People need to understand that, in mainstream Western institutions, “good economics” does not mean what’s best for meeting the needs of working people, but what’s best for ensuring capital accumulation and imperial hegemony. That’s it.

Musk and Bezos can get a tax cut while older people can lose their heating allowance. Making billionaires more comfortable while making vulnerable people even more vulnerable, is not the change that people voted for. inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

tbh i didn't know one person could destroy the global economy

NEW: Scottish Labour have delivered campaign leaflets for an upcoming by-election in Scotland misspelling the word 'Scottish' 🗣️ 'Embarrassing and unprofessional'

Laura Webster No such political party exists called Scottish labour

Laura Webster There is NO scottish labour.

I recognized Labour’s shift to the right when Blair came in, but I’m actually shocked at how ugly and vicious Starmer’s changed Labour Party is, they really are a disgrace.

It is totally disgusting that the UK government doesn't give a shit about the closure of the Grangemouth petrol refining capacity Scottish Labour The Labour Party #Grangemouth

I don't think I've seen anyone abroad mention this mass-murderer during the genocide, but you should know his face: Tomer Bar, commander of the Israeli Air Force. His subordinates are responsible for most of the massacres committed against Palestinians in the ongoing holocaust.

thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20…

accessnow.org/gaza-genocide-… #GazaGenocide

I think we severely underestimate the extent to which living in a civilisation focused primarily on maximising elite accumulation and inflicting violence on the rest of the world generates social conditions of anomie, depression and meaninglessness.

A smart Latin America policy expert friend reminded me that the head of El Salvador's prison system is currently sanctioned by the US government under the Magnitsky Act. And yet the Trump administration wants to send US citizens to these prisons.

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… is about vet bills. If this troubles you, think about what human health insurance systems cost. #NHS #Health

This degree of inequality is shameful #poverty #inequality The Common Weal The Labour Party

youtube.com/live/EtvGLINQH… We shouldn't be kept in poverty by government policy

Putting up tariffs in order to reindustrialize while simultaneously defunding research institutions is really one of the most nonsensical things I’ve ever seen.

Time to go, Scotland. x.com/LeftieStats/st…

youtu.be/7IBEdEt8F3Q Lots of things to contemplate if your in #Scunthorpe or #Grangemouth or trying to pay the #rent

Trump will reportedly end the IRS Direct File program that allowed taxpayers to file taxes for free. This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file. Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration. See how this works?