Petition: Transparency and Review of the free zones and ports impacts To ensure full transparency by releasing data on governance, funding, and operations of free zones. Plus a public review to assess impacts, such as job displacement and value for taxpayers money

Sign the petition if you want to continue living in a democracy without corporate free zones stealing your money, your land, your homes, and your human rights.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Tax the rich.

Back to basics.
For those who don’t know what Freeport’s or SEZs are👇🏻

Q - What is a Freeport?
A - A Freeport is privately owned
Q - What is a port?
A - A port is publicly owned

The Unhinged States of America.

This is awesome. I have discovered quite a lot of new music from this thread.
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The Funk Brothers With Joan Osborne : What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted YouTube video by Mr Kleeg

I could watch this on repeat.
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Agreed.

Towanda Barnes - You Don't Mean It YouTube video by Kieran Lockyear

Beats the Ohio Players original and I am a huge OP fan. This was huge on the Northern Soul scene in the UK.

youtu.be/oP8G1gDYm3o?...

Care home chain Care UK sold to US property investment company
Welltower deal comes as private providers lobby government for a greater role in NHS
The UK is being privatised.
Thread
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Labour and Blackrock colluding to turn Britain's green regions into 'natural assets' The new 'natural' infrastructure that is now being unlocked is about moving nature into a debt-riven corporate model or racket.

Labour and Blackrock colluding to turn Britain's green regions into 'natural assets'.
The new 'natural' infrastructure that is now being unlocked is about moving nature into a debt-riven corporate model or racket.
open.substack.com/pub/european...

Public economic support in the EU: State aid and special economic zones | Think Tank | European Parliament Public economic support in the EU: State aid and special economic zones

⚠️Reminder⚠️
Sunak and Starmer's 86 deregulated free zones contravene EU regulations and laws on the distribution of State aid.
Every pro-EU commentator needs to read this EU document on State aid and SEZs,
europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en...

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UK refuses to release details of Peter Thiel’s meeting with former minister Government argues disclosure could ‘prejudice diplomatic relations’

Peter Thiel represents a significant far-right neoliberal threat to US/UK relations, the future of the NHS, the future of the UK's public sector, and the future of Western democracy.
Palantir was awarded a £75mn contract with the Ministry of Defence in December 2022
Thread
www.ft.com/content/b7ed...

As England's councils collapse the poorest will pay more 25% more council tax Blackrock poised to make serious incursions into the UK's public sector after Starmer announces govt partnership

open.substack.com/pub/european...

How corporations can sue Governments. (ISDS and LCIA)

I recently went on a live chat with a UK Government representative as part of a FOI request, my question was do UK SEZs and Freeports licenses contain ISDS clauses within them? He couldn't answer my question.

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Another exhibit from the Unhinged States of America.

Infrastructure is the primary target of deregulated SEZs, this includes councils, their assets, and all public services therein.
Woking County Council in Surrey is bankrupt. Surrey was approved as an SEZ in 2017, right after Brexit.
Thread
mycouncil.surreycc.gov.uk/ieDecisionDe...

UK government demands access to Apple users' encrypted data The Home Office served the notice to the tech giant under the Investigatory Powers Act.

Apple has said, "previously said it would pull security services from the UK market rather than comply with any government demands to weaken them by creating so-called "back doors" to grant the authorities access to user data on demand. 1/2
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thatcher's legacy is alive and well, Sunak and Starmer have successfully resurrected her SEZs and Freeports, it took leaving the EU to do so.

jacobin.com/2014/10/the-...

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The UK is now running on a new set of corrupt rules part and parcel of Zone Fever Did you know businesses in the City of London can vote in elections?

My latest article is free to read on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/european...

Labour MPs Pile Pressure on Keir Starmer to Reform the UK's 'Unfair' Voting System Record low turnout and skewed results fuel calls for reform as polling suggests a collapse in support for the current system

Labour MPs were among those using a debate in the House of Commons on Thursday to pressure their own Government to reform Britain’s “flawed” and “undemocratic” voting system

My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/31/f...

The Government met today with 700 "business lobbyists."

Guess who was amongst them?

Freeports This page brings together information on Freeports operating within the UK.

The new UK Govt guide to freeports was updated December 2024.
Same old glossy brochure lying bullshit.
www.gov.uk/guidance/fre...

I tweeted this in 2023.
Charter cities shall have EXCLUSIVE jurisdiction to regulate matters, including labor law, tax law, environmental law, business registration, land registration, and dispute resolution, and the administrative authority necessary to exercise those powers'.

Right-wing think tanks are promoting charter cities, and they’re a nightmare YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

⚠️Warning⚠️
As I have been saying for the last few years, charter cities will devour the UK, abolish the welfare state, and destroy the environment by turning entire cities into competing feudal entities.
Absolute chaos and societal breakdown will ensue.
1/2
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHC2...

Tomorrow, myself @jimfunnell.bsky.social @plymouthgreenparty.bsky.social will discuss the UK's deregulated SEZs, Freeports, and the lack of transparency around Sunak and Starmer's free zones. We will explain why the public has not been sufficiently informed on the impacts of SEZs on communities. >

We need to reinstate our NHS Our NHS should be in public hands.

Recommending private sector use for the NHS crisis is like recommending more alcohol for a hangover.

Sure it offers a slight temporary reprieve - but you find yourself worse off tomorrow.

It's time to break the cycle and invest in our NHS.

weownit.org.uk/public-owner...

@we-own-it.bsky.social

On Wednesday, 29 January, 20:30 - 22:00 CET myself
@jimfunnell.bsky.social and @plymouthgreenparty.bsky.social will discuss and answer questions about the Plymouth and Dartmoor Special Economic Zone - Opportunity or Risk?
Is Dartmoor to become a lithium mine?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/plymouth-a...