Teacher, but don't expect much education content. Socialist, activist, doing whatever I can to make this country work for working people. Expect more of that.
@sodapopgirll @epicChungusMeme I like following the wheel of the year and it's 8 festivals because it helps me connect to nature and observe the changes through the seasons. It's also one of the few times we can get out of this weird way of living we've got trapped in. Maybe you'd enjoy following it too.
@ThomasBHall@RichardBurgon This is not meant to be a challenge, but an enquiry: what is tax if not economic rent? Can you please explain what you mean by that term?
@UnbiasedCrime@maddenifico Supporting people does not make them dependent, it gives them the basics so that they can focus on becoming independent in the future. Give them no support and they'll be dependent forever.
@mattthechef19@BladeoftheS@boulton1977_rob Numerically wages don't go down, but inflation increases and wages either don't match inflation or are frozen, so spending power goes down.
@streethawk0@BladeoftheS You don't need to attract people to pay tax in the UK. I don't get a choice whether I pay tax. Do you? The rich fiddle the system to make different rules for them, and the Daily Mail owner is one of them. Taxes are what fund the running of our country, he profits without paying
@marcuschown One of our marches for teacher's pay and conditions started OUTSIDE THE BBC. 40,000 people outside their building. They only had to point a camera out of an office window. Do you think the reported on it?
@GreenJennyJones At the very, very least, could we have a participatory democracy? A citizen's assembly? Continuing to elect representatives that demonstrably don't represent and having no way to redress them until their term is over is complete madness.
@jamie_newton1@DanielKebedeNEU So there's this guy who called himself Tommy Robinson because his real name doesn't sound British working class enough. He incited violent riots then ran away to Ibiza. Those riots caused violence and destruction including people setting fire to buildings that had people in them