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Essential Services Should Not Be Cash Cows
There is a difference between selling someone a luxury and selling someone something they need to survive. That difference should matter. A person can choose not to buy a designer…
Workers Should Share the Wealth They Create
A company should not be called successful if its workers are struggling. It should not be praised because its profits are up while its staff cannot afford rent. It should…
Nobody Needs a Billion Pounds
Nobody needs a billion pounds. That should not be a controversial sentence. It should be one of the easiest moral statements in politics. Nobody needs a billion pounds while hospitals…
Co-operative Capitalism: Keep the Market, Remove the Greed
Capitalism is not broken because people sell things. It is not broken because people start businesses, take risks, invent products, open shops, build companies, employ staff, or try to make…
Shareholders, Billionaires, and the Sickness of Endless More
There is a particular kind of greed that society has learned to admire. We do not call it hoarding.We call it success. We do not call it extraction.We call it…
Tax the Rich. Properly
We are told, constantly, that there is no money.No money for the NHS.No money for teachers.No money for social care.No money for councils.No money for decent public services.No money to…
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MPs Should Work for Us — Not Themselves
Politics should not be a side hustle. If you are elected to represent thousands of people, that should be the job. Not one income stream among many. Not a stepping…