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Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2163711/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2163711/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> China’s new trade offer exploits Washington’s tariffs on African economies | Article <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/%C3%81frica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>África</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>’sNewTradeOfferExploitsWashington’sTariffsOnAfricanEconomies <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispatches</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/eswatini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eswatini</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2061890/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2061890/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> The Anti-Fascist War – Progressive.org <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conflicts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispatches</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NeoNazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeoNazis</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NykiDuda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NykiDuda</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWO4OBIinhs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=oWO4OBIinh</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a> </p><p>CAUTION: Some viewers may find several scenes upsetting. Please take care. ☮️ </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Channel4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Channel4</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>documentary</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispatches</span></a> (7 months ago) </p><p>Undercover A &amp; E: <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NHSinCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHSinCrisis</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a></p>
Shouty person<p>I got the official rejection of my petition tonight because there’s multiple submissions on the same topic and they can only accept one. </p><p>Honestly, I’m a bit annoyed that they chose one that doesn’t have a clear objective. My ask was straightforward: tax them or cap the rents they can charge. The one that’s live says ‘review the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall’. I mean, yes. Do that … but with a view to what?</p><p>Anyways, please sign.</p><p><a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700719" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petition.parliament.uk/petitio</span><span class="invisible">ns/700719</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/c4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c4</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispatches</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/NotMyKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotMyKing</span></a></p>
Shouty person<p>Thank you to all those of you who supported this petition. Hopefully, this version will be approved and we can actually get it moving.</p><p> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/c4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c4</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispatches</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/NotMyKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotMyKing</span></a></p>
Shouty person<p>I made a petition calling on the Duchies of Lancister and Cornwall (i.e. Charles and William) to stop charging so much rent to public services and non-profits. But the petition has stalled, presumably because Parliament can't tell them how much rent to charge. </p><p>So now I've made a new petition: Charge tax on rental income earned by the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall</p><p>It needs 5 sponsors to sign it before it goes live. Will you sign?</p><p><a href="https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702423/sponsors/new?token=DPysPxEt7TgQpwcL5WpA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petition.parliament.uk/petitio</span><span class="invisible">ns/702423/sponsors/new?token=DPysPxEt7TgQpwcL5WpA</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/c4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c4</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispatches</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/NotMyKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotMyKing</span></a></p>
Shouty person<p>I’ve made a petition. But it needs 5 signatures before it goes live. Will you sign it? </p><p>My petition:<br>Rent cap on properties owned by the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall</p><p>Removing the link for now as it’s had its five supporters and it’s gone into review phase. Once it’s live, I’ll reshare. </p><p> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/c4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c4</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispatches</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/NotMyKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotMyKing</span></a></p>
Shouty person<p>I’m putting together a petition. They don’t usually achieve much. But I feel like I have to do something. </p><p> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/c4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c4</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispatches</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/NotMyKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotMyKing</span></a></p>
Shouty person<p>The UK government is cracking down on private rental homes that don’t comply with minimum standards. </p><p>You’re not going to believe this, but the royals are some of the worst offenders. </p><p>Shocking.</p><p>They’re literally slumlords!</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/c4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c4</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispatches</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/NotMyKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotMyKing</span></a></p>
Shouty person<p>While the royals bang on about the environment, they’re:<br>A. Charging rents to wind farms;<br>B. Causing environmental damage for the sale of a few quid; and<br>C. Profiting of the mining industry.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/c4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c4</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispatches</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/NotMyKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NotMyKing</span></a></p>
Shouty person<p>Now, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://xtaldave.net/@xtaldave" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>xtaldave</span></a></span> has just said that when the royals say they ‘support’ these charities, they likely don’t mean financial support. They give their time in encouraging other people to give money to charity … which the royals then claim back in rent. </p><p>Is that better or worse than money laundering? I’m not sure. </p><p> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/C4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C4</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispatches</span></a></p>
Shouty person<p>‘Oh, but the royals support charities.’</p><p>Guess what. The very same charities the royals support … ARE PAYING THE ROYALS MILLIONS OF POUNDS IN RENT. </p><p>That’s basically the definition of money laundering. </p><p> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/C4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C4</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispatches</span></a></p>
Shouty person<p>Schools, NHS, fire brigades … all sorts of organisations are paying thousands and even millions of pounds a year in rent. And the Duchy of Lancaster is exempt from tax. </p><p>An author, whose name I missed, suggested that the royals wouldn’t even need to sell those lands. They could just charge a peppercorn rent. </p><p> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/C4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C4</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispatches</span></a></p>
Shouty person<p>I was a royalist a few years ago. That began to change when Liz paid off Andrew’s settlement. When Chuck didn’t pay for his own coronation during a cost of crisis, I was over it. </p><p> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/C4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C4</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispatches</span></a></p>
Shouty person<p>All right. We’re watching the <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/C4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C4</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispatches</span></a> on The King, The Prince, and Their Secret Millions. </p><p>Honestly, screw those guys.</p>
Queer Lit Cats<p>Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Russell Brand Allegations Spark U.K. Investigation Into 'a Number' of Newly Reported Sexual Offenses <a href="https://jezebel.com/russell-brand-allegations-spark-u-k-investigation-into-1850870893" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jezebel.com/russell-brand-alle</span><span class="invisible">gations-spark-u-k-investigation-into-1850870893</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/Jezebel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jezebel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/internationalresponsetothemetoomovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internationalresponsetothemetoomovement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/russellbrandallegationssparkuk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russellbrandallegationssparkuk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/metoomovementinindia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metoomovementinindia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/sexualassault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexualassault</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/russellbrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russellbrand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/sexualabuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexualabuse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dispatches</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/sexcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexcrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/jezebel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jezebel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/alice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.roitsystems.ca/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rape</span></a></p>
Freedom Press<p>The grifterverse and Russell Brand<br>Why did so many hard-right celebs rush to support a supposedly left-leaning conspiracy-monger while the left itself has not?<br><a href="https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/09/19/the-grifterverse-and-russell-brand/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">freedomnews.org.uk/2023/09/19/</span><span class="invisible">the-grifterverse-and-russell-brand/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispatches</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RussellBrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussellBrand</span></a></p>
SomersetWhovian 🇺🇦💙<p>Amidst all the comment and furore over the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Dispatches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dispatches</span></a> investigation into <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RussellBrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussellBrand</span></a>, this is one of the best articles I've read. The closing paragraph in particular is spot-on:</p><p>"An establishment out to bring him down? Now there’s a joke. Save your righteous anger, if you have it, for the establishments both old and new, that for so long raised him up."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/18/russell-brand-comedian-mainstream-populist-right?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2023/sep/18/russell-brand-comedian-mainstream-populist-right?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p>
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