Tapity Beaks @TapityB

Neoliberalism, trickle down economics, the Chicago school of economics call it what you will, it is no longer the high alter of intellectual thinking, it has been exposed as a fraud, possibly the greatest fraud ever perpetrated on the British people. As my friend Stewart rather brilliantly explains. 👇👇👇Those about to rewrite monetary policy in this country would serve themselves well to study it carefully.

Stewart Wood @StewartWood

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15 years ago I wrote "The God That Failed" for @NewStatesman, on the logic of neoliberalism, how it was behind many of the challenges Britain then faced after the 2008 Crash, & giving some pointers on how Labour should respond. I thought now would be a decent time to dig it out.

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In 2021 we pushed Andy Burnham to reform buses in Greater Manchester. But public control is not enough. Now we need Andy Burnham to be bolder and commit to public ownership, starting with Thames Water. Sign the petition asking Andy Burnham to take back Thames Water vist.ly/58uye

🇵🇸🇮🇱 Nine minutes of testimonies from both Israeli soldiers and civilians explaining how the IDF killed their own people on October 7.

Leaked emails reveal British intel instigated riots in occupied Ireland with twisted ploys In private diatribes, vets of occupied Ireland who later became MI6 officers still obsess over “keeping Northern Ireland British” and mock the death of Bobby Sands thegrayzone.com/2026/06/24/bri…

No COBRA Meeting For Muslims • When a Sikh lady got raped in Warsaw, the perpetrator repeatedly called her an effing Muslim b*tch. • When we had the Unite the Kingdom march, calling openly for the expulsion of Muslims • When this weekend we had five members of the Muslim community stabbed on the streets of Edinburgh. There has been no COBRA meeting and no solidarity. Here’s Shockat Adam in PMQs earlier today…

“There is no longer a society. What exists is a transnational security elite busy dividing the world among themselves (and their ilk) using your tax dollars. The warmongers in this country and others have formed x.com/MartinSonnebor… an alliance to siphon money out of the US, the EU, and every NATO member state and back to their own (financial) elites by laundering it in the blood of the people shed in the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, and Pakistan.” Younger people might be shocked, and perhaps also some of the older generation who are forgetful, because the statements Julian Assange made at the anti-war demonstration in London in 2011 are statements he could have made yesterday. They describe a pattern: the pattern of Western value wars and their three recurring characteristics: The values ​​used to legitimize them simply don't exist—at least not for those who claim to uphold them at gunpoint. And: These wars—without exception, wars of aggression and profit—are "anticipated," orchestrated, and executed by NATO, which markets itself as a "defense alliance," and result in the further concentration of wealth in the hands of a few, thus serving—without exception, but not exclusively—the profit maximization of professional war profiteers. Always the same thing—in temporal loops, auratic waves, historical episodes. The same pattern, again and again: the same creaking argumentative schemes and narrative absolutism. The same assertions, distortions of facts, and self-affirmations. Added to this is the same ongoing plunder of society and the people who sustain it. The same social impoverishment, the same intellectual emptiness, and the same ethical decay. And always the same pattern of elite enrichment, "security," "enemy" and killing. Again and again and again. We, who are old enough to remember (along with Assange) the last wave of Western value wars, can only say one thing to the younger generation, who have no memory of it: that they will remember someday. When, after the next wave of Western value wars has broken out (in 15 years), they themselves encounter young people who have no memory. Assange was right then, and he is right now. We must forge our own networks and alliances to defend our values ​​against the self-serving cynicism of the warmongers. In this country and elsewhere. Two years ago today, Julian Assange was finally free after 14 years of political persecution and imprisonment.

Two years ago today, Julian Assange walked free. 14 years of pursuit. Courts on three continents. Imprisonment, isolation, and a prosecution that threatened press freedom everywhere. He came home. The work that brought him home continues.

"Reform Could Do It Worse? Labour Is Already Doing It!" @HudaAmmori Watch the Full Interview Now: youtu.be/yiZ40eVTlD8

"We were occupied in Norway.. & those resistance fighters in Norway are our heroes, & the German occupiers called them terrorists.. Palestine is defending itself. Israel is attacking" @DrMadsGilbert talking to @MyriamFrancoisC Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=tOkGmQ…

Andy Burnham went on a trip to Israel in January 2004, paid for by Labour Friends of Israel (LFI) and Israeli Foreign Ministry The chair of LFI at time was James Purnell, who has just been appointed Burnham's chief of staff The lobby has the whole political system sewn up

Time to end the contract with Palantir “From my investigations, it looks like the UK sovereign solution [using their own data systems] in places like Greater Manchester are producing better results with faster systems and happier medics” @MartinWrigley ft.com/content/9348bc…

We need to talk about Josh Simons...

Many won't remember or know that Andy Burnham was the Labour Secretary of State for Health under Gordon Brown in 2009/10. Less will know that he presided over GIGANTIC failures in his job, perhaps because they’ve all been brushed under the carpet?! 🤔 Tune in 8pm TONIGHT for what promises to be an explosive Zoom, where renowned Palestinian activist @doctor_rahmeh will be dissecting Burnham's many NHS failures! 🔗Zoom link in Video QR & Chat!

Private equity controls UK dentistry. Initial consultation fee up by 23%, tooth extraction up by 32%. Gross profit at private equity controlled companies rose by 20% year-on-year. Profit margins of 20%-30%. Too many can't afford dental care. leftfootforward.org/2026/06/the-fi…

It is in no small part due to Palestine that Keir Starmer is no longer Prime Minister. PSC Deputy Director @PeterLeary at the Anti War conference.

"The hardest decision we had to make in completing this report was.. not to name the Palestinian children, whose deaths, injuries & suffering we describe.. we didn't name them because we feared the consequences for their families" He means Israel would go after them too.

Starmer can lie to himself about his ‘values’ but he’s fooling no one | @gill_joe | MEE Opinion

Andy Burnham must take back Thames Water: weownit.org.uk/burnham-thames…

"Burnham’s allies point to Thames Water, grappling with a near £20 billion in debt, as a potential Railtrack moment for the sector." YES. Railtrack was brought into public ownership through special administration. Shareholders were paid just £500m for the entire UK railway network. Public ownership of Thames Water must be a core policy under Burnham's leadership. Sign the petition to make it happen 👇 vist.ly/593pu