"Alongside other non-consensual methods of persuasion and propaganda, the tools of behavioural science are now embedded within the UK Government’s communication infrastructure collectively constituting a potent armoury for manipulating the beliefs and actions of ordinary people."
How did the UK - once a beacon of openness & freedom of thought - descend to the current position where all our actions & beliefs are covertly influenced by government? hartgroup.org/governments-al…
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What a man.
What a coach.
#MOT
"I owe it all to Bielsa from our time at Leeds United"
Raphinha embraces Marcelo before Brazil's Copa America clash against Uruguay last night.
Bielsa's Uruguay won the game on penalties to progress through to the semi-finals.
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Times like tonight really make you wonder how Bielsa and Leeds crossed paths in the second tier of English football, yet feel grateful they did
The sheer number of Leeds fans who stayed up until 4am really shows the special, genuine and rare connection.
Beautiful. #LUFC
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Daniel thinks we need rich people's taxes to have nice things.🤦
Don't be like Daniel, learn how our fiat money system works.
"The issue we have in the UK is not enough rich people. We need to either develop them ourselves or import them from elsewhere."
If you’re a UK citizen, did you pay £17,000 in taxes last year? If you’re a family of 4, did you pay £64k of taxes as a household?
If not, someone else did on your behalf. A tiny group of people (1%) pay about 30% of the income taxes.
This tiny little group of Brits aren’t just our Dentists, Doctors, Professionals, Engineers, Pilots, Entertainers, Executives, Business Owners and Entrepreneurs, they are also the biggest tax slaves for everyone too.
A person earning £150k is paying £60k in tax. A person earning £30k is paying £6.2k in taxes.
The high earner is making 5x more and paying 10x more in tax.
Given the government spends £17k per person - The higher earner generates a surplus of £43k in taxes while the lower earner requires £11k of someone else’s taxes to cover their portion of government spending.
It takes an income of £60k to generate £17k of taxes. So, very few people in the economy are able to cover the costs of themselves, let alone their families too. A tiny number of people can cover their own costs and generate a surplus for society.
When you hear people talking about how greedy the rich are, and how we need to make life harder for them, it’s worth considering that if they were to stop earning or to leave, the entire system would collapse.
The issue we have in the UK is not enough rich people. We need to either develop them ourselves or import them from elsewhere. We absolutely can not afford to lose them.
As we approach an election, be sceptical of any party who claims they can fund spending through higher taxes on the rich. We already have that! What we need is a party that has a plan to create more rich people or invite them from abroad. It’s never been easier for rich people and high earners to live and work anywhere - of course they’ll go wherever they are treated best.
The UKs survival is directly linked to the number of high earners - best not to drive them away.
Lovely sign off Phil 👌
All the best for the future.
After 18 seasons home and away, this is me checking out of Leeds United.
It's been barry™️. And the pleasure's been all mine.
As a final piece, I wrote about what all that time and all those games taught me about LUFC.
Never change.
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May I please get 2 followers to copy and re-post this tweet? I'm trying to demonstrate that someone is always listening 💯 #SuicidePrevention 0800 689 5652 Just two. Any two. Copy, not retweet.
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"The decision to stop aid funding to UNRWA was not taken by numerous Western states in a single day."
Please help me beat the suppression on this vital article.
Choose your favourite quote from it and tweet that quote out together with a link to the article.
Many thanks. #FreePalestine
craigmurray.org.uk/archives/…
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"Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is a description of the existing monetary system and its interaction with the production mechanisms. It takes a unique viewpoint that highlights opportunities that remain out of sight to traditional methods."
web.archive.org/web/20171022…
What do you say Carol?
@carolvorders
Good morning @carolvorders Can you help @StephanieKelton promote her important new film on #MMT please?
You would be the best person in the UK to help people understand how the economy can work for us all.
findingmoneyfilm.com/ is released on May 3rd
nitter.gq/StevenHailAus/status/1…
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"There’s a by-election next month, but few believe change will follow: every year or so, political betrayal washes up on Blackpool’s shores, and lies there ignored."
unherd.com/2024/04/how-vice-…
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"The problem is not economic growth, the problem is growth of inequality of wealth ".
youtu.be/VMXWUeH5Y48
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Heroes.
youtu.be/lXgkuM2NhYI
Apr 8 1943 – Anti-Nazis, Otto and Elise Hampel are executed in Berlin. They had been leaving postcards denouncing Hitler's regime and the war around the city. The story is told in Hans Fallada's novel "Alone in Berlin".
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" the supranational power of the market was the real road to serfdom after all."
Article of mine. Neoliberal economics is a scary monster story driven by a visceral fear of the state & populace, assuaged only by striving for the impossible dream of the perfect market. Can it be deposed by rational counter-arguments? Probably not. journals.uio.no/JEA/article/… #MMT
Peak neoliberal gaslighting, the UK Chancellor has set up a just giving page to fund a hospital.
You couldn't make it up!
#NHS
20 miles today in 3 hrs 32 mins as part of my marathon training. Poppy managed the first part. Hyde Park looked glorious in the sunshine!
I have just launched my JustGiving page. I am hoping to raise lots of money for the new Royal Surrey Cancer Centre:
justgiving.com/page/jeremy-h…
Why aren't you talking about using the capacity of our currency issuing govt to transform the country?
Why are you still pushing the tax/borrow bs?
#Greens
#GreenParty
We don't have to just accept the Torys next round of austerity.
Nor accept the Labour narrative that there's no money left - whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
We have a Green Party plan - a tangible plan with a vision for change.
We just need to vote for it. 👇🏾
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