Martin O'Neill
Dad of four; London-Irish turned northerner; Arsenal fan; professor of political philosophy at the University of York; trustee at the Democracy Collaborative. Writing about the theory and practice of social and economic justice.
- Hard to see how Josh Simons could possibly remain as an MP after this revelation. An absolute disgrace. A police investigation is urgently needed. Simons has brought the Labour Party into even further disrepute. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
- None of this means anything unless Peter Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor stand trial for their respective crimes and, if found guilty, end up in prison.
- Reposted by Martin O'NeillMcSweeney surely finished. Starmer’s fate, now in serious doubt, now essentially in the hands of the ISC and what is in those documents.
- The riverside path in York yesterday morning, submerged by the swollen River Ouse.
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- Any MP who was laughing about prisoners who are on hunger strike should use the Christmas break to consider whether this is who they want to be and how they want to spend their time on the Earth.
- A hard copy of the Polish edition of The Case for Community Wealth Building, spotted in the wild! Dobrobyt Społeczności by @joecguinan.bsky.social and @martinoneill.bsky.social @communitywealth.bsky.social
- Reposted by Martin O'NeillWelcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
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- The American Philosophical Association @apaphilosophy.bsky.social blog asked Jan Kandiyali @jkandiyali.bsky.social & me to write a short piece that connects with our recent article on the relationship between liberalism & socialism. [1/3] Here's that short essay: blog.apaonline.org/2025/12/02/l...
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- Ahead of the Budget, good to see this briefing from @acadsocsciences.bsky.social & @fairness.bsky.social, looking at how high levels of inequality hold back the UK economy. The briefing draws on the report on wealth taxes that Howard Reed and I published last month. 1/2👇 acss.org.uk/publications...
- A welcome & wise intervention from Julian Richer, making the simple & important point: success in life is often down to sheer good fortune. Those who have found success in their own lives should acknowledge this, and what follows from it. @fairness.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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- Reposted by Martin O'NeillThe Labour Government reeling off the same far-right talking points on immigration. And look who is celebrating. The far-right. There is a political alternative that won’t ever scapegoat those fleeing war, persecution and torture join.greenparty.org.uk
- This is just a Michael D. Higgins appreciation post. A truly wonderful President of Ireland, and a man with great taste in books. Wishing him all health and happiness (and time to read) in his retirement! @communitywealth.bsky.social
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- Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech is a truly great political speech. Socialist commitments front and centre (inc. a shoutout to Eugene Debs!) — he’s secure in his political tradition and his values, and is pushing them forward into the future with confidence and optimism. ✊👍😊 youtu.be/R6ocK3AZ24U?...
- Reposted by Martin O'Neill😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
- Good political news is a very rare and precious commodity at the moment. The way ahead won’t be easy, but for now it’s wonderful to be able to celebrate @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s win in New York City — a big victory for a practical but principled socialist politics.
- My son Joe has come up with what would be a brilliant pub quiz question: What do the following people have in common: Henry Kissinger, Bob Hope, Whoopi Goldberg, Nelson Mandela, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Pope John Paul II, Jesse Jackson, and Pope Francis?
- Fingers crossed that today we’ll see a socialist elected as Mayor of New York City. Zohran Mamdani’s campaign shows there’s a huge appetite for practical socialist policies, building public infrastructure and addressing the cost of living. There’s political hope for the future! #VoteZohran #Mamdani
- Very glad to be part of this volume on public philosophy — “The Point is to Change It”: Essays on Philosophy in Public Life — edited by David Archard and Matt Davies for the @nuffieldfoundation.org, and with a great cast of contributors. Available here: www.nuffieldfoundation.org/research/our...
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- Reposted by Martin O'NeillHuge thank you to our contributors, including: 🔹 @tariqmodood.bsky.social 🔹 @martinoneill.bsky.social 🔹 @jowolff.bsky.social 🔹 @elkeschwarz.bsky.social And to @halcyene.bsky.social and Professor David Archard for editing the collection.
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- Very good interview by Oliver Eagleton with Peter Oborne, discussing Oborne’s new book on the complicity of the British state — and of the current British political class — in Israel’s genocidal crimes in Gaza. @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/10/uk-s...
- Reposted by Martin O'Neill🚨 Today, Common Wealth launches the Green Planning Commission. A major new initiative to tackle the twin crises of our era: climate breakdown & the affordability crisis. To meet these challenges, we need a new era of democratic planning. 🧵 common-wealth.org/green-planning-comm…
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- Reposted by Martin O'NeillEven the Healy Rae machine (they canvassed for Humphreys) is vulnerable to left unity. Final tally in Kerry has Catherine Connolly on 62% #aras25 #speirgorm #ConnollywillbePresident
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- Rather a lovely sunset here at the University of York @york.ac.uk, to mark the end of a busy teaching week, and the start of the welcome break of our “Consolidation Week”. @uoylibrary.bsky.social www.york.ac.uk/students/new...
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- Obviously I don’t actually have a vote in the Irish Presidential election today, but if I did have a vote, I’d be voting for Catherine Connolly!
- Reposted by Martin O'NeillAfter submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results: - AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2% - ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1% - ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
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- My word but the BBC used to make some really good programmes. Here on the BBC iPlayer you can get Bryan Magee's 1987 'The Great Philosophers' series, where you can (as I currently am doing) watch Sydney Morgenbesser talking about Peirce, James and Dewey. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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- Given the awful state of university finances in the UK, it’s a terrible own goal from @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to impose a levy on the fees of international students. International students fees’ cross-subsidise the costs of teaching home students. This levy will do significant damage.
- Some weekend reading for anyone curious about the case for wealth taxes, and other policies to reduce wealth inequality. From Howard Reed and me for the @fairness.bsky.social: "Win-Win-Win: Taxing Wealth for Fairness, Revenue and Growth" fairnessfoundation.com/win-win-win
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- Today the Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social has published this report by Howard Reed and me. In it we make the case for reforming the UK’s approach to taxing wealth: shifting *away* from taxing income from work, and towards wealth taxes. fairnessfoundation.com/win-win-win
- Martin Keown: “If that was a game of chess, then it’s game, set and match to Arsenal.”
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- Reposted by Martin O'NeillIs there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?
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- I’m sorry to learn that Jonathan Lear has died. His book Radical Hope is one of the deepest and wisest books I’ve read this decade. If you’ve not read it, I’d recommend it. It’s a book for the dark times we’re in.
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