Journalist ex-@guardian, film maker @theoilmachine, author of “Crude Britannia”, “Polar Opposites” & “Bored Stiff - the punk'zine that refused to die"
Cambridge, England
Joined November 2009
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Terry Macalister retweeted
56 individuals in the UK have as much wealth as the poorest 27 million (Oxfam)
Yet this man is advocating cutting benefits to fund work support for young people
Utterly monstrous
theguardian.com/society/2026…
Terry Macalister retweeted
Most people roughly around 40 or younger have seen living standards get worse for their entire adult lives. Now the ruling class that inflicted that on them is badgering them to take part in World War III and wondering why there's no enthusiasm xitter.cf/SkyNews/status/2110640…
Half of adults would not go to war for the UK, poll suggests trib.al/kukUYPh
Maybe shouldn’t of paid out all those dividends earlier. These private water companies are a joke. theguardian.com/business/202…
Terry Macalister retweeted
Looks like selling Royal Mail to a Czech billionaire worked out every bit as well as selling our water system to an Australian investment bank and our steel industry to an Indian multinational
Terry Macalister retweeted
Publicly owned Royal Mail delivered letters six days a week. After privatisation, bosses tripled their salaries and cut that to three days a week. Yes, it's our old friend 'the superior efficiency of the private sector'.
Terry Macalister retweeted
Where and How Will We Get Our Water? Pressing issue for water-short Cambridge. Cameron Adams, @cam_friends ex Env Agency, gives us an insight into the real issues @markrwilliamson @gillplimmer1 @TerryMac999 @CommonsEFRA @CommonsEAC youtu.be/F-6E5Bgkxcs?si=OIQW… via @YouTube
Whatever this is, it is not objective journalism @GdnPolitics theguardian.com/politics/202…
Anyone want to understand the multiple dangers around data centres read @_KarenHao ‘s terrific and frightening Empire of AI book
Terry Macalister retweeted
The UK is not a country that has borrowed and spent too freely. Had the UK invested at OECD-average levels and G7-average levels over the past three decades, an additional £500 billion of public money and £350 billion of private money would have flowed into the economy, respectively. It is a country that has underinvested for a generation, and is now paying for it through exactly the weak productivity that makes gilt investors nervous in the first place.
New Mission Economics piece linked in replies.
Terry Macalister retweeted
This chart published by the Economics Laboratory, shows that the UK social spending is 23% of GDP, covers NHS, social security and support services.
It is a useful rebutal to neoliberals calling for cuts to the NHS, state pension and other benefits.
linkedin.com/posts/chartofth…
Jim Ratcliffe’s Man U “on the slide”…to use his own phrase.. theguardian.com/football/202…
So all that “sliding” Britain stuff was just to act as a shield because he planned to shut plants because he can’t squeeze enough cash out of them theguardian.com/business/202…
Bought this terrific new book by @ewangibbs “An Injury To All” about the unmaking of the British working class @ARBRadBookfair It’s going to become a classic text I’m convinced.
What an inspirational speaker and writer this guy is! Articulate, insightful and to the point. Among the messages tonight: “Don’t wait for government, community leaders or others to save you from resurgent racism: organise from the ground up in your neighbourhoods.”
