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Exploring the narratives we’re told about climate change, economics, food and geopolitics - and the existing alternatives that challenge them. Visit: content.changingthenarrative.media
@changingthenarrative.mediaRadical books, tough maths. Pluto Press ( @plutopress.bsky.social ) MD Veruschka Selbach on the spreadsheets, hard bargaining and no's that keep a values-led publisher going.
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@changingthenarrative.mediaWho signs off the MD's business plan? At Pluto Press ( @plutopress.bsky.social ) in London, the staff do – they're shareholders.
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@changingthenarrative.mediaBook prices have barely moved in decades, says Veruschka Selbach. How does Pluto Press - @plutopress.bsky.social - in London, England, keep books viable?
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@positivemoneyuk.bsky.socialReposted by @changingthenarrative.media"It's tough to argue against it when we are all making so much money" 🙃
Even bankers are starting to accept our arguments to #TaxTheBanks in the pages of the @financialtimes.com!
Help us keep the pressure up, sign & share the petition now 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks 💰
@positivemoneyuk.bsky.socialReposted by @changingthenarrative.mediaAlongside cash & given how much we've digitised our economy, introducing a public digital £ could "cede a huge amount of power away from banks both in terms of finance & in terms of people's mindsets"
Find out more about our work on the future of money & payments 👉 positivemoney.org/uk/work/the-...
@positivemoneyuk.bsky.socialReposted by @changingthenarrative.media"in effect banks have all of us to thank for their huge profits because we're all in fact subsidising them" - our Head of Campaigns & Comms @hankd667.bsky.social on @changingthenarrative.media
@changingthenarrative.mediaCash is the only public money left. Everything digital runs through a private bank. @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social wants to see a digital pound created and held at the Bank of England, not the likes of HSBC.
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@hankd667.bsky.socialReposted by @changingthenarrative.mediaIf you're interested in #TaxTheBanks & learning more about @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social 's work you might like this new episode from @changingthenarrative.media !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jx2J...
@positivemoneyuk.bsky.socialReposted by @changingthenarrative.media"If you're the financial sector and you have the scale of the lobbying power that they do, those voices are going to come across as louder than ours" 📣
Head of Campaigns & Comms @hankd667.bsky.social reflects on the power of big finance in UK politics 💰
Our campaign to #TaxTheBanks is a perfect...
@changingthenarrative.media@positivemoneyuk.bsky.social 's finding: finance gets more Treasury meetings than any other sector. An MP has nineteen things on in a day, so it comes down to who briefed them last.
Full conversation here: content.changingthenarrative.media/taxing-the-b...
@positivemoneyuk.bsky.socialReposted by @changingthenarrative.mediaMeetings with banks & finance lobbyists more than doubled under Keir Starmer's government compared to Boris Johnson’s 🏦
Will Andy Burnham keep up Labour's cosy relationship with the City or break this trend?
One clear signal would be to #TaxTheBanks 👉 bit.ly/TaxTheBanks
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@changingthenarrative.mediaInterest rates go up and banks earn more without doing a thing. The Bank of England pays them interest on reserves, funded by the Treasury.
Latest podcast episode with Hannah Dewhirst, from @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social : content.changingthenarrative.media/taxing-the-b...
@changingthenarrative.mediaNo managers. A dozen nurses per team, running their own patch, admin taken off them by a back office. That's one Buurtzorg team – and there are around 900 in the Netherlands alone: content.changingthenarrative.media/neighbourhoo...
@changingthenarrative.mediaA nurse who got promoted into management, saw what it did to care, and walked away to build the opposite: Buurtzorg.
Jos de Blok on why he did what he did: content.changingthenarrative.media/neighbourhoo...
@georgemonbiot.bsky.socialReposted by @changingthenarrative.mediaIt is always the same betrayal: the public interest is sacrificed for the sake of immensely wealthy people. And Andy Burnham has already gone and done it.
My column on how Burnham needs to defy the ultra-rich if he's not to follow Starmer out of the door. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@positivemoneyuk.bsky.socialReposted by @changingthenarrative.media⏰ The countdown is on to #TaxTheBanks 💰
Two months out from Andy Burnham’s first Budget, banks "are now in the crosshairs of...Positive Money – who say a tax increase could help cover rising household bills as part of Burnham’s drive to tackle the cost of living...
@changingthenarrative.mediaDoing business somewhere that's acting as a tax haven isn't necessarily a problem, but being there artificially absolute is. Paul Monaghan and Jaime Boswell of the Fair Tax Foundation on planning vs avoidance.
@carolinelucas.bsky.socialReposted by @changingthenarrative.mediaThis would be a disaster in terms of driving yet more planet-heating carbon emissions - and the fact they’re being fast-tracked to avoid greater public scrutiny suggests a total disregard for public opinion
@changingthenarrative.mediaThere are circumstances where a company can make a profit, pay no tax, and be legitimate. Paul Monaghan and Jaime Boswell of the @fairtaxfoundation.bsky.social on why that's not a scoop.
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@georgemonbiot.bsky.socialReposted by @changingthenarrative.mediaSo the ultra-rich will continue to own our politics, and our country. Disappointing to say the least.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
