Craig Michael Bonney
@craigmbonney.bsky.social
Scottish Independence supporter, staunch European, ex bass player. Lover of books, music and movies. Slightly warped sense of humour. No Tories, MAGA or Reform. Nazis not welcome. NO DMs.
Spot the difference? Bush Jr's pointless illegal neocon invasion of Iraq - another country with NO nuclear weapons (unlike North Korea) - cost the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians
Bank of England governor tells the UK chancellor to agree a budget that reassures financial markets. Govt told to serve markets, speculators, corporations. Healthcare, education, social justice, housing is secondary in neoliberalism. Wither democracy.
Bank governor urges John Healey to use budget to allay market fears amid bond turmoil
Andrew Bailey tells chancellor ‘whatever the stance of fiscal policy, it must be credible and be seen as such by financial markets’
theguardian.com
"Lest we forget ... To look at millionaires and billionaires dodging taxes as everyone on the right wing tries to get us to turn a blind eye to it " via The UK Against Hate
Corporate Welfare Tory tax break for banks cost UK public purse £6bn In 2023 Tory govt cut the bank surcharge from 8% to 3%. Current govt hasn't reversed it. Record profits, exec pay, dividends at banks Reversing the surcharge would raise billions.
Tory tax break for banks has cost UK public purse £6bn, says TUC
Exclusive: Chancellor urged to reverse Jeremy Hunt’s tax surcharge cuts to claw back billions in lost revenue
theguardian.com
Reform UK are devoted Thatcher supporters and want to make your life more miserable by repeating failed far right policies like ... meme via Jackie Williams
If only the UK had voted for a Green New Deal in 2017 & 2019 energy bills would be far lower ...
Greenpeace International 🌍@greenpeace.org · 14h agoWind and solar helped the UK avoid US$7.8 BILLION in gas imports during the Hormuz crisis. That’s what breaking fossil fuel dependence looks like. Governments backing more oil and gas owe people an explanation. SCALE UP RENEWABLES.
'Honest' Bob seems to have forgotten he was a minister in Johnson, Truss and Sunak's administrations. (Sunak who bragged about diverting money from the North to increase spending in affluent Tunbridge Wells). And that Refuk's multi-millionaires have repeatedly voted against workers' rights. 🤔
In the least surprising news of the century, vast majority of racist flag shaggers who go about brandishing crosses and saying that we're a Christian country... don't pray, or go to church or read the Bible www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report
Research challenges the notion that the growing visibility of crosses and other symbols reflects a revival of Christianity
theguardian.com
Mason, always on the right
Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼♂️😉@paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 3d ago“Questions remain for Green Party Leader Zack Polanski” says Chris Mason but he has no questions whatsoever for Reform leader Farage, thrashed by Greens with only 1,612 votes vs 8,928 🤷♂️ Are voters turned off by #FaragesFishyFiveMillion by all the sleaze & corruption Nah that’s not important to BBC
🚨 A military-developed "heat ray" designed to inflict intense pain. Pete Hegseth's Pentagon authorized its loan to DHS for use by CBP amid Trump's ICE crackdown.
Obviously, he should be in jail. Prior to his execution. Live streaming should be an optional extra.
Biggie@biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 11h agoOnly if jail is temporary stop to Prison......
Company behind Scotland’s biggest data centre proposal is owned by the treasurer of the UK Conservative party via British Virgin Islands. It could receive £23m public subsidy. BVI facilitates opacity and tax avoidance. Successive UK govts have defended the use of tax havens by wealthy elites.
The Tory treasurer, an offshore company and Scotland’s biggest data centre plan
Scotland may be set to host one of the world’s most powerful data centres. The Conservative Party’s money man stands to benefit.
theferret.scot
Trump The Traitor, Is Helping Russia Kill Ukrainians 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Lest we forget... Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage both supported Donald Trump's war of choice against Iran. A war that is not only illegal but which has resulted in needless suffering and instability, as well as undermining the UK's economic recovery. #bbclaurak www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
