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Wallis

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Queer, ecological, armchair anarchist. Feline fine with my ferals.

  1. Robert Jenrick, the Tory Shadow Justice Secretary and former Home Office Minister, joining protesters outside an asylum hotel is one of the most disgusting acts by a frontline British politician in living memory.

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  2. "More than 1/2 of the world’s land has moved beyond “functional biosphere integrity” -– the ability of plants to keep the planet’s life-support systems running -- that could make it harder for nature to keep supporting human life." 🌍 www.stockholmresilience.org/research/res...

    More than half of the world’s land is under environmental strain that could make it harder for nature to keep supporting human life, according to a major new study.

    60 percent of the world’s land area is in a precarious state

    More than half of the world’s land is under environmental strain that could make it harder for nature to keep supporting human life, according to a major new study.

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  3. US govt to levy tax on money immigrants send home to support families.

    Irregular money transfers will flourish.

    Lack of foreign currency will reduce the ability of nations to buy US goods/services.

    Trump isn't levying financial transactions tax on the rich.

    Trump’s 1% remittance tax risks hurting migrant families, reducing economic growth, and disrupting vital funds sent home. Learn why this policy can fail.

    Why taxing remittances will harm migrants and the US economy: Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill’ Act

    Trump’s 1% remittance tax risks hurting migrant families, reducing economic growth, and disrupting vital funds sent home. Learn why this policy can fail.

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  4. Successive UK govts have expected the City of London to revive the economy. This faith is misplaced.

    In 2024, £25.3bn new shares issued on the London Stock Exchange £92.1bn paid in dividends £57.1bn paid in share buybacks.

    Companies sweat assets, leads to low productivity.

    Yet no govt reforms.

    Equitable distribution of income and wealth would go a long way towards stimulating domestic demand and investment...

    Our state has become a guarantor of corporate profits

    Equitable distribution of income and wealth would go a long way towards stimulating domestic demand and investment...

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  5. Yes I think the live element is the problem- I watched a few minutes of BBC coverage and "royal baby" sums it up.

    Found myself frantically googling Crimea strategic importance" realising I knew fuck all history beyond Florence Nightingale v Mary Seacole🤦‍♀️

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