@anianegwr
Ffiseg, Plaid Cymru, Pel Droed, Barn Cymru Canolig Digywilydd. Amlblwyfaeth Prydeinig. Physics, Plaid Cymru, Football, Unashamedly Cambrocentric Viewpoint. British Pluralism. #DissolveTheUnion #ConfederalGB #RejoinEU
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...
To restore democracy and create a fairer, safer, greener world, we need massive taxes on the ultra-rich. As in the 1940s. People get confused about this. The main purpose of such taxes is *not* to raise revenue. The point is to stop the few dominating the many. It's an essential democratic measure.
It is THE fundamental problem. To survive and prosper we must make billionaires history. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wasn't intending to turn this into a thread, but it seems to have happened anyway.
It's about the great plague on our lives: the extreme wealth of a tiny number of people.
And what to do about it.
πSHOULD. πBE. πA. πDEVOLVED. πMATTER.
#DissolveTheUnion
FACTS:
Net Zero barely nudges your bill.
Fossilβfuel wars send it through the roof.
So when Farage and his ilk slags off renewables while fanning conflict, remember who actually hikes your costs.
THESE ISLES: Owain GlyndΕ΅r (c.1359-c.1416), Welsh nobleman and soldier, led a 15-year revolt in the early 15th century, the most serious attempt to end English rule in Wales, making him celebrated as a national hero. 1/8
Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of a βdirect assaultβ on devolution over comments he is said to have made in a leaked memo
Massively sinister.
#DissolveTheUnion
In a deeply disturbing move, Labour are accused of blocking MPs from receiving advice on Lammy's plans to do away with jury trials
Imperialaethwyr, π―% Gwynt teg ar eu hol.
βLabour is the party of devolutionβ - says the very same Labour Party that is actively denying Wales a voice.
This shows nothing but utter contempt for the people of Wales.
Bobl Cymru, rydyn niβn haeddu gymaint gwell na hyn.
IMPERIALISM.
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Reform UK really are so lucky.
For a party of eight MPs they have the UKβs biggest news broadcaster on retainer.
Here we see their political editor doing the job of a local newspaper reporter.
For Farage.
EIGHT MPs.
Not sure if this response is the slam dunk the First Minister thinks it is.
"That is a relationship that you will never haveβnever have."
This is in response to questioning about Keir Starmer saying that the UK Government shouldn't be over deferential to the devolved nations.
The response to this extraordinary piece tells us so much.
The British media and establishment remains so obsequious and deferential to royalty that to have the truth spoken so openly and freely feels positively revolutionary.
The finest take down of the institution of monarchy and "class" and the grasping, greedy, venal, entitled, and very stupid people it enables that you will read today or any day.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.
In contrast to the coverup of the EPSTEIN crimes here in America, there are ongoing investigations in the UK, France, Turkey, Poland, Latvia & Lithuania that is sure to expose his central, filthy role in the largest crimes against humanity case in world history. #AccountabilityIsComing
Welsh household costs are set to soar because of Trumpβs illegal war. The UK must use every lever to bring it to an end now.
Mae costau aelwydydd Cymru ar fin codiβn syfrdanol oherwydd rhyfel anghyfreithlon Trump.
Rhaid iβr DU ddefnyddio pob dull i ddod Γ’βr argyfwng i ben.
@lsrplaid.bsky.social
Welsh Government is legally-bound to provide a refugee resettlement scheme under UK Law. It created Nation of Sanctuary to support the people sent here by UK Government. Scotland and Northern Ireland also have their own resettlement schemes. The only way a future Welsh Government can βopt outβ of providing a resettlement scheme is for Wales to leave the UK.
If in doubt, share it out. π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
I gave a talk today to 6th formers explaining the relationship between neoliberalism, populism & the far-right drawing on the tv show Industry. I showed that these positions & tropes have been represented on GBNews recently &/or exposited by GBNews guests & presenters. A major vector of extremism.
Always remember the time in October of 1975 when 90% of women in Iceland went on strike: zero paid work, housework, or child-rearing were done for the entire day.
The entire economy drove to a halt, men were forced to take on unpaid labour, and everywhere sold out easy-to-make meals like sausages.
In 2023, I sought to explain to a parliamentary committee what a structural collapse of the global food system would look like, and why this this is plausible - even likely. I think the likelihood has just ratcheted up a notch. I beg you to read and understand. Thanks
www.monbiot.com/2023/03/09/t...
Think about how we could as a Democratic Welsh State, leverage MMT to fund a green energy transition, progressive taxation, UBI and UBS's and nationalise any natural monopolies.
I desperately want to do it.
How dare her!! π§π€¨
"When people like Kamala Harris send our sons and daughters, our young people, to fight in stupid wars, it is the young generation that carries the burden of that. We're gonna stop sending our young people to far away lands. We are not the policemen of the world."
U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol Building. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
Sen. Martin Heinrich: βRemember when Republicans said we couldn't afford those tax credits for your healthcare?
Now theyβre burning through almost a billion dollars a day on their Iran Warβ
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