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Instead of this kafkaesque dumb f*ckwittery that harms those relying on child benefits…could we just tax the rich?
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has slumped to its lowest rating on record, according to a YouGov poll. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/world/politics/starmer-labour-yougov-poll/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #uk #keirstarmer #labour
Everything that could be wrong about how these ‘terrorists’ came to trial for trying to stop the UK supporting #genocide is happening.
But as I have said before this rush to convict non-violent peaceful grannies of terrorism offences will be seen as the equivalent of #Blair’s decision to back the US in going to war with Iraq…but far worse.
#Starmer and the #Labour Party will pay the price of this for years to come.
It didn’t have to be this way.
"Each of the “terrorists” who held up a sign will only be given 36 minutes in court to make their defence...
How can anyone accused of a terror-related offence get a fair trial if they are not allowed adequate time to plead their case? This is the very definition of a kangaroo court"
#PalestineAction #Terrorism #UKPolitics #Justice #HumanRights
https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/palestine-action-supporters-to-be
Everything that could be wrong about how these ‘terrorists’ came to trial for trying to stop the UK supporting #genocide is happening.
But as I have said before this rush to convict non-violent peaceful grannies of terrorism offences will be seen as the equivalent of #Blair’s decision to back the US in going to war with Iraq…but far worse.
#Starmer and the #Labour Party will pay the price of this for years to come.
It didn’t have to be this way.
Instead of this kafkaesque dumb f*ckwittery that harms those relying on child benefits…could we just tax the rich?
This is madness — the effects of Trump's policies are now being revealed. New numbers are released across states, that reveal how much healthcare insurance premiums will go up next year:
A family of four making $130,000 in Maine will face an increase of $16,100 annually.
In Kentucky, a 60-year-old couple making $85,000 per year combined will have to pay $23,700 more.
All so Trump's billionaire sponsors can get tax breaks.
— This must be the biggest increase in inequality in US history.
" The message for Labour ought to be clear: standing up to the far right can win elections."
Taking King Paedo's hand and calling this a "island of strangers" ain't it Starmer....
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/24/reform-caerphilly-byelection-britain-labour
#UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Labour #PlaidCymru #Cymru #Fascism #ReformUK #AntiFascism #AntiFa #Trump #Quisling #IslandOfStrangers
Something crazy is happening in the UK.
In the face of Reform (which leads the polls in older generations), young people are turning to the Greens.
If you want to learn more about the Greens, I made a @greens Channel! It even includes posts from the party leader, @greenpartyzack (who I think is the only UK party leader on the Social Web!).
I wonder how the other UK parties will respond to this threat... Join the Fediverse?
Something crazy is happening in the UK.
In the face of Reform (which leads the polls in older generations), young people are turning to the Greens.
If you want to learn more about the Greens, I made a @greens Channel! It even includes posts from the party leader, @greenpartyzack (who I think is the only UK party leader on the Social Web!).
I wonder how the other UK parties will respond to this threat... Join the Fediverse?
“London developers to be allowed to reduce percentage of affordable homes.” #Labour just love these developers. I can remember when we built Council Houses and all homes were affordable! #HousingCrisis
Palestine Action “not close” to terror group, Scottish board found
A #Scottish counter-terrorism board found that #PalestineAction’s activities fell below the threshold to be considered #terrorism before the group were banned by #Labour, The National can reveal.
It appears that #Police #Scotland concluded the group’s activity was well below the terrorism threshold.
#ToxicLabour #RedReform #StarmerNotLabour #DemocracyNOW #ProportionalRepresentation #PR
I have always believed that the next step in development is to return power to the people by moving to the next stage, which is the transition from a centralized system of government to a decentralized system of government. This is the solution to the world’s problems.
#communist
#capitalist
#Labour Party
#labor union
Palestine Action “not close” to terror group, Scottish board found
A #Scottish counter-terrorism board found that #PalestineAction’s activities fell below the threshold to be considered #terrorism before the group were banned by #Labour, The National can reveal.
It appears that #Police #Scotland concluded the group’s activity was well below the terrorism threshold.
#ToxicLabour #RedReform #StarmerNotLabour #DemocracyNOW #ProportionalRepresentation #PR
‘The #Greens’ surge has caused worries among some senior #Labour figures, who believe it could take votes and seats from the party in next May’s local elections in England, particularly in some London boroughs.’
Maybe if #Starmer actually implemented some of his manifesto promises, stood up to rightwing autocrats and tech bros rather than invite them into the heart of government and stopped creating the system architecture to enable fascism to thrive come 2029, then he’d have a claim to votes.
‘The #Greens’ surge has caused worries among some senior #Labour figures, who believe it could take votes and seats from the party in next May’s local elections in England, particularly in some London boroughs.’
Maybe if #Starmer actually implemented some of his manifesto promises, stood up to rightwing autocrats and tech bros rather than invite them into the heart of government and stopped creating the system architecture to enable fascism to thrive come 2029, then he’d have a claim to votes.
‘This is the great paradox of our time. The #authoritarian right rails against an establishment that is, in many ways, already doing its work for it.
#Farage and his allies perform the role of anti-elite insurgents even as they champion the most corporate-friendly, deregulated politics imaginable.
Strip away the theatre and #Reform UK is a billionaire-backed project to dismantle the public realm, shred regulatory protections and hand what remains of state power to capital.’
Clive Lewis MP
‘And the current #Labour government, rather than resisting these trends, risks entrenching them.
Invite #BlackRock into your industrial strategy. Hand over #NHS data architecture to #Oracle.
Populate your boards with corporate lobbyists. Expand surveillance powers and #digitalID infrastructure.
At that point, when the far right eventually take office, they will not need to construct the tools of repression. We will have built them for them.’
Clive Lewis MP
Senior members of the British government are urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to reassess his policy toward China and take a tougher stance on the risks it poses to U.K. national security. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/13/world/politics/starmer-china-policy-spying/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #keirstarmer #ukchina #espionage #labour
I was there. When delivery gig jobs were popular, but nowhere near as common as they are now. I used my camperized van with 6' of standing space inside, so I could make the big deliveries that nobody else could. At points I was hauling tens of thousands of dollars in medical equipment, maybe even hundreds of thousands in some massive loads.
After the first month though, I came out with the experience to never take delivery jobs as an independent contractor, and ESPECIALLY using your own vehicle.
It's not worth it. Some people gravitate to it because they think it's cool to be able to make your living driving around all day. But let me tell you, it's not. Even if you love driving, the system is designed to take advantage of gig workers and their own capital assets, particularly the costs of automobile ownership.
At the end of it, when I complained about how little I was paid I was told by the person who ran the dispatch, that I needed to better plan my deliveries to be more efficient so I could make more money.
Um... I spent most of my idle time sitting in my van WAITING FOR DISPATCH to send me. There was nothing wrong with the way I was delivering, or the routes I took. It was dispatch who was 100% in charge of dispersing jobs and matching me to them. Period. Yet the very person in charge of doing that was gaslighting me.
The money didn't cover the costs of maintenance and operation. And that's not even considering being exposed to situations like the kid who tore off my bumper trying to pass me in a burst of speed in the opposing lane on my left when I had been signaling to make a left turn for a very long time, and was even at an intersection where I had to turn. He tried to lie about it all, of course, claiming that I "appeared" out of a driveway which I couldn't possibly have had access to.
And this situation, signalling to make a left turn then having some asshole think he can race you and beat you by speeding beside you in the direction you're turning, is unfortunately a common occurrence in this city. And it's much more horrifying on a two-wheeled vehicle than in a big van.
How many situations like that do you think you can mentally handle through the course of your career? Not much.
But the point of all that is simply to give you a small window into the exploitive field of deliveries in today's age.
The takeaway is... There is only ONE THING standing in the way of further capitalist erosion of any industry, and exploitation of its workers. That is the Union.
Stand with your posties and the CUPW. They are not just fighting for Canada Post workers. They are fighting for stability and the elimination of exploitive gig work for ALL workers, starting with their industry first. With the big boom in Skip, Uber, etc., so many unwary souls are falling into the trap of delivery work which doesn't pay the bills, which they become trapped in.
We need to end exploitive practices for all, and give all people hired to work for somebody else's profit a fair living.
I was there. When delivery gig jobs were popular, but nowhere near as common as they are now. I used my camperized van with 6' of standing space inside, so I could make the big deliveries that nobody else could. At points I was hauling tens of thousands of dollars in medical equipment, maybe even hundreds of thousands in some massive loads.
After the first month though, I came out with the experience to never take delivery jobs as an independent contractor, and ESPECIALLY using your own vehicle.
It's not worth it. Some people gravitate to it because they think it's cool to be able to make your living driving around all day. But let me tell you, it's not. Even if you love driving, the system is designed to take advantage of gig workers and their own capital assets, particularly the costs of automobile ownership.
At the end of it, when I complained about how little I was paid I was told by the person who ran the dispatch, that I needed to better plan my deliveries to be more efficient so I could make more money.
Um... I spent most of my idle time sitting in my van WAITING FOR DISPATCH to send me. There was nothing wrong with the way I was delivering, or the routes I took. It was dispatch who was 100% in charge of dispersing jobs and matching me to them. Period. Yet the very person in charge of doing that was gaslighting me.
The money didn't cover the costs of maintenance and operation. And that's not even considering being exposed to situations like the kid who tore off my bumper trying to pass me in a burst of speed in the opposing lane on my left when I had been signaling to make a left turn for a very long time, and was even at an intersection where I had to turn. He tried to lie about it all, of course, claiming that I "appeared" out of a driveway which I couldn't possibly have had access to.
And this situation, signalling to make a left turn then having some asshole think he can race you and beat you by speeding beside you in the direction you're turning, is unfortunately a common occurrence in this city. And it's much more horrifying on a two-wheeled vehicle than in a big van.
How many situations like that do you think you can mentally handle through the course of your career? Not much.
But the point of all that is simply to give you a small window into the exploitive field of deliveries in today's age.
The takeaway is... There is only ONE THING standing in the way of further capitalist erosion of any industry, and exploitation of its workers. That is the Union.
Stand with your posties and the CUPW. They are not just fighting for Canada Post workers. They are fighting for stability and the elimination of exploitive gig work for ALL workers, starting with their industry first. With the big boom in Skip, Uber, etc., so many unwary souls are falling into the trap of delivery work which doesn't pay the bills, which they become trapped in.
We need to end exploitive practices for all, and give all people hired to work for somebody else's profit a fair living.
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