Hatstand

In Nazi Germany, turning in or denouncing your neighbor was a common practice that relied heavily on ordinary citizens reporting peers to the Gestapo or party officials out of fear, personal grudges, ideology, or material gain.

UK Chancellor announces £2bn Energy Wealth Fund after Jackdaw gas project. PR gesture. UK squandered North Sea wealth in tax cuts for corporations and the rich. Norway didn't, has $2.4 trillion sovereign fund. UK govts fight class wars, long-term neglected.

UK law requires companies to pay dividends from realized profits, must maintain capital. Law is poorly enforced. Water companies flout it. Carillon abused it. Now Govt proposes that dividends can be paid without capital maintenance. Madness to appease corporations.

Banking lobby pushes misleading numbers on tax. Claims UK banks paid £47.8bn in tax; includes PAYE, NIC, VAT paid by other parties; that leaves £25.7bn borne by banks. Silence on profiteering, £100bn subsidy over last 3 years via interest on central bank reserves. Banking frauds buried - HBOS.

youtube.com/shorts/Jil7z... This is powerful!

A gambling company closely linked to Nigel Farage’s right-hand "Posh George" Cottrell got its licence using a document which appears to have been faked. With @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and Cormac Kehoe www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Less than a single human lifetime

"Trump knows Russia is providing aid to Iran in [attacking our troops] ... He knows that he is providing US tax dollars - that are going to end up supporting Iran as they attack us, our soldiers ... That gets us from the realm of betrayal to the realm of traitorous behaviour."

You may have seen reports about the campaign for charities to be more 'transparent' about who funds them. Well it turns out the mysterious new right-wing think tank behind it won't say who funds or runs them, and used fake names for the authors of the report which launched their campaign

At PMQs, Ed Davey pressed the case for a customs union with the EU. In response, Andy Burnham pointed to November’s UK–EU summit as an important opportunity to make progress. That opportunity must deliver real benefits for businesses, households and young people.

The ECHR is not a "left-wing project" but a "safeguard against arbitrary government" He describes the Tory party now as “a political party that cannot tolerate support for fundamental human rights.” What a disgrace. How are they different from Reform exactly? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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I think a steaming pile of 💩 Is worth more than a 'AI Data Center'

🚨 Last call for 1-y/o Milo, now under kill command. Adopted 1 month & returned b/c adopter says allergic. Friendly, wiggly, knows cues, food-motivated, neutered. Earned best possible behavior rating, playful w/ strangers & kids, tolerant w/ dogs & cats. Loves walks.

THIS 👇 HERE. VOTE BLUE IN OVERWHELMING NUMBERS FOR THE MIDTERMS, PLEASE.......💙🌊

This is awesome. If your vote didn’t matter Republicans wouldn’t be trying so hard to stop you.

THIS 👇 TOO......

PLUS … this POS crippled Ukraine’s vital Starshield service with NO warning to Kyiv 🇺🇦

I've just signed the Palantir Pledge, joining politicians across the world in committing not to support any public contracts with this US tech giant. The next big battle here is to use the upcoming break clause to kick Palantir out of our NHS!

For the first time, the British government has acknowledged that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum. So who did BBC Newsnight invite on to discuss what happened? Sergei Markov, Putin’s former spokesman. Par for the course, says Nerve co-founder @carolecadwalla.bsky.social 1/

Zelensky on bombing the Russian data centers: “It’s pretty clear where the bots were coming from.”

LOL Ukraine hit a Russian data center and Russian bot activity immediately dropped to practically zero. Elon is mad hahahahahaha

Yeah, Nigel Farage wouldn’t want this video to be shared over and over of him lavishing poodle-like praise on Donald Trump.

youtube.com/watch?v=6fad... I suppose it’s the state of world affairs that prompted me to rewatch this film about a nuclear war from the 80’s. I remember how it affected the whole community when it was first broadcast. Although dated I think still the best depiction of the horror we would reap.

From the new Private Eye

Wow. Donald Trump is giving money to Putin’s war machine so he can keep killing innocent Ukrainians and attacking democracies across Europe. The UK must lead a coalition of the willing that stands up and says no.

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youtube.com/watch?v=1HiP... Are you anti energy independence? This may change your mind.

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This serves as advertisement for Alex Gibney’s documentary, Musk, opening October 9. Pass it on.

Having lived through those years, I remember the fear many reporters faced but carried on despite all. Thank you.

Trump’s ICE thugs shot 28-year-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez through his car window as he was delivering food yesterday in Austin, Texas. His wife and lawyer were reportedly denied access to see him in the hospital, and ICE is now trying to deport him. This violence must end. Abolish ICE.

This is what masked federal thugs are doing on the streets of America. This is the evil that America is doing in the name of Donald Trump. This must not be what America is, and we must make it crystal clear in November that this is not what America is.👇

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They all knew ahead of time who he is...

Life is good. People are lovely. Around 20% everywhere are appalling human beings. Don’t be weak - they’re trying to wreck it for everyone.

Harborne: “My £36M is a philanthropic gift to the nation” Delo: “My £36M creates a level playing field for Reform” Farage: “I’ll slash CGT to save you £100M/yr” Reform: bought by millionaires to enrich millionaires. Reform voters… They. Are. Laughing. At. You. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Wow... he truly staged it. This is murder. Trump must be held accountable.

Steve Reed on 25 March explaining that the £100k cap on donations "will therefore apply retrospectively, so it includes all donations from overseas electors received from today". Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that?

Photos leaked of bombed out US Middle East bases, with aircraft in pieces and buildings turned to rubble from Iranian fire. As @gregsargent.bsky.social notes, it's striking imagery, a symbol of US decline. Utter failure of Trump/Hegseth's fascist worldview, with its shallow conception of strength.

At least five Reform councillors joined Facebook group linked to far-right Patriot Platform www.theguardian.com/politics/202...