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
Phones to be banned in schools by law in England under govt plans.
Who will do body and bag searches, confiscations, fines, appeals?
How many more school staff will be needed? Cost?
Why not put Faraday's cage on classrooms to block signals?
Reform UK pledges review of asylum claims for the last 5 years if it wins the next general election.
400,000, including those legally settled could be deported.
Will people be plucked in streets, sent to concentration camps?
Farage inflicted Brexit, now importing Trump racism and terror.
FTSE 100 CEO average pay up 18% to £5.89m, less weight attached to environmental, social, governance targets.
Did your pay rise by 18%?
Workers produce wealth but get crumbs.
Need worker elected directors, worker vote on exec pay to secure equitable distribution.
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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.
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.
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?
More than half of Britons support rejoining EU 10 years on from Brexit vote.
Brexit was secured with lies. It hasn't delivered any of the claimed economic benefits.
Post Trump world will be more polarized.
Nobody under the age of 28 had a say on Brexit.
Need another referendum.
NHS hospital waiting list down to 7.22m appointments for 6.11m individuals.
Down from 7.77m when Tories left office.
2.70m waiting over 18 weeks.
Illnesses has huge social cost - pressure on public services, welfare, economic output.
Must expand NHS capacity.
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.
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.
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?
Reform is polling around 25% in opinion polls.
More than half of Britons support rejoining EU 10 years on from Brexit vote.
Brexit was secured with lies. It hasn't delivered any of the claimed economic benefits.
Post Trump world will be more polarized.
Nobody under the age of 28 had a say on Brexit.
Need another referendum.
NHS hospital waiting list down to 7.22m appointments for 6.11m individuals.
Down from 7.77m when Tories left office.
2.70m waiting over 18 weeks.
Illnesses has huge social cost - pressure on public services, welfare, economic output.
Must expand NHS capacity.
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.
Reform UK’s Richard Tice allegedly failed to pay £100k corporation tax.
He ran 4 shell companies that reportedly didn't pay tax on profits from 2020 to 2022, when his firm donated £1.1m to party. Also used a trust in Jersey.
Claims tax non-payment was due to an error ... but six years elapsed.
Wes Streeting supports welfare cuts to fund defence.
He lets private equity make billions from outsourcing NHS, social care.
Silence on corporate welfare spending.
Since 2010 HMRC failed to collect £500bn in taxes. Capital gains and dividends taxed at lower rates than wages.
Corporate capture of the state kills.
Inquiry into the Grenfell fire found dishonesty, false claims about safety of building materials, regulatory collusion.
72 people died. No one prosecuted. Companies still get public contracts.
Govts push deregulation.
Working class lives don't matter do they
Reform UK’s Richard Tice allegedly failed to pay £100k corporation tax.
He ran 4 shell companies that reportedly didn't pay tax on profits from 2020 to 2022, when his firm donated £1.1m to party. Also used a trust in Jersey.
Claims tax non-payment was due to an error ... but six years elapsed.
MP introduces Bill to prevent England water companies from "delaying" payment of fines.
Companies negotiate fines, which are later deferred/waived. It is a licence to abuse.
Execs rewarded for boosting profits through illegal practices, face no fines.
Bill won't become law. Govt/Tories oppose it.
Trade unions missing in action. Media controlled by right wing oligarchs.
Our ancestors used leaflets, meetings, oratory, marches, protests, theatre, music, songs to secure a modicum of rights. Can we do less?
The super rich never accepted the post Second World War social settlement even though it brought prosperity to the masses.
They used political donations (bribes), think-tanks, control of media and means of production to reverse the settlement and enrich themselves.
Corporate capture of the state kills.
Inquiry into the Grenfell fire found dishonesty, false claims about safety of building materials, regulatory collusion.
72 people died. No one prosecuted. Companies still get public contracts.
Govts push deregulation.
Working class lives don't matter do they
Wes Streeting supports welfare cuts to fund defence.
He lets private equity make billions from outsourcing NHS, social care.
Silence on corporate welfare spending.
Since 2010 HMRC failed to collect £500bn in taxes. Capital gains and dividends taxed at lower rates than wages.
Central banks meet to gauge threat of Lehman-style bust.
Tests incomplete - shadow banks, including hedge funds & private equity are unregulated.
UK Govt deregulating retail banks.
Major banks will be bailed out by the public purse. No incentive to behave responsibly.
MP introduces Bill to prevent England water companies from "delaying" payment of fines.
Companies negotiate fines, which are later deferred/waived. It is a licence to abuse.
Execs rewarded for boosting profits through illegal practices, face no fines.
Bill won't become law. Govt/Tories oppose it.
Pope Leo is right to not to debate anything with Trump.
Trump thinks he is Jesus.
Seeks to destroy civilizations. Attacks Venezuela and Iran, threatens Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Gaza, Panama, Europe and more; weakened the UN.
Promotes economic terrorism.
Has there been a worst US President?
9th anniversary of the Grenfell fire is approaching. 72 people died, thousands more scarred.
Main causes remain unaddressed.
Lust for higher profits
Unaccountable corporate power
Performance related executive pay
Failure of regulators
Indifference of govts to the cry of the people
Nothing changed.
Greenland is Danish territory.