markpeacock.bsky.social

markpeacock.bsky.social

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🔥 "In the end it wasn’t even close. Not many people would have predicted Plaid Cymru’s near-4000 majority over Reform... As the party machines offer their own explanations, it’s worth considering what this might mean for next year’s Senedd election."

bylines.cymruSignposts from CaerffiliWith a new election system for the Senedd in May 2026, what does the Caerffili by-election tell us about the state of the parties in Cymru?

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Reeves' statement shows that Labour has chosen to continue the austerity narrative rather than challenge it. This is not about fiscal necessity; it is about political choice. The choice to “touch welfare” is simultaneously a decision to leave wealth untouched.

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Cuts to benefits normalises the idea that welfare is a problem to be fixed rather than a cornerstone of a civilised society. It pushes disabled people further into isolation, stripping away mobility and dignity It shifts public anger away from corporate power, and wealth concentration

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Mike Galsworthy: “Next year it’s going to be the 10th anniversary of that vote, and it will be pretty clear at that point that Brexit was a disaster..it was bad for us” Zack Pokansky discusses #Brexit with Mike Galsworthy on Bold Politics youtu.be/naOYDEyRHCA

youtu.beShould We Return To The EU? | Mike Galsworthy | Zack PolanskiYouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski

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In 2024, Chancellor Rachel Reeves flew to NY. Her mission? To meet Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm. They claim Blackstone is “the largest provider of newly built affordable housing in the UK for the last three years.” open.substack.com/pub/european...

open.substack.comThe Wall Street Takeover of London Housing: How Labour Sold Out Renters to BlackstoneWhile The Guardian reports “viability issues,” Chancellor Rachel Reeves is engineering the largest transfer of British housing to American finance capital in history

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Remember the first few months of this year, when all we talked about was DOGE and spending cuts and waste, and this administration gutted USAID? And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina. Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.

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Israeli values are: Using your position of power to cover for your fellow Israeli paedophiles.

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To understand Israel's malign infiltration of American society, look no further than US Attorney Sigal Chattah The Israeli-born Chattah was handling the case of Tom Alexandrovich, an Israeli cyber spy who was arrested in Las Vegas as part of a multi-agency operation targeting child sex predators

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Just arrived, 'Complicit - Britain's role in the destruction of Gaza' by Peter Oborne. As Miriam Margolyes says on the rear side cover, "Gaza is being murdered, Britain is guilty. Here's the proof"

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Britain, wake up Starmer’s digital ID is a weapon of control, forcing every worker to carry a state-backed surveillance tool This is not security — it’s submission to corporate overlords like Palantir We must refuse this digital shackling before our freedom is erased for good

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No concern that the law has been misused and precious court time wasted by the authorities for political reasons, just the usual sneering reporting from BBC

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Replying to @sisu4democracy.bsky.social

I imagine their permit application said it was going to be a piece in honor of "friendship month", without a lot of additional details. That's how I'd do it if I was them.

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A protest sculpture depicting Trump with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein appeared briefly on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., bearing the caption “Best Friends Forever.” (This photo was shared with us the piece was installed by an anonymous artist collective.)

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A Palestinian woman yesterday "I stand here for my grandparents &the 48 members of my family.. killed in Gaza during the ongoing genocide" As Hamish Falconer, part of a govt that not only denies genocide is taking place but which is actively complicit in it, stands alongside her

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2/2 That means the public link is clear: Government policy (AI Growth Zones) provides the framework; BlackRock provides the global finance; Residents provide the land, water, electricity — and bear the risks.

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⚠️WARNING⚠️ BlackRock tying UK pension savings and institutional capital to large-scale data centre build-outs. It dovetails with Starmer’s AI Growth Zones policy, which is designed to create deregulated areas where such infrastructure can be built faster. UK opted out of EU AI Safety Summit 1/2

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The fact that they're using British pension funds to finance infrastructure that will increase costs for those same pension holders shows the sophisticated nature of this financial engineering.