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.
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?
Thames Water infrastructure average age is 79 yrs. 40% of assets are 100+ yrs old.
Water industry average is 56 years.
At current rate, it will take 700+ yrs to renew assets.
Since 1989 industry neglected investment, £88bn+ dividends paid, customers fleeced.
Privatisation isn't the answer.
Reform's Tory defectors set to lose their seats to actual Tories
They defected to Reform when it looked like the grass was greener; now that grass is dried out and at risk of catching fire
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Whilst Captain Frog-Mouth #Farage froths at the mouth about the PM's #Mandelson maelstrom, he might wish to recall that he was aware of Nathan Gill's activities.
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The Genocide in Gaza should have been where the world drew the line.
The War Criminals from the USA and Israel and their assistants in the Media should have all been put on trial.
Then things would never have gotten to this.
Ownership of UK quoted shares.
Foreign owned, 58.8%
UK individuals, 11.6%
Unit trusts, 8.2%
Banks, 3.6%
Pension funds, 1.6%
Insurance companies, 1.2%
Other financial institutions, 12.4%
Despite privatization giveaways Britons not keen on share ownership.
Can't afford to speculate and take risks
youtube.com/watch?v=zNzR...
Now investigate Farage & Reform for wasting police time.
Nigel Farage can just fuck off
We the majority of the British people who understand the concept of democracy do NOT ACCEPT crypto nobheads buying our politics
youtube.com/watch?v=TfV4...
What's going on with the tech companies? I haven't heard a thing but I get the impression that Anthropic is short of cash. Does anyone know why?
#AI #Anthropic
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This is Britain.
25.3m Britons live below Minimum Income Standard.
3m malnourished or at risk of malnutrition.
Higher rate of infant mortality compared with peer countries.
Average real wage unchanged since 2008.
Govts enslaved by the super-rich.
NEW: Will Google's AI hype man kill the BBC?
I've written about Matt Brittin because the coverage of his time at Google is shockingly naive.
The BBC's next DG is a corporate yes man at a rapacious AI monopoly that preys on journalism in order to destroy it.
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www.thenerve.news/p/matt-britt...
This is really bloody odd I thought Ridge was better than this
youtube.com/watch?v=TfV4...
FFS!!! When are they going to take these things into public ownership! This is just insane.
Just the sort of democracy for sale that reform supporters crave I'm sure
Looks like the radical left is dam serious! 🦫
A glimpse of UK democracy
The Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 empowers the state to 24/7 snoop on bank accounts of benefit recipients.
The poor, old, sick have no financial privacy.
The same does not apply to enablers of tax abuse schemes.
We are all equal, aren't we?
Yes, well he’s lips were moving weren’t they
“Never once did Reform promise to cut council tax” insists an angry Nigel Farage to Sky News.
Here's some of the leaflets Reform have been putting out ahead of the local elections
Well if anyone else is like me and moving away from the US for as much as possible, then this may be of interest
european-alternatives.eu/categories
Bloody appalling this
BP’s new CEO to take home £11.7m this year, more than double her predecessor.
Daily pay > annual median pay of UK employee.
CEO pay at one company is a benchmark for another. Others will want more.
Govts, BOE, CBI and other neoliberals talk about wage inflation, but silence on fat-cattery.
The Courts and Tribunals Bill will remove your right to a jury trial for serious criminal offences.
Toff magistrates/judges will decide your fate.
Chances of miscarriage of justice will increase. Working class, poor, minorities will be the biggest losers.
Privatization picking our pockets.
Another Royal Mail price hike: Form 7 April 2026 1st class postage price £1.80, 2nd class 91p.
When privatized in 2013 by Tory/LibDem Govt: 1st class 60p; 2nd class 50p.
RM doesn't meet letter delivery targets. Fines passed to customers. Execs get bonuses.
UK democracy in action
The state unable/unwilling to provide people with clean water, timely healthcare, social care, decent housing, pension, affordable education, energy, decent roads.
Corporate profits guaranteed through PFI, privatisations, outsourcing, subsidies, regulatory inaction.
