'Philosophers have interpreted the world in various ways/The point is to change it'. To do so, we must understand and change ourselves. @howarthm.bsky.social

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In response to comments. I believe that those of us who have been financially successful, through a (varying) mix of effort and chance owe a lot to the society in which they have grown and lived. (A view I share, with all due respect, with Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and their Giving Pledge initiative; they are not known to be extreme leftists) For the most part, the French tax system is very progressive, and the rich pay high taxes. But I believe that this is not the case today for many of the very rich. I believe that this is wrong, and politically explosive, especially so in an environment in which the state must reduce its spending. I have examined various options to achieve that goal. I have concluded that, although far from perfect, a Zucman-like tax seems like the least bad way to do so (although, as I have discussed with Gabriel Zucman and stated elsewhere, I believe 1% is more realistic than 2%). This is why I have endorsed it.
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Last week I testified at the Gaza Tribunal about how Israeli soldiers have been training in Britain throughout the genocide. The Telegraph now reports that Israelis have been barred from training in the UK. Declassified is having serious impact. Join us: secure.declassifieduk.org/pa…
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Finally. But it’s plain wrong that the FCDO and MOD have been hosting any IDF officers on UK military courses since arrest warrants were issued by the ICC for Netanyahu & Gallant for war crimes. Thank you @declassifiedUK for exposing this.
🚨BREAKING -- Israelis have been barred from the prestigious Royal College of Defence Studies in London. This comes after Declassified revealed IDF soldiers had been training in Britain throughout the Gaza genocide. 👉declassifieduk.org/revealed-…
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Well done @jmcevoy_2 His dogged journalism did this Imagine how quick things would change if the mainstream media did their job
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incredible ... " just kill them" - on network tv
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade suggested getting rid of mentally ill homeless people: “involuntary lethal injection…Or something. Just kill them.” WTF is wrong with these people?
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The Russians started the war
Trump on President Zelensky: “He's always looking to purchase missiles. Listen, when you start a war, you gotta know you can win a war. You don't start a war against somebody that's 20 times your size and then hope that people give you some missiles."
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Musk knows nothing about the UK. We certainly have things to correct here but arrogance and ignorance are not the tools for the job. File this latest nonsense along with the chainshaw, the star jumps and the "dark gothic MAGA".
Elon Musk, "There's got to be a change of government in Britain" "We don't have another four years or whenever your next election is, it's too long, something has got to be done" "There has got to be a dissolution of parliament and a new vote held" "You got to appeal to the average, the normal people that just want to go about their business, that are in a village" "You've got to point out to them if they don't take action, other people are just going to come a maraud them" "There's genuine risk of rape and murder and the destruction of the country. And dissolution of the entire way of life" "If you weren't under massive attack then people should go about their business" "But unfortunately, if the fight comes to you, you don't have a choice, you have to fight, you have to rally all of the people to fight for the future" "If this doesn't happen there won't be a future" "You know what I mean" "If you know what's going to happen to your town and village just visit London and you'll see that it's filled with crime, doesn't feel like Britain at all" "It's only a matter of time till that happens to towns and villages. It will spread. And no one will have any peace"
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This was at the Proms 2 nights ago - conductor Ilan Volkov
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Tommy Robinson is a violent racist with a long history of actual violence. As are a lot of his followers. It would be helpful if people stopped talking about ‚concerned‘ citizens here.
BREAKING: far right thugs attack anti-fascists in Whitehall. Are these the “concerned ordinary people” we’ve heard so much about? Or are they far right thugs. #StandUptoRacism
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#Syria's President al-Sharaa revealed fascinating details in an interview w. @AlekhbariahSY: - When #Aleppo fell, he opened comms with #Russia; when he reached #Hama, talks began & when they got to #Homs, a deal was made with #Russia for its total withdrawal [& #Assad's fall].
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Which means Israel currently holds 4,500 Palestinian hostages "Israeli military database indicates only a quarter of Gaza detainees are fighters. Elderly woman with Alzheimer’s, medical workers and children among 6,000 Palestinians held" theguardian.com/world/2025/s…
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🚨🚨 Bravo @bronwenmaddox @ChathamHouse 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Quite the introduction of Isaac Herzog by Chatham House chief executive @bronwenmaddox 👇xitter.cf/hippyygoat/status/1966… Which shows the extent to which Israel, despite some tactical victories, is in fact suffering a larger strategic defeat: they're seen as a pariah state even within the heart of their Western allies' establishment (which Chatham House very much is). "Big deal", you'll say, but it actually matters and Israel knows it: why do you think the country's president submit himself to such an uncomfortable exercise if he thought it didn't? At the end of the day we're a species driven by narratives - perception is reality - and there are plenty of historical examples (South Africa, Rhodesia, Serbia, etc.) where reputational collapse preceded, and drove, actual collapse. The distance from "pariah state" to "former state" is shorter than most realize, and even if Israel avoids that fate, pariah status is deeply corrosive from within - you end up "winning" yourself into a kind of toxic prison.
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🚨BREAKING: Campaign Against Arms Trade (@CAATuk) has issued a criminal complaint to the Met's War Crimes Unit over DSEI in London exhibiting weapons used in Gaza. A spokesperson said: "These are the companies facilitating and profiting from Israel bombing hospitals".
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They even hit the zoo. The stories of the civilians who chose to stay in one of #Ukraine 's most bombed cities - and try to lead a normal life - in Albina Kovalyova @agent_Alka 's moving film youtube.com/watch?v=AlrrWx3h…
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🚨🚨🚨🚨 This is a photo from a few minutes ago in Tulkarem in the West Bank. Today, Israel abducted over 1,500 Palestinians in the West Bank, the largest number since 2001.
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Day 706 of Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza.
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no mention of Melissa Hortman and her husband or Paul Pelosi of course
Good morning and Happy Thursday to everyone who agrees that this is the worst, most unhelpful and divisive post-shooting speech ever given by a President, now targeting Democrats for retribution. Republicans, denounce this or own the fallout.
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💥Wait till the Israeli politicos and pundits who never before heard of Charlie Kirk, and stumbled over his name– Creek? Kerrik?– in the effusive eulogies they posted at Netanyahu's urging, find out how Kirk's followers feel about Israel.
💥Watch @Greta ask Netanyahu, with caveats, if Israel killed Charlie Kirk. Netanyahu put all his eggs in the ultra-far-right basket, even embracing the neo-Nazis. Now its coming back to bite him in the @NEWSMAX.
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Meg Howarth @howarthm.bsky.social 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 retweeted
FBI boss Kash Patel refuses to answer questions from @jamesmatthewsky about why he posted on social media that the killer was in custody, only to update that he had been released. Latest Charlie Kirk news: trib.al/KbI07Pp
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