Bruce Henderson
@brucehenderson.bsky.social
Voluntary sector, filmmaker/actor, Santa, tourism, education, economic development and a few other things. Based Dunfermline, Scotland. I want a better world where people can live, thrive & grow in peace.
£2.7 billion a week. That's approximately the annual GDP difference in HM Treasury's 2016 WTO scenario, expressed as a weekly figure. It was a forecast, not a cash payment. But it shows why assessing EU membership solely by its budget contribution missed the bigger picture.
UK relative to the all the other kids if we all started playing together again.
Any medium to long term plan MUST include ending poverty. Without that it is just more of the same with the same uncertainties, same core weakness in local economies and communities and the same opportunities for exploitation by excessively rich.
Labour MPs raise concerns Burnham’s 10-year-plan will not be radical enough to rebuild economy Words can be produced, actions are harder Govts constrained by self-imposed fiscal rules that restrict public investment. Rash promises to not tax the rich. Short-termism, speculation dominates the City
Labour MPs raise concerns Burnham’s 10-year-plan will not be radical enough
Exclusive: Reindustrialisation Research Group to meet with Cabinet Office to discuss worries over PM’s long-term strategy
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. The first sentence is damming And true Which is why I’m always droning on about another Trump-like presidency down the track if the Dems keep repeating what they’ve always been doing Early signs already with the intransigence of Jeffries and Schumer and Pelosi Good luck America .
Yes, I remember when he was proud of Booking.com HQ being in Manchester 😒 #boycottbooking.com
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These are smart countries. Wonder if we can be that smart...AGAIN. Sure hope so.
Paul Marvin@paulmarvin.bsky.social · yesterday
This much is clear from last week's election results: The American people are pissed off. If we don't step up and deliver now — on making life affordable, ending forever wars, uncorrupting Washington — then the wave that swept us in this year … will sweep us right out in 2028.
This government is committing #treason. This government is breaking ##InternationalLaw. Our ministers are answering to the foreign #genocidal state of #Israel.
Oliver@oliver48.bsky.social · 2d ago"Firms tied to West Bank settlements win $15m UK deals despite sanctions" "Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called the findings ‘outrageous and frankly insulting to the public’." www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11...
