RE: https://wandering.shop/@cstross/117568836613098014

Wow! Liz Truss's book is so bad even the Torygraph trashed it.

😂😂😂

Wow! One of the #EpsteinClass 's favorite comedian guilty of rape. Watch how quickly Trump and Musk distance themselves from someone they defended. 😂

Russell Brand Is Found Guilty of Rape and Sexual Assault https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/arts/russell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-trial-verdict.html

#ClimateChange has killed Rice Krispies as we knew them. Really

Snap and crackle but no pop: Rice Krispies reformulated due to lack of rice
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/nov/03/kelloggs-rice-krispies-coco-pops-reformulated-rice-shortage

It's funny how some undocumented immigrants, who slip into the country "the wrong way", are welcomed by Trump's xenophobic government.
#ThisIsAmericaNow

BBC News - Defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro arrives in US after Brazil cancels his passports, sources say
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckly0xpxp243o

Alternate headline:
"Chancellor vows to continue lower tax rate for the wealthy than for workers."

So, the UK will continue to charge lower CGT rates because we can't possibly ask the wealthy to pay the same rate as workers.

And that's just gains. It doesn't touch the piles of hidden wealth. SMH
#TaxTheRich

Chancellor rejects calls to raise Capital Gains Tax in Budget - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c50me4w4x1vyo

Got a hand it to the #Tories , they are consistent in appeasing their base -- those so wealthy they can leave a house *and* £1 million behind when they die.

The rest of us, get more austerity.

#NeverTrustATory

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/oct/07/kemi-badenoch-inheritance-tax-conservatives-tory-conference-labour-green-party-reform-latest-news-updates

🔥🔥 MUST READ 🔥🔥

Seven brave women come forward to unmask rightwing agitators as having a common background - domestic abusers.

These people are not protectors, they are legitimising their abusive behaviour and thirst for power over others.
👇

‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrols
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/06/uk-domestic-abuse-survivors-ex-partners-behind-far-right-street-patrols

If the "best thing we can offer young people is a job", why are so many governments chasing an #AI bubble that is particularly effective at destroying entry level jobs?

Asking for every young person unable to find a job.

Best thing we can offer young people is a job, not benefits, says chancellor - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3x2zw18ge59o

Interesting read about the layers of legal and norm violations needed to fulfill Trump's claims about "taking Venezuelan oil"
#ThisIsAmericaNow

The truth behind Donald Trump’s ‘biggest oil deal in world history’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/26/donald-trump-oil-deal-with-venezuela

#Netanyahu deploys the classic schoolyard rhetorical defense of "Am Not"

Netanyahu calls Israel’s war in Gaza ‘opposite of genocide’ in UN speech
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/24/netanyahu-un-speech-mahmoud-abbas

In today's #NotSanewashedNews

This! 👇

This is what every story on #AI and rge rise of the rightwing should be including.

https://theemancipator.org/2026/09/21/ideas/black-and-brown-people-are-not-coming-to-replace-you-unregulated-ai-is/

The first step to action is to admit the issue.

Well done to #Milliband and #Burnham

#EnergyIndependenceIsGreen to which I now add #NationalSecurityIsGreen

UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/23/uk-climate-crisis-national-security-report-suppressed-starmer-ed-miliband

😂😂😂😂

Yeah, sure he will. I'm sure any payback will come straight from Junior's pocket. Just like I'm sure there was never an exchange of favours with their "dear friend Umar" (a quote from the new Mrs Jr)
/s
#AlwaysAGriftWithTrump

Trump Says His Son Will Pay Back Russian Businessman for Wedding Party https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-wedding-russia-umar-kremlev.html

Whatever this "deal" is with Trump over #Greenland , it will come apart eventually.

History is full of examples of Trump's "deals" that are not fair, nor does he keep to them.

He follows mob boss logic and this is a #TrumpShakedown . And when a legit business pays the mob boss, they only go away for a little while. But they always come back for more.
#ThisisAmericaNow

‘Nervous and Skeptical,’ Greenlanders Question the New Deal With Trump https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/world/europe/greenland-trump-deal.html

Con't

- and with the brassiest neck, #JimRatcliffe complains about the UK's high taxes while...checks notes...standing in higher tax Denmark where his new project has received a generous corporate subsidy.

These are all good reasons we should do the opposite of whatever his advice is.

So, why is #BBCNew boosting his oligarchic rant?

One more justification to #TaxTheRich
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#BBCNews missed out on one critical piece of information in this story - why anyone should care what this tax-dodging 73-year-old billionaire thinks about the UK. #JimRatcliffe

Not only does this "patriot" live in Monaco (left in the Tory era), but:
- this man who made billions in #FossilFuel wants to drill more
- he moans about the loss of UK's "great empire", oblivious to the exploitation

1/2

Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm0463619r1no

Another obvious need

Private jets are pure luxury, except in the rarest of security situations. As such, they should carry very heavy luxury taxes - on purchase and on operation.

In zero instances should they be a tax-avoiding business expense.
#TaxTheRich

Private jets pollute up to 14 times as much as commercial planes and are undertaxed in US, report says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/private-jets-pollution-undertaxed

FFS, what does #Burnham need to cap political donations - from anyone?

BBC News - Reform receives record £36m donation from crypto billionaire
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3v4zvyde15o

Even more dodgy ties and dirty money at #ReformUK

All it takes is to stop looking away.
#ReformCorruptionParty
#VoteReformGetATrump

Reform UK Donations Overwhelmingly Have Overseas or Tax-Haven Ties – Byline Times
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/09/10/reform-uk-donations-overwhelmingly-have-overseas-or-tax-haven-ties/

We could address climate change, if we wanted to.

“For every £1 invested in protecting nature, you’ve got £30 spent trying to degrade it,” Smith said. “So that’s a political choice and it’s not a lack of finance. It’s where it’s used.”

Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/10/climate-crisis-tipping-points-energy-environment-report