Kevin Farnsworth

@Dr_K_Farnsworth

An academic working at the University of York. My research focuses on: corporate welfare; corporate power; economic crisis; welfare states

United Kingdom
corporate-welfare-watch.org.uk
Joined March 2013
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    Jan 13

    Today, when pressed on whether his government will extend the £20 uplift to , said he thinks work is a better way of helping people than welfare. Can someone let him know that in Oct 2020, 38% of those on were in work

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    Jan 13

    “I was at a hospital the other night where I think there were a few coronavirus patients and I shook hands with everybody... People can make up their own minds but … our judgment is that washing your hands is the crucial thing.” Boris Johnson 3.3.2020

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  3. Jan 13

    It turns out that the new international mainstream is pretty-much identical to the old. Spend to benefit the economy; ignore welfare and wellbeing. Perhaps Labour should try to change the narrative rather than repeat the mistakes of 2008.

    ⁦Fascinating speech and interview by Anneliesa Dodds, shadow chancellor, positioning Labour close to the (new) international mainstream on fiscal and monetary policy. Also noticeable absence of its 2019 election programme of spend and tax
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    13 May 2020

    This superb video has now clocked past 3 million views. It’s a brutal 3-minute summary of New Zealand’s success vs the UK’s failure. Keep sharing it.

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  5. Jan 9

    is one of the best things on Twitter.

    Happy 10th birthday to !
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    Jan 7

    📢We're thrilled to welcome two new fantastic Trustees to our Board: Professor Claire Alexander and 📢 Super excited to have the wealth of their experience, expertise and ideas at Esmée 🎉🎉

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  7. Jan 7

    Thanks for sharing Tom.

    In context of yet more reports of increasing executive executive pay, this is a really interesting (old) article from & on the Chairmen’s Club.
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    Jan 7

    It would take 212 years for a worker on minimum wage in the UK to earn what the average CEO makes in one year.

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    Jan 6

    Absolutely excellent thread by that really highlights why we are where we are and how poorly served we are by mainstream media 🙄🤦🏾‍♀️

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    Jan 5

    Essay question: “Acc to , by close today, 6 Jan., FTSE100 CEOs will have made more than the average worker will pick up across the whole of 2021. Justify”.

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    Jan 5

    International Health Service is a timely short film- a thank you to the incredible NHS staff that hail from across the world and deserve our appreciation. Please watch and share:

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    Jan 3

    The issue is transmission, Kirstie. Children transmit to their teachers & each other at school, & from there into their homes. Parents, siblings & grandparents are then affected. The NHS is overwhelmed. This is much worse than April. Keeping schools open will cost untold lives.

    Covid is a horrible disease but it is very, very, very rare for it to impact children. They are still at far more danger from journeys in cars, or swimming, or trampolining than Covid. Please do not let anyone persuade you otherwise.
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    30 Dec 2020

    Juan Laborda The Economic Experiments: No More Champagne

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    27 Dec 2020

    This reminds me of 's observation that Brexit isn't just about capital vs labour, but also capital vs capital.

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    22 Dec 2020

    Devastated to learn that Professor Sir John Hills FBA has died. He was so important to social policy analysis - especially housing, taxation, inequality, poverty and fuel. Too young and too valuable. Final straw.

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  16. 22 Dec 2020

    I’m old enough to remember when the Tories were slightly less of a disaster-shit-show and the Labour centrists said opinion poll results like this were all Corbyn’s fault.

    Westminster Voting Intention: CON: 39% (+2) LAB: 37% (=) LDM: 6% (-2) GRN: 6% (=) SNP: 5% (=) BXP: 4% (-1) Via , 15-16 Dec* Changes w/ 8-9 Dec. *Fieldwork before new tier system etc.
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  17. 22 Dec 2020

    Sums up class educational privilege beautifully. The ones peddling are the working classes initially performing well before the middle classes cruise on by. The elite schooled are the ones on the motorbikes, biding their time to accelerate past everyone when they want.

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    Imagine working your ass off to get to the front of the pack and this cunt glides past you
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    18 Dec 2020

    Plus, a special themed section on a 'Hostile Decade for Social Policy: Economic Crisis, Political Crisis and Austerity 2010-2020', edited by and Zoë Irving.

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    16 Dec 2020

    Hard copies of this book, edited by and yours truly, arrived today! Get a copy for yourself and your family/friends too VERY AFFORDABLY via :

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    16 Dec 2020

    Boris Johnson is about to agree a deal which will see tariffs put on UK goods when we diverge from EU standards. This footage, from the referendum campaign in 2016, shows he misled Britain. (Location: Dover ferry terminal)

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