"But Alternative Parade Route Wouldn't Allow Us To Pointlessly Create Tensions" Orange Order Confirm https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/09/28/but-alternative-parade-route-wouldnt-allow-us-to-pointlessly-create-tensions-orange-order-confirm/
Ann Pettifor
@annpettifor.bsky.social
Published January, 2026: The Global Casino: How Wall St Gambles with People and Planet. Check out my newsletter: System Change, https://annpettifor.substack.com/
Larry Elliott is as eloquent and coherent as ever. The Chancellor needs him...not just us as an economist, but also as a communicator. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy them, look to Keynes | Larry Elliott
Borrowing can be good, there is no such thing as the ‘nation’s credit card’, and, yes, you can buck the markets – as previous governments have shown, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
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Yes, and the savings will be the future pensions of today's younger workers. None of it makes sense. bsky.app/profile/mrma...
Mark E Thomas FB99% FBPE@mrmarkethomas.bsky.social · 4mo agoThread (1/4) He should be ashamed of this. One of the greatest hypocrisies of modern politics is the claim that the triple lock is unfair on the young... www.ft.com/content/2152...
The UK can fund the triple lock and social care. Tax needs to change but primarily it’s the BoE that is the prob. Bond markets can be talked to. A country’s budget is not a household’s budget. For further info @annpettifor.bsky.social annpettifor.substack.com/p/its-time-t...
Its Time to Ignore Defeatists on Both Right and Left
The Left must reject Neoliberal Political Framing. Taxes do not pay for government spending. Taxes are a consequence of spending.
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(4/4) ... a percentage which is mysteriously NOT unaffordable to many of our peer countries today.
PS DWP's own analysis shows that private pensions will not come to the rescue of younger workers. If the triple lock goes, it is what *would* have been their pensions which will be the 'savings.'
The new radical proposal to end the 'triple lock' for pensions will generate at least £15bn or at most £30bn for the Treasury we are told. That is equal to 0.5% or 1% of UK national income of £3 trillion. Won't go far.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the Midterms
See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress.
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In which @robertshrimsley.bsky.social puts into words that nagging feeling I’ve been having. www.ft.com/content/122a...
Hundreds of thousands march in French public sector strike against austerity and war https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/09/30/tmza-s30.html
Hundreds of thousands march in French public sector strike against austerity and war
Workers and youth spoke to the WSWS at yesterday’s march in Paris of their growing anger and concern over economic hardship, war, and the fear of far-right dictatorship
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It was absurd that Palm should be worth more than GM, or houses go up in value at least 10% every year. But it doesn't mean the person on the other side isn't sincere in their beliefs. Give them grace because being wrong doesn't imply they lack character. It just means they're wrong. 3/3
Jack Smith made it crystal clear that his investigation was sound and lawful, that the president had committed crimes and that the GOP attacks on him were the actual weaponization of our justice system. He showed courage and moral clarity and continues to be one of the heroes of this moment.
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside andy burnham's Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
The UK five-year yield which is my leading indicator for fixed-rate mortgages has risen to 5% this afternoon.
Burnham edges Labour closer to finally, maybe, being sane about Brexit. Over 10 years, £Billions of cost, thousands of business failures, mountains of red tape, wasted resources and lost opportunities later…. our govt may, at last, cautiously, start to be honest about the Brexit moronathon. Yay.
I am no Putin fan, but stoking war with Russia is unwise.
Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 4d agoBlimey. Baroness Margaret Hodge - the Govt anti-corruption champion, on the £72m donations to Reform recently: "I think it came from the Russians." She's speaking at a Fabian event on donation caps
@annpettifor.bsky.social is my "definitely need to read" for the week. annpettifor.substack.com/p/its-time-t...
Its Time to Ignore Defeatists on Both Right and Left
The Left must reject Neoliberal Political Framing. Taxes do not pay for government spending. Taxes are a consequence of spending.
annpettifor.substack.com
In re-reading this - I must acknowledge that it's very good. The intro is too long, but the rest is brilliantly clear. If I say so myself. annpettifor.substack.com/p/its-time-t...
Its Time to Ignore Defeatists on Both Right and Left
The Left must reject Neoliberal Political Framing. Taxes do not pay for government spending. Taxes are a consequence of spending.
annpettifor.substack.com
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
This shitshow in bonds is the perfect environment for an accident. Fun! Me, 300 free clicks Bond ructions point to new danger zone in markets - as.ft.com/r/95199679-b...
Bond ructions point to new danger zone in markets
Sell-offs of this scale and speed have the potential to light fires in other parts of the financial system
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DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Crowds outside the UN shouting "Netanyahu you can't hide, you are wanted for Genocide." As Netanyahu will be speaking inside.