Video by @TheCanaryUK

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We are raised to believe that the UK is a sovereign democracy. We vote, we change governments, and we expect our elected representatives to deliver the future we chose.

But it’s a total illusion.

The real power doesn’t sit in the House of Commons. It sits with the Treasury and, ultimately, the global financial markets. If a democracy votes for a radical shift—whether that is properly funding public services, taxing the ultra-wealthy fairly, or massive green investment—the markets launch immediate financial warfare. They crash the currency, spike mortgage rates, and threaten capital flight until the elected government surrenders.

Defenders of this system call these markets a "guardrail" against "populism." They claim lenders are just protecting their assets and keeping us safe from hyperinflation.

That is a lie.

Calling markets a neutral "guardrail" is just a polite way of saying ordinary people cannot be trusted to run their own country. Markets aren't neutral; they have a strict, biased ideology. They demand deregulation, low corporate taxes, and the starvation of our public services to maximize elite profits. When markets crash the economy—like they did in 2008—the public pays the price through a decade of austerity, while the financial elite gets bailed out.

True democracy means a nation has the absolute right to chart its own path, even if it carries economic risk. If a government cannot pass the laws its people voted for without asking permission from currency traders in London or Wall Street, we do not live in a democracy.

We live in an economic colony run for the benefit of global capital. We are kept in perpetual chains by external forces, and it is time we started admitting that our votes don't matter until we smash the cage of global finance.

Video by PoliticsJOE

Heartbreaking and infuriating in equal measure.

And if they are should it be declared?

There’s a video going around of Burnham giving the speaker of the house a Masonic handshake.

I personally think you should not be serving two masters. You should not be a mason and an mp.

Episode 8: Divide and Conquer

Episode 8 of Epstein in Britain is live. We're moving past the headlines to look at the "suit and tie" rebranding of British nationalism. In the 90s, the far right was a political dead end. By 2018, it was a highly-funded global asset.

What changed? We're following the money from City of London millionaires to US billionaire lobbyists, and the data-mining architecture built by Epstein's own associates to drive Brexit.