So now we've established that Mandelson is a corrupting force that sullies everything and everyone in his sphere of influence, what are we going to do about the fact he hand-picked the entirety of Labour's 2024 intake of new MPs?
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All good, except point 1.
More people are being moved into the group with no requirement to look for work, which isn't counted in the figures for unemployment.
That group has been greatly increasing since Covid started.
The Evening Standard employed 364 journalists and staff when Lebedev bought it for £1 in 2009.
It now has 16
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Criminal syndicates
England's water companies have 1,200+ criminal convictions.
Execs rewarded for dumping sewage.
Occasionally fines on companies are announced but then waived or deferred.
No corporate licence to operate revoked.
No exec fined/prosecuted.
One law for us, another for them
Did you read the article?
I'd already read this headline elsewhere, then did a bit of checking, only to see my concerns laid out in your post.
It's not a rise in employment, it's a movement of people from one UC group to another 1 which isn't counted in unemployment figures.
Palantir’s “ethos is entirely unsuited to working on UK government projects involving citizens’ most sensitive private data.”
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Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege.
What is it doing in the UK? Will any regulator even investigate?
Exec pay linked to profits. Every incentive to rig the market, fleece customers.
The global system has failed. What do we need to do next? youtu.be/Qy2LhaJoJ6s?...
The right to protest is being curbed over here in Britain too. Yet we the people are information on how we live in the “free” world. Whilst governments contract companies to build surveillance states and citizens are forced to accept the conditions because of imaginary foreign bogeymen
I went and watched the segment on iPlayer. This is absolutely wild. It’s basically doing a free micro political broadcast for Reform during BBC Breakfast.
This is exactly what always happens when the UK tries to do things on the cheap. We have seen it time and time again on a much bigger scale: the NHS, state schools, new universities, police, military, family and criminal justice systems, legal aid, trading standards... I could go on.
Tony Blair’s influence has been continuing to shape government thinking, from enthusiasm for so-called artificial intelligence to key appointments.
The government must be transparent about who is shaping decisions and whose interests are being served.
#Transparency #Politics
Corporate capture of the state.
The Post Office with help from Fujitsu, accountants, lawyers illegally convicted postmasters for fraud.
£1.5bn+ compensation paid from public purse. Perpetrators paid ZERO.
No one charged/prosecuted for lying in courts. Fujitsu gets govt contracts.
Who governs?
Is Making Tax Digital going to destroy the UK tax system? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/04... An inept tax system could create a massive tax backlash
UK Chancellor to bank CEOs to discuss how to limit the economic impact of the Iran war.
Why bank bosses only? Shows where power is
Would they urge
Lower profit margins at banks
Tax on windfall profits
No mortgage default repossessions
No subsidies for banks
Regulation of shadow banks
Thought not.
I disagree...the US hates him, too.
Exactly.
A decisive step for Europe’s digital future. The European Commission has awarded a €180 million, 6-year contract to European cloud providers, strengthening our capacity to manage sensitive data under EU rules. 1/2
Photo shows a heap of older style phones with the text “Planned obsolescence is now outlawed in France. It is a crime to intentionally reduce the lifespan of a product to force customers to replace it.”
Love France 🇫🇷 They understand the importance of the battery life of a Nokia 3310
CNN’s Harry Enten: “It is a blowout in the net popularity ratings. It’s not even close. It’s a nearly 50 point blowout amongst the American public at large. Pope Leo XIV absolutely crushing Trump when it comes to how popular they are.”
We threw a big party for my grandma's 100th.
She mentioned the next day it was the 1st one she'd ever had.
I agree regarding phone communication, but only due to mobile phones, without that I'm sure we'd be paying for all the infrastructure whilst the private sector got the profits.
She did.
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Have I been wrong on the economy the whole time?
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