campaigner/writer. writing a phd on the ‘precariat’. 'b' in the alphabet mafia. he/they
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carl packman retweeted
1 Dec 2024
There have been recent calls for the FCA to review its creditworthiness and affordability rules but these regulations are not the problem. The cost-of-living crisis has made consumer credit unaffordable for many. Our blog bit.ly/3B8ALHk
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23 Oct 2024
another lefty, @piersmorgan?
@mehdirhasan
23 Oct 2024
Q: Do you think Trump is a fascist?
Trump’s Chief of Staff John Kelly: Well, I'm looking at the definition of fascism. It’s a far-right movement with a dictatorial leader and forcible suppression of opposition… So certainly in my experience, he falls into the definition of a fascist
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23 Oct 2024
John Kelly said Trump used to speak admiringly of Adolf Hitler and would seek to govern as a dictator.
“It’s a far-right authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement characterised by a dictatorial leader, centralised autocracy, militarism".
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5 Aug 2024
“[the BoE] is now paying 5% interest on £700bn of bank reserves at cost to the exchequer of £35bn a year … [but not paying] one-third of the reserves … would save [the chancellor] just over £22bn a year … without the need for spending cuts or tax rises” theguardian.com/business/art…
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3 Aug 2024
new paper finds that "self-disciplined behaviour indebted employees adopt to avoid losing income and defaulting does not only make them more risk-averse in their individual wage negotiations, but also makes them less willing to unionise." tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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2 Aug 2024
macron's party has taken to condescending the left, calling lucie castets' attempt to be prime minister a "publicity stunt" and saying she can't just "improvise parliamentary work". but she has a plan for france, whose state has the largest debt in europe politico.eu/article/france-p…
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31 Jul 2024
"To ... Thiel & Musk, bitcoin is both the technological & political expression of what they believe ... Thiel has even suggested that democracy is incompatible with capitalism ... the US Federal Reserve is the deep state in its most harmful form". sigh ft.com/content/3821ff74-e695…
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carl packman retweeted
30 Jul 2024
How it started. How it’s going
The ultimate.
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carl packman retweeted
31 Jul 2024
So important that these people get as much attention. Southport is full of good-hearted people.
31 Jul 2024
People help to repair damaged wall at #Southport Mosque after violence last night. Latest in @BBCNWT at 1.30
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29 Jul 2024
one of the problems of housing as an asset, not a basic necessity, is that the moment it’s not giving the desired amount of profit to landlords they sell up and displace those renting from them. this trend has fucked a load of my friends in london already telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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26 Jul 2024
when netanyahu congress that israel has taken more precautions to prevent civilian harm than any military in history he was lying. un reports contradict him. now an icc arrest warrant is out for him for war crimes and today the uk will not challenge that aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/26…
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25 Jul 2024
honestly wtaf
25 Jul 2024
Lots of his ideas deserve the scorn, but I actually like this one! As electorate ages politicians will increasingly value comfort of the elderly over investment in the young. This would go some way to correcting that.
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25 Jul 2024
despite judge explicitly saying sentencing is proportionate to this incident & no other (para44), clearly it was considerate of perception of criminal law (not a crime) and made harsher ("exemplary") as a warning/deterrent. They're being made examples of judiciary.uk/wp-content/uplo…
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25 Jul 2024
there is a massive question about how people are sentenced who aren't deterred by prison because of their goals. clearly, for some (including perhaps this judge), the sky is the limit if it deters others. but this means an end to sentencing strictly proportionate to an incident.
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25 Jul 2024
"the basic fault-line is between the kind of nativist-populist right and social democracy". half right. it's no longer centre right in uk posing a threat. to stem it, we need economic populism & redistribution. social democracy is historically lily-livered theguardian.com/inequality/a…
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25 Jul 2024
"Tonight Louisiana defeated the darkness of hate, bigotry and division, but where will the next challenge come from? Will it be in another campaign in Louisiana? ... Or a campaign for president of the United States?"
a v good long read/warning theguardian.com/us-news/arti…
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24 Jul 2024
This is the Labour leadership faction celebrating suspending MPs for voting to lift little kids out of squalor and misery
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23 Jul 2024
it’s giving gazza
23 Jul 2024
Hey @realDonaldTrump I’m flying over to come and give you some advice… you up for chat? ❤️
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