People standing for parliament should have to prove they’re competent https://youtu.be/JhUcUt15eB8?si=JE8edr_-9S4EcZTk
Anyone can become an MP. No training is required, and then they set the rules for everyone else. That’s absurd. All prospective parliamentarians and councillors should have to take an exam to prove their competence.
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Rachel Reeves has a casual indifference to reality https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/31/rachel-reeves-has-a-casual-indifference-to-reality/ Reeves has claimed that sustainable aviation fuel will make an expanded Heathrow green. There is literally no truth in that, but there is a lot of evidence for my suggestion that her relationship with reality is limited.
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Trump’s racism apparently knows no limits https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/31/trumps-racism-apparently-knows-no-limits/ The comments by Trump and his henchmen after the Washington DC plane crash reached new depths of racist depravity, even for him. He laid out his plan for control by a master race of white, supposedly Christian men in plain sight - called them the 'brightest and the best' without any evidence to support any of his claims.
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Fire and flooding are making houses uninsurable. Will this crash the housing market? There are strong signs it will unless the government takes action.
https://youtu.be/u4G1dUFcdbk?si=9FIY3dVy-UAlWB-Q
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Is Trump taking us on a descent into hell? https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/30/is-trump-taking-us-on-a-descent-into-hell/ I assumed Trump was civilised. He is not. He is anything but that.
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DeepSeek is not just shaking up AI – it’s also shaking up US capitalism https://youtu.be/wMxXqDNu9_w?si=cxIcKMhhoaiNaVLb The DeepSeek AI model challenges US capitalism at its very core – suggesting its whole model of creating value for a few by extracting maximum revenues from people as a result of the abuse of monopoly power might have to end.
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Reeves declares her support for trickle down https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/29/reeves-declares-her-support-for-trickle-down/
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Reeves can take on nature and alienate millions by doing so https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/29/reeves-can-take-on-nature-and-alienate-millions-by-doing-so/
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Trump wants to undermine government so that he can promote discrimination and inequality https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/29/trump-wants-to-undermine-government-so-that-he-can-promote-discrimination-and-inequality/ Trump suspended Medicaid for one in five of all Americans yesterday as part of his plan to end all spending that might encourage greater equality in the US. Is this what evil politics looks like?
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Rachel Reeves thinks people want deregulation, growth and big infrastructure from government, She’s wrong. They want government that works, better jobs and lower interest rates.
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More economic folly from Rachel Reeves https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/28/more-economic-folly-from-rachel-reeves/ Rachel Reeves' big idea for pension fund investment only works if interest rates remain high, but they should not and will not. When they fall, her new pension proposal will fall with it. Is she really so clueless she can't see that?
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Is Deepseek the start of an assault on the whole of US capitalism? https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/28/is-deepseek-the-start-of-an-assault-on-the-whole-of-us-capitalism/ The US tech market is in shock and meltdown because a Chinese company called Deepseek has shown it can do what Silicon Valley does, only better, cheaper and on an open-source basis, which drives a stake through the protectionist heart of US capitalism. Are the Tech Bros' days over?
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Right-wing think tanks are promoting charter cities, and they’re a nightmare for the UK https://youtu.be/kHC2qp7tIoQ?si=i39kPlb5GGfIEz4C Charter cities are a right-wing fantasy. They’re being promoted by the same people who gave us the economics of Liz Truss. And they’d be even more harmful than she was.
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If Labour is in a mess, it is all of their own making https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/27/if-labour-is-in-a-mess-it-is-all-of-their-own-making/ People have rumbled that Labour hasn't a clue what it is doing. Meanwhile, large numbers of UK companies are issuing profit warnings, suggesting trouble ahead. Does it feel like a recession in the making? It does, and it's all because of Labour's obsession with book-balancing.
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What is the end goal of growth? https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/27/what-is-the-end-goal-of-growth/ Growth should be about an increase in economic activity directed predominantly towards rebuilding public services and turbocharging a green transition.
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Why is it that consumers are planning to spend less? https://youtu.be/QrmU0sCPY5g?si=yE66S0Ns4AHOi5k1 UK consumers think there’s trouble ahead and are cutting their spending as a result. That’s the combined fault of the Bank of England and Rachel Reeves, and no one else but them can put matters right.
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People are claiming Bitcoin is the new gold It isn’t https://youtu.be/xRX7l_2HZEw?si=HS0UHQvd-W9fvSsc People are claiming Bitcoin is the new gold. It isn’t. It is nothing like gold. But more than that we don’t need to be on the gold standard ever again. It destroyed the world economy.
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Trump comes for the scientists https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/25/trump-comes-for-the-scientists/ Trump has cancelled almost all US government medical research. He's also cancelled the right of US government scientists to communicate on current medical crises. Mistrust of science is a fascist trait. It looks like the people of the USA are going to suffer for it.
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Is Keir Starmer a worse Prime Minister than Liz Truss? https://youtu.be/rJBCfPWkIbA?si=L23MztrUWVV6He62 Labour is sinking so fast in my estimation that I now think it could already be worse than the government of Liz Truss, and could be very much worse soon.
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Is Labour now set on audit failure? https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/24/is-labour-now-set-on-audit-failure/ Labour looks like it is going to give up on the essential audit reform agenda that was started by the Tories. Abuse is to be permitted, all in the name of growth.
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