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Raise Levels of Well-Being in the World by Addressing the Root Causes of Conflict Mastodon: @TheGlobalSpring@sfba.social BlueSky: TheGlobalSpring

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 5
#Burnham #AndyBurnham #NordicCouncil #EFA #EUCO #EFTA Cooperation in Netherlands, #Flanders, and North Rhine-Westphalia
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De havens in Nederland, Vlaanderen en Noordrijn-Westfalen zijn een motor van de Europese economie. Met miljarden omzet en honderdduizenden banen. Vandaag tijdens de haventop in Vlaanderen hebben we afgesproken de samenwerking te versterken. Bijvoorbeeld ten aanzien van uniforme en efficiëntere regelgeving voor het gebruik van drones en autonoom vervoer over weg en water. Zo benutten we nog beter de potentie van onze havens en de (chemische) industrie die ermee samenhangt. Tijdens de haventop sprak ik samen met @MinisterIenW Karremans, @stas_kgg De Bat met de Vlaamse minister-president Diependaele, minister Optendrenk van Noodrijn-Westfalen, en de betreffende vakministers, met CEO’s uit de havenindustrie. Een nog intensievere samenwerking geeft een boost aan de Europese concurrentiepositie, onze innovatiekracht, de duurzame energievoorziening, en vermindert daarmee onze strategische afhankelijkheidspositie.   Door onze krachten te bundelen, worden we niet alleen minder afhankelijk van partijen buiten Europa, maar kunnen we ook de focus leggen op wat nodig is voor de economie van de toekomst.
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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringSep 24
ft.com/content/0d8b3a97-e49d… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Healey #Labour #Lab26 Out of easy options? Compel high-net-worth people to lend to government at 1%, end the oligarchy
You want honesty, Andy? Britain is out of easy options

You want honesty, Andy? Britain is out of easy options

The prime minister must tell voters that Labour’s manifesto has been superseded by world events, both economic and military

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringSep 27
theguardian.com/business/202… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #LAB26 #Labour #Healey #AbolishTheMonarchy #EndLondonRule #FightOligarchy #NoKings It would be foolish to continue with the current socio-political-economic system
Burnham’s plan for a radical reset collides with economic reality | Heather Stewart

Burnham’s plan for a radical reset collides with economic reality | Heather Stewart

Surging energy bills, higher borrowing costs and rising inflation have left the PM and his chancellor in a fiscal bind

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringSep 27
socialistworker.co.uk/labour… #Healey #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Labour #LAB26 "Fear of upsetting the rich?"
Burnham’s Labour crashes against the limits of a system in deep crisis

Burnham’s Labour crashes against the limits of a system in deep crisis

The new government wants to promise reforms without confronting the rich. But economic crisis is leaving it less and less room to manoeuvre.

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringSep 29
the-independent.com/news/uk/… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Healey #Labour #Lab26 "Most revolutionary vision since Thatcher"
Burnham has just delivered the most revolutionary vision of any PM since Thatcher

Burnham has just delivered the most revolutionary vision of any PM since Thatcher

When Andy Burnham said he wanted to tear up the last 40 years of political consensus he meant it, says political editor David Maddox

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringSep 29
theguardian.com/politics/202… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Labour #LAB26 #Scotland #Ireland #Wales #Cornwall #England #Northumbria "#Burnham’s departure from conventional, cautious political orthodoxy"
Conference laps up Andy unplugged as he offers chance to take road less travelled | John Crace

Conference laps up Andy unplugged as he offers chance to take road less travelled | John Crace

Nothing was off the table and by the end no one could be in any doubt about what Burnham believed

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 2
ft.com/content/e7c1da68-aed3… #BOE #ECB #FED #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Macron #LeCornu #EELV #Healey #bonds #Faure "France meets fiscal reality A surge in borrowing costs leaves the country on the edge of a #debt spiral"
France meets fiscal reality with a crunch

France meets fiscal reality with a crunch

A surge in borrowing costs leaves the country on the edge of a debt spiral

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 2
apnews.com/article/france-ec… #BOE #ECB #FED #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Macron #LeCornu #EELV #Healey #bonds #Faure Le moment est venu - les personnes fortunées doivent être contraintes de prêter à l'État à un taux de 1 % Abolir l'oligarchie
France’s public debt hits records as economy takes center stage in French election

France’s public debt hits records as economy takes center stage in French election

France's public debt has reached record levels during Emmanuel Macron's presidency, causing concern ahead of next year's election.

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 5
bloomberg.com/news/features/… #Burnham #AndyBurnham The uber rich head for the exits
London Takes a Hit as Super Rich Worth $160 Billion Exit UK

London Takes a Hit as Super Rich Worth $160 Billion Exit UK

The Bloomberg Billionaires Index reveals how much money is at stake as the ultra-wealthy leave.

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 5
seekingalpha.com/news/465031… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #ECB #BOE #FED "Pulling in historic cash" Public money going to private benefit
Bond funds pull in historic cash as yields keep climbing | Seeking Alpha

Bond funds pull in historic cash as yields keep climbing | Seeking Alpha

Investors are directing capital into fixed-income funds at a pace that stands out even against recent history, even as Treasury yields continue to climb and keep the bond market in focus.

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 6
cnbc.com/2026/10/06/burnham-… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #BOE #ECB #FED #debt #Healey CNBC: The British government must do what the #markets tell it to do
Britain is on 'thin ice,' warns ex-Bank of England chief economist — and it must act to 'appease...

Britain is on 'thin ice,' warns ex-Bank of England chief economist — and it must act to 'appease...

Britain has the highest government borrowing costs in the G7.

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 6
wsj.com/world/uk/u-k-prime-m… #Burnham #AndyBurnham All public functions should be noncommercial, take "profit" out of the public sphere It's not socialism, it's basic human decency
U.K. Prime Minister Burnham Pitches an Unapologetically Socialist Makeover

U.K. Prime Minister Burnham Pitches an Unapologetically Socialist Makeover

The country’s new leader wants to break with recent British political history, but he must win an election first.

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 6
reuters.com/business/what-wi… #debt #bonds #investors #markets #WallStreet #Burnham #AndyBurnham #Healey Ignoring a massive problem
What will Washington do next if US bond yields keep rising?

What will Washington do next if US bond yields keep rising?

The US government is paying more to borrow, and it is running out of easy ways to rein in its borrowing costs.

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 12
telegraph.co.uk/money/invest… #Healey #Burnham #AndyBurnham #BOE #ECB #FED #WorldBank #IMF #Cymru #Scotland #Ireland #NortherIreland #England #Cornwall "Money to be made from sovereign #debt" Instead, compel high-net-worth people to lend to government at 1%
There is tax-efficient money to be made from the Government’s debt

There is tax-efficient money to be made from the Government’s debt

High yields await investors willing to look past the gilt gloom

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 14
thenation.com/article/world/… #Burnham #AndyBurnham Shift from a competitive to a cooperative social norm
Andy Burnham’s Speech to the Labour Party Conference Could Be the Start of a Positive Social-Demo...

Andy Burnham’s Speech to the Labour Party Conference Could Be the Start of a Positive Social-Demo...

But the autumn budget to be released at the end of October will offer needed details.

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 14
10tv.com/article/syndication… #NoKings #FightTheOligarchy #EndLondonRule #Burnham #AndyBurnham #democracymatters #FightOligarchy Young people across the world are ready for real #democracy
Clashes erupt in Albania as protesting students join anti-government movement

Clashes erupt in Albania as protesting students join anti-government movement

Police have clashed with student demonstrators for a second day in Albania’s capital Tirana, firing water cannons at protesters. They have joined a long-running...

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 15
wsws.org/en/articles/2026/10… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #BOE #ECB #FED #WorldBank #IMF #WorldBank "Systemically important economies of the world face the largest fiscal challenges and the #IMF won’t be able to rescue them"
IMF meets amid sovereign debt build-up

IMF meets amid sovereign debt build-up

No longer simply a problem of so-called “emerging markets,” the debt crisis is lodged within all the major economies.

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 20
nytimes.com/2026/10/20/opini… #FightOligarchy #NoKings #Burnham #AndyBurnham #EELV #Faure #Melenchon A new social contract #Democracy rather than #oligarchy
Opinion | France Comes Unglued, Again

Opinion | France Comes Unglued, Again

A model for progressive policies has become a model for their flaws.

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 20
cnn.com/2026/10/20/economy/f… #NoKings #FightOligarchy #G20 #G7 #Burnham #AndyBurnham #EndLondonrule #Brexit #RejoinEU A new egalitarian order to spread across the world?
France’s crisis sounds familiar. Is America next? | CNN Business

France’s crisis sounds familiar. Is America next? | CNN Business

France is on fire, and it faces a political and an economic reckoning that feels dangerously familiar to Americans.

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The Global Spring@TheGlobalSpringOct 20
luxtimes.lu/luxembourg/luxem… #Burnham #AndyBurnham #EUCO #Costa #Stubb #DeWever #Bontenbal #Jetten It's #Luxembourg's fault for providing shelter to tax dodgers
Luxembourg professor: France has tools to quell rioting

Luxembourg professor: France has tools to quell rioting

Political scientist Philippe Poirier says government ‘either underestimated the situation or failed to provide sufficient resources’

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