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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Security in Europe will mean sacrifices for citizens <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-sacrifices-citizens-ukraine-far-right-russia-populist/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-sacrifices-citizens-ukraine-far-right-russia-populist/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/transatlanticrelations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transatlanticrelations</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/electionsineurope" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElectionsinEurope</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/europeandefense" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EuropeanDefense</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/defensebudgets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Defensebudgets</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/donaldtrump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/populism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Populism</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Security</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/services" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Services</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/defense" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Defense</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/weapons" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Weapons</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/welfare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Welfare</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/opinion" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Opinion</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.espeweb.net/tag/nato" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NATO</a>

Police State UK"It’s worth noting that, while governments have an obsession with efficiency, it’s still limited solely to cost-cutting. There seems to be little interest in, for instance, making access to <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#welfare</a> payments more efficient, or <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a>, or <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/childcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#childcare</a>, as any parent who has battled on their laptop deep into the night trying to conquer the tax-free childcare scheme knows. No, efficiency is only important when attempting to immediately maximise profit."<a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neoliberalism</a>

Police State UK"In the UK, <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labour</a> is battling inefficiency, through a series of cuts to <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#welfare</a> that are the biggest since George Osborne was chancellor."<a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPol</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/30/striving-for-efficiency-is-all-very-well-but-it-leaves-no-time-to-live" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/30/striving-for-efficiency-is-all-very-well-but-it-leaves-no-time-to-live</a>

US news | The GuardianKeir Starmer urged to get tough with Trump as US tariff threat looms <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/keir-starmer-urged-to-get-tough-with-trump-as-us-tariff-threat-looms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/29/keir-starmer-urged-to-get-tough-with-trump-as-us-tariff-threat-looms</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/OfficeforBudgetResponsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OfficeforBudgetResponsibility</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Springstatement2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Springstatement2025</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Automotiveindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Automotiveindustry</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/LiberalDemocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LiberalDemocrats</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Taxandspending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taxandspending</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Steelindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Steelindustry</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EuropeanUnion</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Trumptariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trumptariffs</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RachelReeves</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KeirStarmer</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Tradepolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tradepolicy</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/MarkCarney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarkCarney</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Benefits</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Welfare</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a>

WenThere are plenty of ways to get people into work but this unimaginative plan will make an unfair benefit system worse I never thought I would see this in The Times and from this writer<a href="http://archive.today/2025.03.28-194652/https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/labours-welfare-reforms-are-all-pain-and-no-gain-t0d89j90z" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://archive.today/2025.03.28-194652/https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/labours-welfare-reforms-are-all-pain-and-no-gain-t0d89j90z</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Welfare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Work</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CarrotNotStick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarrotNotStick</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poverty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labour</a>

Rupert BrackenburyI keep thinking about how the average <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/beneficiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beneficiary</a> spends 50% of their income on <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/accommodation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accommodation</a>, which means the demographic costing our <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#welfare</a> system the most is, in fact, private <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/landlords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landlords</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NZPol</a>

Police State UK"We estimate there will be an additional 250,000 people (including 50,000 children) in relative poverty after housing costs in 2029/30 as a result of modelled changes to social security."<a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Benefits</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Welfare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poverty</a> <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-benefits-cuts-dwp-spring-statement-b2722212.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rachel-reeves-benefits-cuts-dwp-spring-statement-b2722212.html</a>

Police State UK"Impact assessments of the <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#welfare</a> reforms ... showed an additional 250,000 people being pushed into relative poverty as a result of the cuts to the personal independence payment and incapacity benefit."<a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/PIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PIP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disability</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/Benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Benefits</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/26/reeves-accused--balancing-books-back-of-uk-poorest-spring-statement" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/26/reeves-accused--balancing-books-back-of-uk-poorest-spring-statement</a>

Andii אַנדִֽי<a href="https://mas.to/@therightarticle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@therightarticle</a> ''The two measures will raise about £500 million by 2030. " No they won't. That's money that simply won't ever become part of the economy. It won't be spent into local economies. It won't help pay wages or increase trade locally. It won't be taxed because it won't have ever existed. It will not be raised. 'Savings' simply means, here, money never created. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MMT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MMT</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#welfare</a> <a href="https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/03/25/dwp-cuts-latest/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025/03/25/dwp-cuts-latest/</a>

screwlisp<a href="https://archives.anonradio.net/202503260000_screwtape.mp3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://archives.anonradio.net/202503260000_screwtape.mp3</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LispyGopherClimate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LispyGopherClimate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/weekly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weekly</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcast</a> - <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/climateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climateCrisis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#haiku</a> by <a href="https://climatejustice.social/@kentpitman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kentpitman</a> - Kent vs billionaires' <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#welfare</a> payments <a href="https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/</a> - "Shark restaurant" a simple, original sanity test of 32B high performance <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://codeberg.org/tfw/shark-restaurant-ai-sanity-test/src/branch/master/sanity-test.lisp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://codeberg.org/tfw/shark-restaurant-ai-sanity-test/src/branch/master/sanity-test.lisp</a> - My own <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/commonLisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commonLisp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gamedev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#programming</a> trajectory, upsides and downsides. - More short live-action <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/McCLIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#McCLIM</a> video requests noted. <a href="https://toobnix.org/w/qAnmJAKv1mhuwem7jJ1cJz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://toobnix.org/w/qAnmJAKv1mhuwem7jJ1cJz</a> - More lisp history from <a href="https://mastodon.social/@symbolics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@symbolics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rzeta0" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rzeta0</a>

Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/1940838/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/1940838/</a> UK chancellor will double down despite growing opposition – POLITICO <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BritishPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishPolitics</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Budget</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#debt</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomicGovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicGovernance</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomicPerformance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicPerformance</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FiscalMeasures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FiscalMeasures</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#germany</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreatBritain</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#growth</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inflation</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InterestRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InterestRates</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KeirStarmer</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RachelReeves</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/stability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stability</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tax</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UkBudget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UkBudget</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#welfare</a>

Bytes EuropeUK chancellor will double down despite growing opposition – POLITICO <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/860793/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/860793/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BritishPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishPolitics</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Budget</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Debt</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomicGovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicGovernance</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EconomicPerformance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EconomicPerformance</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FiscalMeasures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FiscalMeasures</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Germany</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreatBritain</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Growth</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inflation</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InterestRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InterestRates</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KeirStarmer</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RachelReeves</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Stability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Stability</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tax</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UKBudget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKBudget</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#welfare</a>

Estelle PlatiniRearmament is an opportunity for capital to obtain reductions in welfare and public services, at the cost of lower profitability.Chatham House: “Politicians will have to brace themselves to reclaim money through cuts to sickness benefits, pensions and healthcare.”Britain’s finance minister Rachel Reeves, who has been steadily cutting spending on child credits, winter payments for the aged and disability benefits, announced that the remit of the Labour government’s new National Wealth Fund would be changed to let it invest in defence.More military spending spurs growth but can damage the ‘health’ of the capitalist accumulation process: <a href="https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2025/03/22/from-welfare-to-warfare-military-keynesianism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2025/03/22/from-welfare-to-warfare-military-keynesianism/</a><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#growth</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policy</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/greyTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greyTransition</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RearmEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RearmEurope</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RearmEuropePlan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RearmEuropePlan</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rearmament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rearmament</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#debt</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener 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href="https://techhub.social/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#defense</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#defence</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/deficit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deficit</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/stateViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stateViolence</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Britain</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starmer</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/welfare" class="mention 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Nathaniel GregoryWhat's striking about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalist</a> civilization is that it has no real direction. There's no vision for social <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#progress</a>, no commitment to improving <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#human</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#welfare</a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a>. All we get is the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chaos</a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#profit</a>-oriented <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/production" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#production</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accumulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accumulation</a> as the world burns around us.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liberals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conservatives</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vote</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Election</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocraticParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DNC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicanParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RNC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JDVance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JoeBiden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KamalaHarris</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TimWalz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a>

Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/1938728/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/1938728/</a> ‘Nothing is off the table’ in Trump trade talks, UK tech chief says – POLITICO <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CliveLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CliveLewis</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Companies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Companies</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Digital</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Dumping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dumping</a>/Duties <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreatBritain</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#industry</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LauraKuenssberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LauraKuenssberg</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/negotiations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#negotiations</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PeterKyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeterKyle</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RachaelMaskell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RachaelMaskell</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RachelReeves</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rights</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Services</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tax</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trade</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#welfare</a>

Science | The GuardianTen lockdown lessons to learn for next time <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/23/ten-lockdown-lessons-to-learn-for-next-time" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/23/ten-lockdown-lessons-to-learn-for-next-time</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Infectiousdiseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Infectiousdiseases</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Medicalresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicalresearch</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Coronavirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coronavirus</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Benefits</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Welfare</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NHS</a>

Science | The Guardian‘Key lessons of Covid are being forgotten,’ UK scientists warn <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/23/key-lessons-of-covid-are-being-forgotten-uk-scientists-warn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/23/key-lessons-of-covid-are-being-forgotten-uk-scientists-warn</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Infectiousdiseases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Infectiousdiseases</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Medicalresearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicalresearch</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/BorisJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BorisJohnson</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RachelReeves</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Coronavirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coronavirus</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disability</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Benefits</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Welfare</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/UKnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKnews</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NHS</a>

Patrick Sudlow'The Labour MPs raking it in as they slash benefits Labour MPs are planning to slash the welfare budget—while admitting that they couldn't live on benefits' <a href="https://socialistworker.co.uk/labour/the-labour-mps-raking-it-in-as-they-slash-welfare/?mc_cid=6ae79d0a62" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://socialistworker.co.uk/labour/the-labour-mps-raking-it-in-as-they-slash-welfare/?mc_cid=6ae79d0a62</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@UKLabour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#austerity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#welfare</a>

Katy ElphinstoneBeing on social benefits...... in the UK has some interesting disadvantages 🤨 👇 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Welfare</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SocialBenefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialBenefits</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SingleParent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SingleParent</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disability</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poverty</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PovertyTrap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PovertyTrap</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SocialMobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMobility</a>

KB“Labour’s Grasp of Economics”, and in particular Rachel “I am an economist” Reeves’s, has struck me as distinctly tenuous given the policies she espoused in the election campaign and the non-growth budget that came after from a Chancellor who talks endlessly about “growth” but whose fiscal rules seem set against it. And none of this is going to help.<a href="https://novaramedia.com/2025/03/20/what-disability-benefit-cuts-reveal-about-labours-grasp-of-economics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://novaramedia.com/2025/03/20/what-disability-benefit-cuts-reveal-about-labours-grasp-of-economics/</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RachelReeves</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starmer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Welfare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Cuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cuts</a>

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