Posts by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AkeVPqC8x2jwltm53Y by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2024-08-05T08:58:54Z
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'Reeves says: “If we can’t afford it, we can’t do it.” John Maynard Keynes once observed: “Anything we can do we can afford.”' Britain didn’t vote Labour just to get a new iron chancellor | William Keegan | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/04/britain-didnt-vote-labour-just-to-get-a-new-iron-chancellor
(DIR) Post #AkeVPs3M2gtkXDg5dQ by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2024-08-05T09:00:01Z
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'Moreover, because we are not in the EU, we cannot take advantage of the enormous scope that would be available if we still had access to the European Investment Bank, whose lending usually leads to about three times the investment financed by the initial loan.'
(DIR) Post #AkeVPtuD9elyHRPof2 by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2024-08-05T09:00:22Z
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'The economic damage wrought by Brexit continues. Our investment and growth prospects would benefit enormously if Starmer and Reeves abandoned this policy of “no return to the customs union, single market or freedom of movement”. I repeat what I have said before: the Labour manifesto commits it to removing unnecessary barriers to trade. But Brexit is the most formidable barrier of all!''
(DIR) Post #Akqvqd9EUrFWpaMoy0 by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2024-08-11T07:33:52Z
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'Far-right groups, organising online, increasingly inspired by and connected to similar groups in the US and Europe, are not motivated by such concerns... The far-right already have an agenda; they always have. In doing so, they, and those swept up in the chaos they foment, are willing to tear apart the nation to which they preposterously claim to be patriots.'There can be no excuses. The UK riots were violent racism fomented by populism | David Olusoga | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/10/there-can-be-no-excuses-the-uk-riots-were-violent-racism-fomented-by-populism
(DIR) Post #Alq7xM85DjVKAVMH9E by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2024-09-09T21:00:47Z
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'... comply with the law. That is, we could offer a safe route to those wanting to come to the UK, where their cases might be heard. In other words, and there is no way to get around this, we could give those seeking to come here tickets to do so, not least because we know most who get this far will have a legal claim to stay.... 1/2Labour, critical thinking, and migration https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/09/09/labour-critical-thinking-and-migration/
(DIR) Post #AmtR5t6vSJv0i8aP0y by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2024-10-11T09:53:32Z
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'The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, talks of a fiscal “black hole” of £21.9bn. But this is a real black hole: a long tunnel into the rocks, down which £21.7bn and more will be poured. A more reliable and cost-effective means of sequestering carbon would be to bundle up the money (roughly 1,100 tonnes in £20 notes) and shove it down the pipe.'Labour’s carbon-capture scheme will be Starmer’s white elephant: a terrible mistake costing billions | George Monbiot | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/11/labour-carbon-capture-climate-breakdown
(DIR) Post #AnTJxg73HdXY1LTXoO by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2024-10-28T17:25:38Z
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Israel expands it's genocidal intentions... Middle East crisis live: Israeli parliament to vote on blocking UN agency from distributing aid in Gaza Middle East crisis live: Israeli parliament to vote on blocking UN agency from distributing aid in Gaza https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/oct/28/israel-iran-gaza-lebanon-unrwa-middle-east-crisis-news?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-671fb1458f086ba8381d4a5e#block-671fb1458f086ba8381d4a5e
(DIR) Post #Apx9nsKOi1DoqMdIGm by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2025-01-10T22:28:18Z
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'When I feel uncertain, I find it’s helpful to write down things I know to be true. Fossil fuels are causing irreversible planetary overheating. Overheating threatens essentially all life on Earth. Oil and gas executives knew this but they chose to systematically lie and block a climate transition. They continue to make this choice.'To resist the climate crisis, we must resist the billionaire class | Peter Kalmus | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/10/climate-crisis-billionaire-class
(DIR) Post #AqEuPtw94gBuPrg5tw by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2025-01-19T10:43:30Z
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'We are under attack. And we can’t pretend any more. The chandeliers are falling into our soup. The Kremlin is slicing through underwater cables and the best time to have had an inquiry was five years ago. The second best time is today.'The Westminster whistleblower: how my friend Sergei tried to expose the Kremlin plot against Britain | Podcasts | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jan/19/the-westminster-whistleblower-how-my-friend-sergei-tried-to-expose-the-kremlin-plot-against-britain
(DIR) Post #AqFoR7JSQIVJcjjqHg by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2025-01-19T22:29:52Z
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'On Biden and Garland’s watch, we witnessed, to quote former DOJ prosecutor Ankush Khardori, “the greatest failure of federal law enforcement in American history”.' Joe Biden had one job. And he failed | Mehdi Hasan | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/19/joe-biden-had-one-job-and-he-failed
(DIR) Post #AqUGSLymtcLsKYt4Ou by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2025-01-26T13:41:25Z
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(DIR) Post #AqxSRjI8XlqvlbhWwS by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2025-02-09T23:50:20Z
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'... how flimsy Labour’s programme now feels, and the glaring political void at the top. Starmer’s emptiness, moreover, is not just a problem for his party: it blurs into the even bigger story of how weak orthodox politics seems in the face of global threats that are still unfolding.'Starmer’s dislike of real politics is plain to see. It’s why his government has no direction | John Harris | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/09/keir-starmer-politics-labour-growth-reform-uk
(DIR) Post #AsqytUYdCQxPLM0OwK by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2025-04-07T08:29:34Z
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All cats are Libertarians: Completely dependent on others, but fully convinced of their own independence.
(DIR) Post #AtHmNpWcL4LRSPZKUq by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2025-04-20T15:00:28Z
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@NonilexWow! What a disgraceful excuse for a human being.
(DIR) Post #AtLnHEYJlZ1vdbceQK by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2025-04-22T13:29:22Z
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@cdarwinThis analysis is all good, but omits one important issue.Western economies will require 'de-growth' strategies if humans are to remain on Planet Earth. The third world, historically raped and exploited by Western Imperialists, will also require reparations if the world is to prosper. Neoliberal economics - the philosophical framework followed by most of today's governments leaves us without a genuine survival strategy.
(DIR) Post #AxMrloipk2z0Wo4F16 by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2025-08-18T10:53:14Z
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I hate 'realpolitik', but given the pathetic figure of the mentally and morally unfit POTUS, this analysis does make a compelling case for a 'least worst' outcome. Although, can you trust Trump's 'security guarantees any more than Putin's? Europe must be careful. And wise. I used to run the Foreign Office. This is my advice for today’s extraordinary White House meeting | Simon McDonald https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/18/washington-summit-ukraine-donald-trump-europe-russia?CMP=share_btn_url
(DIR) Post #AxgxoBWSQWC6hwzP7I by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2025-08-30T09:44:45Z
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'... we have to face the fact that, so long as safe and legal routes for asylum seekers are inadequate, we are colluding in the flourishing industry of lethal and illegal systems whose effect is to create communities for whose safety and integration government is unable to plan, and who are trapped in a situation both dehumanising for them and challenging for localities where they are placed.'https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/30/refugees-migrants-hotels-humanity?CMP=share_btn_url
(DIR) Post #AxrSq9uERq8UQv88Q4 by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2025-09-04T11:27:50Z
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'The UK can and should run fiscal deficits to fund a green industrial strategy – investing in domestic manufacturing, energy security and a strong export base. Investing in industrial capacity and public goods strengthens the economy, helps reduce inequalities and reduces vulnerability over time.'https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/03/the-guardian-view-on-fiscal-rules-and-financial-myths-britain-must-stop-fearing-imaginary-bond-vigilantes?CMP=share_btn_url
(DIR) Post #AxwS24eChF0tR3YBxA by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2025-09-06T18:35:53Z
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'Stablecoins are being sold as safe, secure cryptocurrencies. In reality, they are shadow banking in disguise – with the same risks that nearly destroyed the global economy in 2008.'Stablecoins could crash our economy https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/09/06/stablecoins-could-crash-our-economy/
(DIR) Post #B0m2gorF1Zdmsfc0OG by wellingtonrock@mastodon.social
2025-11-30T14:29:15Z
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RE: https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/115639017454836081@NonilexBut NOT very good for the International Rule of Law, nor for Israel's standing as a law-abiding country. Nothing, short of trying Netanyahu and the rest for WAR CRIMES will restore that. Ask Germany!