Paul Knaggs

There's a Revolving door from Westminster to the Boardrooms of the Banks and Energy companies, that's why most politicians will always protect the oligarchy over the people. We will never get true representation with MPs working towards the common good while ever they have external influence that rewards them while in public office or when they leave. The term 'revolving...

Bernie Sanders joins striking British rail workers, calling out the "oligarchy and corporate greed" Veteran U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders joined striking British workers at a trade union rally in London on Wednesday, saying workers need to stand together to fight back at what he called "corporate greed" and billionaires amassing more wealth. Speaking at the Save London's Public Transport Rally, United...

Europe’s energy crisis escalated as Russian natural-gas giant Gazprom said it would halt supplies to French utility Engie because of a disagreement over payments.  France accused Moscow on Tuesday of using energy supplies as "a weapon of war" after Russia's Gazprom cut deliveries to a major French customer and said it would shut its main gas pipeline to Germany for three days this week. European governments...

Mikhail Gorbachev -- the last leader of the former Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 -- died at 91. Gorbachev died after a long illness, Russian state news agencies reported. "Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev died this evening after a severe and prolonged illness," the Central Clinical Hospital said, according to RIA Novosti Tuesday. The man credited with introducing key political and economic reforms to...

The chances of Starmer growing a spine are about the same as Keir Hardie raising from the grave to give him one. Labour needs to "get a spine" and stand up for working people, the general secretary of the Unite union has said. Sharon Graham told Keir Starmer he is more likely to win the next election if he did more...

UK energy bills will rise by 80% in October as the regulator announces hike. Households in Britain face a leap in energy bills from October after the regulator raised the energy price cap, taking the average gas and electricity bill to £3,549 a year. This extortionate jump in energy bills had been forecast for weeks, but the specific numbers released Friday...

The audacity of Newsnight Emily Maitlis talking about media accountability and propaganda goes beyond Orwellian... Maitlis is literally an agent of the Oligarchy. In her keynote lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival, ex-BBC journalist Emily Maitlis warns of the perils of fake news and the consequences when the agenda is highjacked by people in powerful positions. Hitting out at the BBC...

Watchdog orders Shell Energy to automatically refund thousands of customers after overcharging them. The retail arm of Shell PLC (LSE:SHEL, NYSE:SHEL) was fined more than £500,000 by Ofgem, the UK's energy regulator, for charging 11,275 customers more than the price cap. Shell Energy Retail, which supplies gas, electricity and broadband, was fined £536,970 after it overcharged prepayment customers for what it claimed to be "operational errors" these...

When Margaret Thatcher sold off the water industry in 1989, she gave away not only a natural resource but a natural monopoly. There is no competition, there is no 'invisible market hand' pushing prices down, this is monopoly capitalism at its worst. The privatisation of water hasn't only been a fountain of wealth for the Oligarchy. They have drunkenly supped...

The Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps has announced he will impose new contracts on railway workers, effectively ‘fire and re-hire’ on worse conditions, unless RMT calls off strike action. Grant Shapps has told union bosses to "get out of the way" and allow members to vote on newly proposed pay deals. It comes as fresh strikes take place on London...