Yes, yes & yes! "western govts...redirected state support away from productive industries & towards profoundly unproductive ones...While China invests in the technologies of the future, the west continues to subsidise its own decline." It could be so different. From @graceblakeley.substack.com
⚠️The extreme wealth of the superrich is making our economies insecure
How did it become so extreme, and what can governments do about it?
This Swedish-inspired infographic breaks it down and explains how a #WealthTax could help 👇
taxjustice.net/2024/08/19/i...
#TaxTheSuperRich
"𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞."👇
Yes, yes & yes! "western govts...redirected state support away from productive industries & towards profoundly unproductive ones...While China invests in the technologies of the future, the west continues to subsidise its own decline." It could be so different. From @graceblakeley.substack.com
How much is leaking out in profit from the NHS in your local area? You can look up your postcode & see for yourself: www.nhsprofitmap.org.uk
And...What could the profits leaking out of the NHS have been used to pay for? Important work from @chpithinktank.bsky.social with crucial recommendations
also, If you, like me, enjoy tax justice talk, I can't recommend @naomifowler.bsky.social's podcast highly enough. It's so good.
this news improved my mental health on my least favorite day of the year.
If you paid taxes for 2025, you likely paid:
$124 — school lunch & nutrition programs
$49 — diplomacy to prevent wars
$19 — USPS
$19 — Federal Aviation Administration
$18 — national parks
and
$4,049 — weapons and war.
These priorities are hurting us all. We need change. #TaxDay
📢How do we eradicate poverty without relying on economic growth?
Join us online on 22 April for the launch of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights ‘Roadmap for Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth’: www.neep-poverty.org/
#BeyondGrowthRoadmap / @deschuttero.bsky.social
🌍 From July 2027, EU AML rules require #FinancialSecrecy to be included in risk assessments. Evidence shows higher secrecy is linked to greater exposure to #IllicitFinancialFlows. The question now is whether this shift goes beyond compliance. #AntiMoneyLaundering👉https://bit.ly/4cwnNlD
😡 Thames Water wants to be allowed to dump sewage and not pay a PENNY. Right now, they're trying to force a deal so they can dodge fines until 2030, while customers foot the bill. This isn’t right. Please join me and sign this petition: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/bring-th...
How much is leaking out in profit from the NHS in your local area? You can look up your postcode & see for yourself: www.nhsprofitmap.org.uk
And...What could the profits leaking out of the NHS have been used to pay for? Important work from @chpithinktank.bsky.social with crucial recommendations
This is really helpful on why energy bills remain high despite renewable increases. Spain & Portugal decoupled "electricity prices from gas...bills fell sharply...by reforming the market." We need transition AND public ownership
A tiny firm - so small it doesn’t have to publish audited accounts - with £81k in cash made 7 donations totalling £200k to Reform UK.
We now know the firm has had long-term dealings in Iran, including a €145m deal with the Iranian state-owned telecoms company.
Reform have more questions to answer.
This is really helpful on why energy bills remain high despite renewable increases. Spain & Portugal decoupled "electricity prices from gas...bills fell sharply...by reforming the market." We need transition AND public ownership
The idiocy: "Can the world bypass the Strait of Hormuz?" is the wrong question to be asking. And yes, "things start to get complicated." Powering up renewables is apparently 'too complicated,' yet not some of the ridiculous propositions described in this article uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/world-b...
Reform, the party backed by a handful of 'tax haven billionaires.' You only have to look across the pond at the US to see where this is going, and how urgent it is for the UK government to address political party funding properly, not partially. From @writesbright.bsky.social
Dear White House staff, stop making millions using your insider knowledge. Signed, President Trump.
Dear President Trump, sure!! Signed, Whitehouse staff.
That's sorted then.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"The new reality we face did not begin with the war in Iran, nor will it end with a reopened strait." Correct. We knew we should be working towards energy independence from renewables for DECADES. It was always a 'patriotic' thing to do but Brexiteer agitators confused what 'sovereignty' should mean
There are sound reasons to be cautious of Hungary's opposition Tisza party, including its extreme anti-immigration policies. But a win would be an important defeat for an incumbent in the international far-right axis, *and* another electoral success for a party running on introducing a #WealthTax
A long thread on the weaponisation of 'consensus' in international decision-making, including in tax negotiations, and the opportunity to pursue a better multilateralism now
900 battery-powered ships and counting: It isn't a test case anymore, it’s a declaration of independence from being fossil fuel hostages: With battery costs down 99% since 1991, the "too expensive" excuse is officially dead for shipping
Sovereignty is renewables
www.ft.com/content/0656...
We've had years to transition fully, let's get on with it! Please consider signing this petition calling on the government to power the UK with homegrown renewables. Every conflict abroad sends our energy bills soaring at home. We need cheaper, safer renewable energy, better in every way
In our podcast the #Taxcast: a tiny group of wealthy people are burning through carbon like there’ll be no tomorrow. @naomifowler.bsky.social talks to economist Tasnia Hussain about her work on most effective ways to tax emissions &address carbon inequality. Plus: highlights from UN tax negotiations
I've noticed the difference every time I'm in Paris. I know in my home city of Birmingham they're trying. If Reform does as well there as people fear in the local elections, that'll be reversed. I've been cycling in Holland recently & that really shows you what decades of clear vision can achieve.
Great article 👇 and free to read
I believe the deciding factor is whether demand is low enough in southern GB for ZCO generation to be enough – but as I understand if it transmission demand needs to be at least 27 GW GB-wide for voltage management and the like. That's quite a narrow window.
We've had years to transition fully, let's get on with it! Please consider signing this petition calling on the government to power the UK with homegrown renewables. Every conflict abroad sends our energy bills soaring at home. We need cheaper, safer renewable energy, better in every way
Wow, it's the final episode of The Corruption Diaries Season 2, about a music exec turned tax justice campaigner @the-rising-moon.bsky.social fighting from his garden shed. It's been quite a journey, I've enjoyed the music too, courtesy of Cherry Red Records. Available wherever you get your podcasts
