In a Sunday Times piece, chancellor Rachel Reeves has tried to get ahold of the narrative around her budget — beset with U-turns before it’s even launched. She announced more welfare reforms, suggesting she is coming after sick and disabled citizens again. Reeves: “trapping” people on bene...
The BBC is currently going through a crisis over alleged ‘left-wing bias’ after mis-editing a Donald Trump speech. But history and evidence show that the claim is not only entirely false but the opposite of reality. The ‘public service‘ broadcaster is pro-corporate, imperialist, and right-...
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has received a Hanukkah present already — in the form of pro-Green polls and defections. What better way to celebrate the Jewish holiday than: Councillors and a prominent ex Labour MP defecting to the Greens Greens being the main contender to Reform in the ...
Founder of Richer Sounds, Julian Richer, has admitted that luck played a large role in his success, has denounced the idea we live in a meritocracy, and urged others to acknowledge their good fortune. Julian Richer: “incredible luck” In a Guardian opinion piece, Julian Richer wrote: It too...
United Utilities has reported a 131% increase in profit for the six months ending on 30 September. That follows ‘regulator’ Ofwat approving a five year plan to raise people’s bills in the North West by 32%, starting April 2025. United Utilities—Profit over investment Chief executive Louise...
Homelessness is up 45% since 2012 and the epidemic is continuing under Keir Starmer’s administration. So a charity – Crisis – is stepping in with its own social housing programme, having already set up a letting agency to do so. “Inconceivable” Matt Downie, the charity’s chief executive, s...
Former MEP and current lord (…) Daniel Hannan has essentially argued the public sector should be abolished. He spread propaganda from the shadowy ‘thinktank’ the Taxpayer’s Alliance on Twitter (now X) to do so. But the comments ripped him to shreds. Lord Hannan: no clue about taxes The pro...
Tesla shareholders have voted in a trillion dollar pay packet for CEO Elon Musk if the world’s richest man delivers on a set of product sales. Elon Musk and the eternal question: dys- or utopia? With self-driving vehicles and robots a key part of the deal, this is a payment for Musk being ...
South Africa‘s G20 presidency comes to an end this month, with a devastating takedown of global inequality — neoliberalism. This hard-capitalist ideology is the ruling class’ move towards unbridled wealth extraction. Global inequality — false scarcity The presidency, which alternates betwe...
Chancellor Rachel Reeves plans to shield banks from tax rises in her budget on 26 November, according to the Financial Times. At the same time, there is widespread speculation that she will raise income tax for workers, shredding the Labour electoral mantra that they will ‘make work pay’. ...