The Ragged Trousered Philatilist

@ianandriley.bsky.social

It’s all my own hair….

You really are a horrible little genocidal lying fraudulent twat aren’t you Netanyahu For the record - Israel (under current management) the first genocidal, warmongering expansionist nation based on religious zealotry to have the nuclear bomb…… www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Benjamin Netanyahu describes UK as ‘first Islamic republic to get a nuclear weapon’

Israeli PM criticised by political rival for attacking an international ally and overseeing ‘horrific diplomatic failure’

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MacFarlane: The park service records that I obtained show where the priorities are. $323 million allotted for the White House grounds alone, beautification and vanity projects…

Uk, France, Spain, Canada with massive fires and Israel is deliberately lighting them in Lebanon Come on US you are the only country that can stop Israel - stop giving them weapons and stop selling them weapons www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Israel deliberately starting wildfires in southern Lebanon, firefighters say

First responders, residents and environmental groups say military dropping flares to destroy forests and crops

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Flash droughts! 40 years since the last reservoir was built - there are 12m more people now And in the week that Thames water paid a finance director a £1b bonus and oil and gas report still higher profits It couldn’t be more clear nationalise water - tax oil www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

UK extreme heat prompts Cobra emergency meeting

High temperatures continue with forecasts reaching 38C on Thursday and wildfires stretching emergency services

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Flying under the radar, the UN is working on a draft treaty aimed at allowing countries to tax tech giants based on where their users are located, rather than where the companies are headquartered. This would be a hit-tax-dodgers-on-the-head revolution. #GoodMorning, everyone. [Further reading ⬇️]

Further to earlier post. Population of Michigan 10m population of UK 70m, population of EU 452m So if Michigans damages are $1b then the UK is owed $7b and the EU $45b - profit for Meta last year was aprox $60bn so better get in before the rest of US www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental health

Ruling comes as part of second phase of landmark trial that found social media company enabled harm against users

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Multinational corporations dodge $500bn tax by shifting profits to low/no tax jurisdictions. Stifle social development. Need a simple change - must pay tax where they actually create profit, instead of where they pretend to on paper. UK can collect extra $16.9bn a yr. Must check corporate abuse.

Countries to gain $500bn more tax a year under UN ‘pay-where-you-play’ plan - Tax Justice Network

UN tax convention commitment to scrap 100-year-old corporate tax approach will unleash new economic era without increasing taxes, experts say Countries can collect US$500 billion more in corporate tax...

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French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡

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Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

YES And not before time Stop the multinationals engineering their structures to avoid tax Remove a whole layer of non value adding “experts” And increase the tax revenue where products are made and sold Absolutely the correct answer www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on global corporate tax: a $500bn prize that states must seize | Editorial

Editorial: Donald Trump may reject the negotiations, but he cannot veto a global effort to make multinational companies answer to governments

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