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“Universal Credit is designed to make you fail”: Why is foodbank use at a record high?
Anti-vaxxers are taking populism to a new, deadly level | Gaby Hinsliff | Opinion | The Guardian
Industrial collapse of Thatcher years led to crime rise, study finds | Politics | The Guardian
13 things you need to know about European election candidate Tommy Robinson — Left Foot Forward
Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – aka Tommy Robinson – has announced he is standing as an independent candidate in the European elections. Anti-racism campaigners have warned the UKIP adviser’s election would prove a boosts to extremists on the far-right, with HOPE not Hate CEO Nick Lowles saying Robinson is ‘a convicted fraudster and a serial thug’ who…
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Prem Sikka: Billionaires are a threat to democracy — Left Foot Forward
Taxation revenues are the basis of the modern state. Without them, it cannot perform its administrative and redistributive functions. The revenues are also used to subsidise industries, bailout banks and clean-up the social and environmental damage inflicted by businesses in pursuit of private profits. The level of taxation depends on the social settlement mandated to…
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Who’ll defend freedom? — Stumbling and Mumbling
In the last few days we’ve seen rightists attempt to bully Greta Thunberg out of the public sphere rather than engage with her arguments; Tony Blair’s demand for ID cards and that immigrants have a duty to integrate; and rightists (backfiring) efforts to shame Diane Abbott for drinking on a train. These all have something…
