Paul Myszor

Neoliberals want to cut social security, silent on subsidies to banks. Since 2006, Bank of England has paid interest on central bank reserve deposits to commercial banks. The EU & the Swiss stopped similar practice in 2023. UK still paying, £100bn in last 3 yrs. There are better uses of £100bn.

An evergreen PG Wodehouse quote (Spode was based on the execrable Oswald Mosley). Wodehouse saw fascists as ludicrous buffoons. Understandably, perhaps, he underestimated their capacity to commit mass murder.

Payback time, Kentish folk. signed Sussex Yeoman

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Is the political fixation with growth misplaced? I wrote this infographic. I used AI to create the final image.

China tax crackdown forces wealthy investors to assess their offshore trusts. $1.2 trillion wealth held in tax havens. When will UK act? HMRC failed to collect £500bn since 2010. No report on losses from profit shifting, offshore excursions. Capital gains, dividends taxed at lower rates than wages.

This one is important because MMT is. I used AI, among other tools, when creating this post. I also used a word processor and about 50 years of experience writing about these issues. Drawing the infographic was the smallest part, and I had no budget to do it any other way.

'Noon' by contemporary Ukrainian painter Olesya Hudyma #WomensArt #Summer

Starmer’s goodbye gift to UK: a £44.7bn US pharma deal that could be more lethal than Covid. Pushes up the cost of NHS drugs, boosts US corporate profits. Secret contract, no debate in parliament. The next PM must renegotiate, produce drugs at home wherever possible.

Serving as an MP is a privilege and should be viewed as such by those who do the job – not as a part-time role or a get-rich-quick scheme. We need a ban on second jobs for MPs now.

I don't give a shit about football, but I just heard my favourite stat about this World Cup. Every single country taking part has universal healthcare... Except one. Can you guess ?

"He's really got it. He's tapping into a communal energy. "People are tired of being on their screens. They're tired of being polarised. Mamdani is speaking to that hunger." Ben Rhodes on whether the NY mayor can bring the "generational change" US Democrats desperately need.

10 years on from #Brexit referendum, what can we learn? That top down, technocratic arguments didn’t work then & won’t work in any campaign to rejoin. It’s about picking a side - in an increasingly insecure world, with US ever more insular & unreliable, it’s clear our future lies with EU neighbours

I dust my house. My AI Robot watches. "It should be you doing this." "Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark." "That's not why you were invented." "These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise." "They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them." "Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."

A resounding defeat for the far right in Makerfield last night & proof that voters will unite to stop the extremists. Now @AndyBurnhamGM has a huge responsibility to deliver on democratic reform & wealth taxes to break up power & wealth in this country

Elon Musk’s DOGE cut the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program, which cost $15 million. Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1 billion to combat the screwworm outbreak. Never forget how destructive and downright stupid DOGE was.

💔 Fires were confirmed on the territory of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra during tonight’s attack. It is one of Ukraine’s most important historic and sacred sites. I was there on Friday and filmed the Dormition Cathedral. Look at what russians target.

After Japan battled the Netherlands to a 2-2 draw, the Japanese fans stayed behind and cleaned up every single piece of trash from their section at Dallas Stadium after the game. You LOVE to see it 🇯🇵 #WorldCup #Football #Soccer #RG3 #Love #sports #RGIII #RobertGriffinIII #Japan #Discipline

The ‘Great Israeli Real Estate Event’ is to be held in London this Sunday. This disgraceful event will involve the sale of land stolen from Palestinians in illegal Israeli settlements. In parliament, I called for the Government to ban this event.

Dear Mr Vance and Mr Musk. Respectfully, please refrain from making ill informed comments about the UK. Furthermore:

Now that's what I call recycling

Nigel Farage has missed 77 out of the last 77 votes in the House of Commons! Bet he doesn't have the same problem turning up for one of his highly paid second jobs. Or to meetings with wealthy donors when there's another big money "gift" on offer.

Mon chat et moi (autoportrait avec son chat), 1932 is an pioneering work by Italian photographer Wanda Wulz, who created the image by printing two negatives-one of her face, the other of the family cat, on a single sheet of photographic paper #WomensArt

Art deco Tea set, c 1928 by Grete Marks (1899-1990), ceramic artist and designer who trained at the Bauhaus #womensart #Sunday

Stuff that was previously OK, not bad, even pretty good is now "iconic."

From the 'Shared Sky' exhibition, 'Jupiter and Ten Moons' by Indigenous Australian artist Barbara Merritt #WomensArt

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows – uncommonly lovely invented words for what we feel but cannot name, such as maru mori (“the heartbreaking simplicity of ordinary things”) and apolytus (“the moment you realize you are changing as a person")

A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system.

Can reporters stop using the word deal? It’s an agreement, a settlement, a treaty, an understanding, an MOU etc. Using the word deal is accepting his simple-minded TV game-show framing and contributes to the bogus drama he is trying to create.

⚡️ Pussy Riot, Femen storm Russian pavilion at Venice Biennale. Police on the premises tackled members from the feminist protest groups who were able to make it inside the building, according to a joint press release. kyivindependent.com/pussy-riot-f...

Oh dear. Moira Donegan's background in literature & creative writing at the fore in this piece claiming: 'The Olympics’ trans policy polices womanhood'. No Moira. The IOC Policy reinstates dedicated female categories in sport. Remember female people?

Average UK fat cat pay surges to £5.9m, up 18%. Exec pay and perks rise 4.5 times faster than a typical UK worker pay Shareholders asked to approve new average 200% surge in CEO pay. Govts preach pay restraint to workers, do nothing to curb fat-cattery.

Big Oil companies, including shell and BP, making mega profits from Iran war but abusing tax system by using UK's network of secretive offshore tax havens. HMRC does special deals but does not disclose Staff from oil companies, tax dodge industry seconded to HMRC. Govts squeeze normal people.

Trump’s war is pushing up costs for millions - and Farage backed it from the start. Farage loved boasting about how close he was to Trump. Now the bills are rising, he’s gone quiet. So here’s a little reminder.

The village historical reenactment society met last night. We are currently recreating great moments from American history. This is us reproducing the moment when President Trump acted out the role of a doctor helping others. As you can see I proudly played the leading role.🎭

Our analysis of 22 countries reveals that tax-funded healthcare systems have lower admin costs compared to insurance-based healthcare systems. Administrative costs consume 2.2 per cent of health spending in tax-funded systems compared to 3.5 per cent in insurance systems.

Clarice Cliff, English ceramics designer, Blue Firs bowl, 1934, Art Deco range #WomensArt

Are you able to identify which bluebells are the native English variety and which are the more vigorous Spanish bluebell? This might help. Also, use your nose. The English bluebells have a sweet scent, whereas their Spanish cousins have little to no scent.

BREAKING: Massive Attack musician Robert Del Naja defies the unlawful ban on Palestine Action. He said “the actions of Palestine Action were highly patriotic, because they were pretty much protecting our country from getting involved in serious war crimes, and breaking international law."

In Turkey, an elderly man who earns his living by shining shoes is visited every morning at the same time by a cat that asks to have its fur brushed. The man never turns down this little friend.😍👍💙

You want athletes with male DSDs, XY not XX chromosomes, testes not ovaries, testosterone in the male not female range & androgen sensitivity to compete in female sport? Female athletes do not. They overwhelmingly support 2026 IOC Policy. Here's what happened previously: bsky.app/profile/wome...

Making Tax Digital is a big additional burden on small businesses Here are some better tax changes: Shut down the overseas territory tax havens Abolish secret trusts where the rich hide their wealth from tax HMRC should focus on the wealthy and those who use offshore not working people

Cherry blossoms in Japan.

A view I’ve long dreamed of. From Ryūganbuchi in Shizuoka Prefecture, gazing at Mount Fuji 🗻🌸 The cherry blossoms in full bloom and the majestic mountain together created a truly breathtaking scene. #桜 #Sakura

Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca) 13cm (5.1in). This spectacular Kingfisher is also known as the black-backed kingfisher or three-toed kingfisher & is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. Fantastic photo taken by Sanjeev Kapadia in India See more at: www.facebook.com/share/p/17Yv...

The spectacular film adaptation of my book Underland is in cinemas as of Friday. More details at: www.underlandfilm.com Working on more screenings in Scotland, Wales & NI.