, widely accepted story about how humanity escaped poverty: capitalism.
One variable, one chart, one conclusion. Incomes were flat for ten thousand years, then capitalism arrived and the line went up. “The hockey stick.”
It's wrong, spin, myth. A lie.
Let me tell you why.
One variable, one chart, one conclusion. Incomes were flat for ten thousand years, then capitalism arrived and the line went up. “The hockey stick.”
It's wrong, spin, myth. A lie.
Let me tell you why.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
How can a pension be both ‘worthless’ and ‘unsustainable’.
How do our peer countries sustain their much higher and earlier pensions?
BTW, pensions are not paid out of taxes. Pls stop repeating this. Taxes do not fund services.
How can a pension be both ‘worthless’ and ‘unsustainable’.
How do our peer countries sustain their much higher and earlier pensions?
BTW, pensions are not paid out of taxes. Pls stop repeating this. Taxes do not fund services.
September 29, 2026 at 9:36 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
How can a pension be both ‘worthless’ and ‘unsustainable’.
How do our peer countries sustain their much higher and earlier pensions?
BTW, pensions are not paid out of taxes. Pls stop repeating this. Taxes do not fund services.
How can a pension be both ‘worthless’ and ‘unsustainable’.
How do our peer countries sustain their much higher and earlier pensions?
BTW, pensions are not paid out of taxes. Pls stop repeating this. Taxes do not fund services.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Pretty sure it was ‘tramp dread’.
Pretty sure it was ‘tramp dread’.
September 23, 2026 at 10:51 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Pretty sure it was ‘tramp dread’.
Pretty sure it was ‘tramp dread’.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Interesting.
Interesting.
September 17, 2026 at 9:54 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Interesting.
Interesting.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Pls stop repeating the ‘household budget’ myth re Scotland.
The only constraint on a sovereign currency issuer isn't "does spending exceed revenue," it's whether real resources, labour, materials, productive capacity exist to absorb that spending without generating inflation
Pls stop repeating the ‘household budget’ myth re Scotland.
The only constraint on a sovereign currency issuer isn't "does spending exceed revenue," it's whether real resources, labour, materials, productive capacity exist to absorb that spending without generating inflation
September 15, 2026 at 10:19 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Pls stop repeating the ‘household budget’ myth re Scotland.
The only constraint on a sovereign currency issuer isn't "does spending exceed revenue," it's whether real resources, labour, materials, productive capacity exist to absorb that spending without generating inflation
Pls stop repeating the ‘household budget’ myth re Scotland.
The only constraint on a sovereign currency issuer isn't "does spending exceed revenue," it's whether real resources, labour, materials, productive capacity exist to absorb that spending without generating inflation
There's a lovely, widely accepted story about how humanity escaped poverty: capitalism.
One variable, one chart, one conclusion. Incomes were flat for ten thousand years, then capitalism arrived and the line went up. “The hockey stick.”
It's wrong, spin, myth. A lie.
Let me tell you why.
One variable, one chart, one conclusion. Incomes were flat for ten thousand years, then capitalism arrived and the line went up. “The hockey stick.”
It's wrong, spin, myth. A lie.
Let me tell you why.
August 18, 2026 at 10:37 AM
There's a lovely, widely accepted story about how humanity escaped poverty: capitalism.
One variable, one chart, one conclusion. Incomes were flat for ten thousand years, then capitalism arrived and the line went up. “The hockey stick.”
It's wrong, spin, myth. A lie.
Let me tell you why.
One variable, one chart, one conclusion. Incomes were flat for ten thousand years, then capitalism arrived and the line went up. “The hockey stick.”
It's wrong, spin, myth. A lie.
Let me tell you why.
August 18, 2026 at 10:30 AM
There's a lovely, widely accepted story about how humanity escaped poverty: capitalism.
One variable, one chart, one conclusion. Incomes were flat for ten thousand years, then capitalism arrived and the line went up. “The hockey stick.”
It's wrong, spin, myth. A lie.
Let me tell you why.
One variable, one chart, one conclusion. Incomes were flat for ten thousand years, then capitalism arrived and the line went up. “The hockey stick.”
It's wrong, spin, myth. A lie.
Let me tell you why.
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Farage wasted £239,529 on a by-election stunt to avoid scrutiny.
That’s 6474 summer suuport kits to help Big Issue vendors survive the heat waves www.bigissue.com/summer/
Or 5506 food parcels from a Food Bank for a single person.
That’s 6474 summer suuport kits to help Big Issue vendors survive the heat waves www.bigissue.com/summer/
Or 5506 food parcels from a Food Bank for a single person.
Provide a vendor with a Summer Support Kit
Help someone to work their way out of poverty
www.bigissue.com
August 14, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Farage wasted £239,529 on a by-election stunt to avoid scrutiny.
That’s 6474 summer suuport kits to help Big Issue vendors survive the heat waves www.bigissue.com/summer/
Or 5506 food parcels from a Food Bank for a single person.
That’s 6474 summer suuport kits to help Big Issue vendors survive the heat waves www.bigissue.com/summer/
Or 5506 food parcels from a Food Bank for a single person.
Reposted by Wasonceloved
Initially, Farage spoke of there being a "plot to embarrass him" at the count. He should have added that he was the author of that plot.
Yes he won and won well, even if Binface's result is amazing. But Farage's decision to stay away because he apparently didn't want to be seen lining up alongside of a bunch of fellow candidates he's reported as dismissing as 'nobodies' doesn't sit too well with his claim to be a man of the people.
Clacton byelection: Farage beats Count Binface but skips result announcement – UK politics live
The Reform UK leader said he would not be present at vote count in byelection he tried to frame as the ‘people versus the establishment’
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Initially, Farage spoke of there being a "plot to embarrass him" at the count. He should have added that he was the author of that plot.
In the recent Clacton by-election, Farage won the support of 28% of the electorate.
In the 2024 General Election that figure was 27%.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
In the 2024 General Election that figure was 27%.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
August 14, 2026 at 9:04 AM
In the recent Clacton by-election, Farage won the support of 28% of the electorate.
In the 2024 General Election that figure was 27%.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
In the 2024 General Election that figure was 27%.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
They do it because London exactly *isn’t* a hell hole.
It is an example of the success of multi culturalism. It scorns their warnings. HALF of Londoners are now not born in the UK yet somehow we all run along nicely.
They do it because London exactly *isn’t* a hell hole.
It is an example of the success of multi culturalism. It scorns their warnings. HALF of Londoners are now not born in the UK yet somehow we all run along nicely.
July 23, 2026 at 10:22 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
They do it because London exactly *isn’t* a hell hole.
It is an example of the success of multi culturalism. It scorns their warnings. HALF of Londoners are now not born in the UK yet somehow we all run along nicely.
They do it because London exactly *isn’t* a hell hole.
It is an example of the success of multi culturalism. It scorns their warnings. HALF of Londoners are now not born in the UK yet somehow we all run along nicely.
How incoherent and misandrist is @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social
She glibly suggests that somone making an inappropriate comment about her breasts should be ‘decked’ by another man. Punched to the floor for a comment. People have died from such blows.
Then she laughs and says she’s joking
She isn’t.
She glibly suggests that somone making an inappropriate comment about her breasts should be ‘decked’ by another man. Punched to the floor for a comment. People have died from such blows.
Then she laughs and says she’s joking
She isn’t.
July 2, 2026 at 1:43 PM
How incoherent and misandrist is @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social
She glibly suggests that somone making an inappropriate comment about her breasts should be ‘decked’ by another man. Punched to the floor for a comment. People have died from such blows.
Then she laughs and says she’s joking
She isn’t.
She glibly suggests that somone making an inappropriate comment about her breasts should be ‘decked’ by another man. Punched to the floor for a comment. People have died from such blows.
Then she laughs and says she’s joking
She isn’t.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social gluten free bread is smaller because it lacks… gluten.
Gluten is the elastic scaffolding that holds the starch.
Without the structure, a larger loaf would collapse under its own weight.
Gluten is the elastic scaffolding that holds the starch.
Without the structure, a larger loaf would collapse under its own weight.
June 25, 2026 at 11:30 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social gluten free bread is smaller because it lacks… gluten.
Gluten is the elastic scaffolding that holds the starch.
Without the structure, a larger loaf would collapse under its own weight.
Gluten is the elastic scaffolding that holds the starch.
Without the structure, a larger loaf would collapse under its own weight.
@enfieldgreens.bsky.social why are you supporting the Tories?
June 21, 2026 at 10:50 PM
@enfieldgreens.bsky.social why are you supporting the Tories?
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Said it many times: Chris Philp will say anything for money.
It makes him not just ludicrous but dangerous.
Said it many times: Chris Philp will say anything for money.
It makes him not just ludicrous but dangerous.
June 3, 2026 at 10:11 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Said it many times: Chris Philp will say anything for money.
It makes him not just ludicrous but dangerous.
Said it many times: Chris Philp will say anything for money.
It makes him not just ludicrous but dangerous.
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In a letter to the Reform UK leader, Anna Turley said it was “in the public and national interest” to ensure that a suspected overseas hack of a senior politician’s phone by a hostile state was properly investigated.
Report ‘phone hack’ to police or I will do it for you, Labour chair tells Farage
Anna Turley gives Reform leader 24 hours to report Russian hacking claim in ‘public and national interest’
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2026 at 11:14 PM
In a letter to the Reform UK leader, Anna Turley said it was “in the public and national interest” to ensure that a suspected overseas hack of a senior politician’s phone by a hostile state was properly investigated.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
You’re missing two vital parts
What did he earn?
Over what time was the embezzlement?
If he was on £150,000 easy to hide £400,000. Less so if he was on minimum wage.
You’re missing two vital parts
What did he earn?
Over what time was the embezzlement?
If he was on £150,000 easy to hide £400,000. Less so if he was on minimum wage.
May 27, 2026 at 11:24 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
You’re missing two vital parts
What did he earn?
Over what time was the embezzlement?
If he was on £150,000 easy to hide £400,000. Less so if he was on minimum wage.
You’re missing two vital parts
What did he earn?
Over what time was the embezzlement?
If he was on £150,000 easy to hide £400,000. Less so if he was on minimum wage.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
The Leave vote was highest in areas with lest immigration and lowest in areas with high immigration (save for Boston).
It’s not a rational argument. It isn’t affected by figures. It is fear and hate.
The Leave vote was highest in areas with lest immigration and lowest in areas with high immigration (save for Boston).
It’s not a rational argument. It isn’t affected by figures. It is fear and hate.
May 21, 2026 at 9:33 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
The Leave vote was highest in areas with lest immigration and lowest in areas with high immigration (save for Boston).
It’s not a rational argument. It isn’t affected by figures. It is fear and hate.
The Leave vote was highest in areas with lest immigration and lowest in areas with high immigration (save for Boston).
It’s not a rational argument. It isn’t affected by figures. It is fear and hate.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
NIMBYism. The English disease.
It’s the main cause of cost overruns. Not just railways but every other infrastructure project.
Check out the planning costs compared to (say) France. Results in prices 7x times higher per mile for comparable projects.
Entitlement.
NIMBYism. The English disease.
It’s the main cause of cost overruns. Not just railways but every other infrastructure project.
Check out the planning costs compared to (say) France. Results in prices 7x times higher per mile for comparable projects.
Entitlement.
May 19, 2026 at 9:25 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
NIMBYism. The English disease.
It’s the main cause of cost overruns. Not just railways but every other infrastructure project.
Check out the planning costs compared to (say) France. Results in prices 7x times higher per mile for comparable projects.
Entitlement.
NIMBYism. The English disease.
It’s the main cause of cost overruns. Not just railways but every other infrastructure project.
Check out the planning costs compared to (say) France. Results in prices 7x times higher per mile for comparable projects.
Entitlement.
May 14, 2026 at 11:29 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
It wasn’t enough.
You can’t declare a big reset (and in doing so endorse the need) and not deliver it.
Starmer needed to drop a boulder and instead he scattered some gravel.
It wasn’t enough.
You can’t declare a big reset (and in doing so endorse the need) and not deliver it.
Starmer needed to drop a boulder and instead he scattered some gravel.
May 11, 2026 at 11:13 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
It wasn’t enough.
You can’t declare a big reset (and in doing so endorse the need) and not deliver it.
Starmer needed to drop a boulder and instead he scattered some gravel.
It wasn’t enough.
You can’t declare a big reset (and in doing so endorse the need) and not deliver it.
Starmer needed to drop a boulder and instead he scattered some gravel.
For 14 years the UK voted to keep the Tory party in power.
The Tories suppressed wages, cut investment, boosted corporate profits, took us out of the EU, pushed up prices, tripled immigration and doubled NHS waiting lists.
Who does the electorate blame?
Labour.
Fuck ‘em.
Whining idiots.
The Tories suppressed wages, cut investment, boosted corporate profits, took us out of the EU, pushed up prices, tripled immigration and doubled NHS waiting lists.
Who does the electorate blame?
Labour.
Fuck ‘em.
Whining idiots.
May 3, 2026 at 6:06 PM
For 14 years the UK voted to keep the Tory party in power.
The Tories suppressed wages, cut investment, boosted corporate profits, took us out of the EU, pushed up prices, tripled immigration and doubled NHS waiting lists.
Who does the electorate blame?
Labour.
Fuck ‘em.
Whining idiots.
The Tories suppressed wages, cut investment, boosted corporate profits, took us out of the EU, pushed up prices, tripled immigration and doubled NHS waiting lists.
Who does the electorate blame?
Labour.
Fuck ‘em.
Whining idiots.
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Congrats on “opening” a strait that was open six weeks ago, and all it cost was at least 13 dead service members, thousands of dead Iranian civilians, tens of billions in taxpayer dollars, our loss in global standing, and the Iranian regime’s increase in power. Phenomenal work.
April 17, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Congrats on “opening” a strait that was open six weeks ago, and all it cost was at least 13 dead service members, thousands of dead Iranian civilians, tens of billions in taxpayer dollars, our loss in global standing, and the Iranian regime’s increase in power. Phenomenal work.
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Reposted by Wasonceloved
Senior Tory MP claims knife crime went up by 72% in London.
In fact offences fell by 11% in the year to September 2025.
In fact offences fell by 11% in the year to September 2025.
Conservative MP Esther McVey claimed last week that knife crime in London “is up 72% in a year”.
That figure’s not correct, according to police statistics on knife-enabled crime, and we’ve not found any data to support it.
That figure’s not correct, according to police statistics on knife-enabled crime, and we’ve not found any data to support it.
Police data for London doesn’t show knife crime is up 72% in a year – Full Fact
A claim from Conservative MP Esther McVey isn’t supported by police statistics, which show knife-enabled crime fell by 11% in the year to September 2025.
fullfact.org
April 17, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Senior Tory MP claims knife crime went up by 72% in London.
In fact offences fell by 11% in the year to September 2025.
In fact offences fell by 11% in the year to September 2025.
Do you think the electorate care about Mandelson revelations? I don’t, beyond the media’s extraordinary need to hurt Starmer I don’t see the story. Who was hurt? What was lost? What laws were broken? No one cared about the appointment when it happened remember.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
April 17, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Do you think the electorate care about Mandelson revelations? I don’t, beyond the media’s extraordinary need to hurt Starmer I don’t see the story. Who was hurt? What was lost? What laws were broken? No one cared about the appointment when it happened remember.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social