Sometimes I watch films, and sometimes I have interesting thoughts on films. Here's some thoughts on love and politics following on from my first time watching Antonioni's "The Passenger" (1975). letterboxd.com/jthorne/film/t…

I am shocked and sickened that a mould and ant infested property owning slum landlord has the Labour whip while the likes of Apsana Begum, Zarah Sultana, Ian Byrne don't because they voted to remove the two child benefit cap. Keir Starmer's high quality candidate

Slum landlord Jas Athwal - the biggest landlord in Parliament - has hit the headlines for his atrocious treatment of his tenants. But how did he become an MP in the first place? A 🧵on a major case of Labour corruption.

Unions should be on the board of the National Wealth Fund, argue Positive Money, to counter the dominance of finance and ensure the "public finally see some returns on their investment, instead of the ‘privatised rewards, socialised risk’ model that has become all too familiar"

Former govt adviser said water renationalisation is “relatively easy, as with the revenues from the water bills, the government would have sufficient income to pay for the assets it acquired”. Companies are almost bankrupt and can be bought for little. leftfootforward.org/2024/08/the-go…

The workers at GKN in Florence are fighting for a just transition—transforming their factory from luxury car parts to solar panels & cargo bikes under worker control. This movement is a blueprint for sustainable, community-driven change. Donate here: reelnews.co.uk/2024/06/14/all…

This kind of story won’t win Pippa a Pulitzer but it might just get her a seat in the House of Lords.

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We can step away from hopelessness. I’m looking to guest on football podcasts in order to explain the theory of how English supporters can fight back against football’s governing bodies. Please tag/invite at will. Ta x

“The study also warned that levels of extra warming projected to hit Europe by 2035 would amplify food inflation by 30-50%.” carbonbrief.org/five-charts-ho…

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V important point with wider implications for Government's economic strategy. Government is relying on a huge new costly PFI regime to fund policy goals. So will need institutional investors who will have Government over a barrel. Will demand high returns and corporate welfare

Across Europe the electoral Cordon Sanitaire once drawn around the Far-Right has been withdrawn and redrawn around the Left. Neoliberal Centrism is in a symbiotic relationship with the Far-Right while democratric norms are ripped apart to prevent or destroy Left governments.

AfroSurrealism with ADHD characteristics.

France, today 160,000 march in Paris and 300,000 in cities around the country against Macron's coup - his deal with the Far Right to appoint Michel Barnier as PM. Barnier's right wing party came 4th in the election. Polls show 52% back impeaching Macron. #MarcheDestitution

Starmer's "difficult" decision is to change nothing so the profits keep flowing to private shareholders. 82% of us want water back in public hands, so at least he's right about being unpopular.

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Universal offers also lead to higher quality public services, because if people with the social capital to make a fuss that politicians notice have a stake in things, then that drives up standards.

Something very revealing about this quote Suggests Reeves sees the role of the state as essentially a big derisking machine, which should exist primarily to reassure private investors that the conditions for making profits from the key structures of our society are optimal