'Are neoliberals all so lame that fascism does not require comment from them?
Apparently so.
No wonder they need to be consigned to history.'
Are markets just going to watch the US coup erupt? https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02/04/are-markets-just-going-to-watch-the-us-coup-erupt/
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A donation cap of 10% of the average UK salary would make a lot more sense, so people can chuck a few grand in the pot, but individual donations of hundreds of thousands, or hundreds of millions are completely out of the question.'
Starmer left Britain vulnerable to malign foreign influence https://anotherangryvoice.substack.com/p/starmer-left-britain-defenceless?publication_id=1797522&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr&utm_medium=email
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'All I know is we couldn’t possibly democratise our system by getting big money out of politics, abolishing the monarchy and the House of Lords, wrestling back control of legacy media and social media from oligarchs, and putting workplaces under the control of workers because we’re not fucking commies!'
The best way to make young people love neoliberalism is to call them morons https://www.normalisland.co.uk/p/the-best-way-to-make-young-people?publication_id=1407757&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr&utm_medium=email
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'they're doing nothing to address the real problems that we have.
Real problems created by neoliberalism.
Real problems that oppress real people.
Real problems that deny them hope and opportunity.
Real problems that are driving them towards extremists.
That is why we need political reform in this country.
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Do young people really want a dictatorship in the UK? https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02/03/do-young-people-really-want-a-dictatorship-in-the-uk/
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'The oligarchs have no plan to govern. They will take what they can, and disable the rest. The destruction is the point. They don’t want to control the existing order. They want disorder in which their relative power will grow.'
The Logic of Destruction - by Timothy Snyder https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-of-destruction?publication_id=310897&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr&utm_medium=email
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'Brussels should belatedly abandon the doctrinaire fiscal conservatism that has prioritised debt reduction over investment and growth. If the EU is to stand up to Mr Trump, and fulfil its obligations and pledges to Ukraine, it needs to liberate the collective resources to do so. After four decades of championing free trade, Europe has been slow to adapt to a new era of geopolitical rivalry.'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/31/the-guardian-view-on-the-eu-and-trump-unity-is-strength
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'But a full hospital building plan is now a less urgent priority for the government than airport expansion. This contributes to the impression that, like Truss, when Reeves and Starmer say “growth”, what they really mean is meeting the demands of predatory lobbyists.'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/30/labour-environmental-vandalism-rivers-wildlife-air-government-gdp
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'Britain’s “indigenous” population in the 2030s will be static and ageing. Growth in population will be buoyed only by immigrants, their number predicted to rise by 5 million over the next seven years. Thank goodness, surely, for them.'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/01/britain-immigration-labour-voters-evidence
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'I’m with the majority of British people who think that privatisation of essential infrastructure and services like energy, water, and the railways have been disastrous for British people and the British economy'
https://anotherangryvoice.substack.com/p/so-you-think-you-hate-socialism
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'Heathrow is just the most visible indicator of Labour’s shift. The changes are stacking up. BlackRock’s influence is growing. Austerity and deregulation are back in fashion. Zero tolerance for benefit fraud is in; stricter taxation on non-doms is out. Post-2008 banking regulations are set to be dismantled, while the long-touted climate and nature bill is quietly sidelined.'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/31/labour-mp-government-growth-heathrow-party
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'For the rest of the UK, it seems inevitable that the journey back to being an EU member state will start at some point. Surely it is better to start that journey now than to continue to put up with such ongoing, needless economic damage.'
Scotland knows Brexit is holding Britain back. Why won’t Labour admit it? | John Swinney | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/31/scotland-brexit-britain-labour-eu-europe
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'The losers? The very working-class communities that Labour has to champion, who will probably see little of the wealth generated while facing increased job insecurity from AI disruption, unaffordable housing due to continued speculative investment and environmental degradation from unbridled development.'
I’m a Labour MP – but the government’s ‘growth’ mission reeks of panic | Clive Lewis | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/31/labour-mp-government-growth-heathrow-party
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'It might indeed spur growth. But it is presented without a meaningful political argument, without imagination, compassion or moral purpose. Those qualities might not be necessary to boost gross domestic product, but a Labour government is badly diminished without them.'
The Guardian view on Labour’s growth plan: a long list but a shallow argument | Editorial | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/29/the-guardian-view-on-labours-growth-plan-a-long-list-but-a-shallow-argument
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'So, Starmer, who is supposedly a human rights lawyer, could deliver one of the most significant setbacks to human rights in the UK ever, all for the purpose of delivering utterly pointless, environment-wrecking, value-destroying growth when that is not what people want from the government.'
Is Labour planning to leave the European Court of Human Rights? https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/29/is-labour-planning-to-leave-the-european-court-of-human-rights/
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'Reeves is pretending to offer the change that she says the British public wanted, but in reality whole swathes of her speech, and Labour’s policy agenda are indistinguishable from the rhetoric and policies of preceding Tory governments.'
Rachel Reeves "new approach" is just "more of the same" https://anotherangryvoice.substack.com/p/rachel-reeves-new-approach-more-of-the-same?publication_id=1797522&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr&utm_medium=email
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'If Rachel Reeves wants investment, then the investment she needs is not in grand projects like airport expansion. What is needed is social housing, repaired schools and hospitals, decent roads, and vast amounts of renewable energy.'
More economic folly from Rachel Reeves https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/28/more-economic-folly-from-rachel-reeves/
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'If Reeves really wanted to save public money she’d concentrate on making sure corporations and the mega-rich pay their taxes; deal with Britain’s debilitating infestation of greedy privatisation profiteers; and eliminate public handouts to businesses that use networks of offshore companies to siphon their profits out of the country.'
Rachel Reeves' war on disabled people https://anotherangryvoice.substack.com/p/rachel-reeves-war-on-disabled-people?publication_id=1797522&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr&utm_medium=email
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'American exceptionalism is like a secular religion, it’s a religion that is basically devoid, it has no evidence to support it. And in fact, not only doesn't it have evidence to support it, like religion has a lot of evidence which shows it's complete rubbish. It's all discarded and avoided.'
Empire of desperation https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/empire-of-desperation?publication_id=1336368&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=diqr&utm_medium=email
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'... the reason why they are fearful is the shortage of the supply of government services.
They want healthcare.
They want social care.
They want decent education.
They want roads which aren't riddled with potholes.
They want a government that functions well.'
Why are consumers worried? https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/01/27/why-are-consumers-worried/
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