Andy Paterson

Things are not going to get better as long as oligarchs rule the roost in our democracies | George Monbiot If we want the kind of fair, functioning state Britain saw post-1945, we need to take on the economic powers that wrecked it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

From 1941 to 1952 in the UK, the top rate of income tax was 98%. A luxury goods purchase tax introduced in 1940 later rose to 100%.
Result? The share of incomes captured by the richest 0.1% fell from 7% in 1937 to just over 1% in 1975. That's what we need today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

They're scum.

Murdoch media in the US, UK and Australia is poisonous.

British Journalist UNCOVERS SHOCKING Iran War COVER-UP YouTube video by Double Down News

youtu.be/4BlXzB8E8h4?.... Explains medias role in this illegal war with disinformation. British media (Daily Telegraph) refused to cover the murder of the Iranian School girls. Points out if Iran killed 175 Jewish Schoolgirls it would be front page news

It's a goodun.

WHAT IF IT'S A BIG HOAX AND We CReATe A BeTTeR WORLD FOR NOTHING? • ENERGY INDEPENDENCE • PRESERVE RAINFORESTS • SUSTAINABILITY • GREEN JOBS • LIVABLE CITIES • RENEWABLES • CLEAN WATER, AIR • HEALTHY CHILDREN • етс. етс.

About time for this to get another run I reckon.

Amy Remeikis was 🎯 yesterday in this piece.

With Penny Wong just flagging Australian direct military involvement in the Trump-Netanyahu illegal war against Iran, now even more relevant. #auspol

Labor moves to block some temporary visa holders travelling to Australia amid Middle East war Proposed new powers for home affairs minister are ‘truly appalling’, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre says

Labor is ramming thru new laws to stop people from #Iran with current visas to lawfully enter Australia, from doing so. Labor fear they would now meet the criteria for being refugees. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

That about it. Crashing out and going home to recover.

Excellent cartoon. Sums him up completely.

The LNP’s phrase-banning law is wide open to constitutional attack. Is it a victory for the people, or a smart political play? | Anne Twomey By banning two political slogans outright, the government has exposed the law to a greater risk of being struck down as invalid

"By banning two political slogans outright, the government has exposed the law to a greater risk of being struck down as invalid" Anne Twomey
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Yep.

I'm certainly not a woman, yet I have had a close association with Unionism and the Labor Party and I can see clearly that Albanese has hijacked the Party for populist, unambitious and uncompromising ideals.

Albanese is exceptionally conservative.

As an old woman who actually worked for the Labor party as recently as two years ago, yes to this.

A Zionist plot would not be underestimating this at all.

Hypocrisy on steroids as I have previously stated.

The White Australia card is being dealt constantly now.

No Labor MP was prepared to speak in support of this bill and the government provided cover by rushing it through with no notice and no usual speaking list, preventing crossbenchers from speaking on the second reading debate about the serious flaws in the legislation.

#auspol

And Littleproud has just resigned. Good

Not that the Nats have any talent, but Littleproud has been a terrible leader.

Trump Is Risking a Global Stagflation Crisis With His Iran War The effect on oil and gas could be much, much larger than he thinks. And that shock will be passed on to every sector of the economy.

Trump Is Risking a Global Stagflation Crisis With His Iran War newrepublic.com/article/2074... via @newrepublic.com

@albomp.bsky.social making Australia less safe for future generations. What a pathetic little twirp he has turned out to be.

#BREAKING : Anthony Albanese provides Australian military support to the illegal invasion of Iran, joining USA/Israeli "Coalition of the Complicit".
#AusPol

Is Australia at war? Legally, the answer is yes It's a reasonable question for Australians to ask given the government is sending a sophisticated reconnaissance plane — crewed by dozens of military personnel — to the Middle East. And legal experts ...

Legally speaking, Australia is at war. Dividing between "attack" & "defence" has little legal force. Now a party to the conflict irrespective of "offensive" & "defensive" conduct. The use of "collective self-defence" term references UN Charter Article 51. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

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It's a multicultural Country at war with itself as politicians of the centre right and right persuasion (Labor and Liberal, National and PHON), play the white Australia card.

Hypocrisy on steroids to my mind.

Moral double vision as Australia heads to the Gulf - Michael West Australia claimed impotence over Gaza but is now sending military support to the US-Israel war in the Gulf. Hypocrisy, writes Andrew Brown

So now we send military to the Gulf. Why was Australia so 'cautious' over Gaza, now action heroes for US-Israel war against Iran? Andrew Brown on the double standard
#UAE #Iran #trump #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/moral-double...

Blah, blah, blah!!!

You can trust "Timid Anthony" not to rock the boat and to come in at the most conservative end of options available.

Our Parliament should be at least three times the size than it is today, for democracy to even have half a chance of success we need a representative per 40,000 people.

From around 60,000 voters per seat in 1974 to around 120,000 in 2025. A modest expansion would only go back to 2019 levels.

Over their voting life, a 70-year-old would have seen representation halve: from sharing an MP with 62,000 other voters in 1974 to 121,000 voters in 2025.

Albanese Govt is contemplating an increase, which is good -- but on the smaller end would only get us back to 2019 levels.

I agree.