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offsite link Alternative Copy of thesaker.is site is available Thu May 25, 2023 14:38 | Ice-Saker-V6bKu3nz
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offsite link The Saker blog is now frozen Tue Feb 28, 2023 23:55 | The Saker
Dear friends As I have previously announced, we are now “freezing” the blog.  We are also making archives of the blog available for free download in various formats (see below). 

offsite link What do you make of the Russia and China Partnership? Tue Feb 28, 2023 16:26 | The Saker
by Mr. Allen for the Saker blog Over the last few years, we hear leaders from both Russia and China pronouncing that they have formed a relationship where there are

offsite link Moveable Feast Cafe 2023/02/27 ? Open Thread Mon Feb 27, 2023 19:00 | cafe-uploader
2023/02/27 19:00:02Welcome to the ‘Moveable Feast Cafe’. The ‘Moveable Feast’ is an open thread where readers can post wide ranging observations, articles, rants, off topic and have animate discussions of

offsite link The stage is set for Hybrid World War III Mon Feb 27, 2023 15:50 | The Saker
Pepe Escobar for the Saker blog A powerful feeling rhythms your skin and drums up your soul as you?re immersed in a long walk under persistent snow flurries, pinpointed by

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Public Inquiry
Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005

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The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Government Hands Foreign Farmers £500m ? the Same Amount the Inheritance Tax Raid is Projected to Ra... Fri Nov 22, 2024 15:14 | Will Jones
Labour is continuing to hand out more than £500 million to foreign farmers ? about the same amount projected to be raised by its inheritance tax raid on British farms that threatens to "destroy" them.
The post Government Hands Foreign Farmers £500m ? the Same Amount the Inheritance Tax Raid is Projected to Raise appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link UN Shock: Risks of Trans ?Women? in Female Sport Highlighted in New Report Fri Nov 22, 2024 13:00 | Ramesh Thakur
In a wholly unexpected but welcome development, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls has released a report highlighting the risks to women of trans 'women' in female sport, says Ramesh Thakur.
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offsite link The Emperor?s New Ad Fri Nov 22, 2024 11:16 | Laura Dodsworth
Once upon a time, two crafty Brand Managers approached the Jaguar board claiming they could create an ad so daring only the most discerning would understand its brilliance. Laura Dodsworth with a modern day morality tale.
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offsite link If Labour Really Wanted to Ensure People Can Afford to Heat Their Homes it Would Ramp Up the Gas Fri Nov 22, 2024 09:00 | Ben Pile
According to Labour, "all families deserve the security of a home they can afford to heat". If the party really believed that, says Ben Pile, it would drop its commitment to over-priced green energy and ramp up the gas.
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offsite link In Episode 20 of the Sceptic: Matt Ridley on the Farmers? Revolt, James McSweeney on Britain?s Polit... Fri Nov 22, 2024 07:00 | Richard Eldred
In Episode 20 of the Sceptic: Matt Ridley on the Farmers? Revolt, James McSweeney on what?s wrong with Britain?s political class and Connie Shaw on the trans madness at Leeds University.
The post In Episode 20 of the Sceptic: Matt Ridley on the Farmers? Revolt, James McSweeney on Britain?s Political Class and Connie Shaw on Trans Madness at Leeds University appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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People Before Profit Alliance

category national | bin tax / household tax / water tax | opinion/analysis author Friday March 04, 2016 13:37author by Paddy Hackett Report this post to the editors

Total abolition of water charges...



The People Before Profit Alliance seeks the total abolition of water charges. To fund the provision of clean and safe water it supports the cost of this service being imposed on the capitalist class and sections of the middle class. The logic behind the position means that the total cost of all state spending should be, largely speaking, imposed on the capitalist class and sections of the middle class too.

Under these conditions the capitalist class would be left with no alternative but to withdraw its assets from the Irish economy. This would lead to the effective disappearance of the Irish economy. Consequently the income of the working class would collapse while unemployment would become widespread. Apocalyptic conditions would prevail.

Neither can the leadership of the right2water campaign support any abolition of water charges made by a future capitalist government. This is because it's abolition will result in the charge being largely imposed in a veiled form on the working and lower middle class (under general taxation or whatever). Should such support be forthcoming from the right2water leadership it will clearly expose its reactionary character. The abolition, suspension or modification of the water charges by a bourgeois government cannot be justifiably claimed to be a victory for the leadership of the Right2Water campaign.

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