8. Public servants need not be our priests. Any business that compensated its employees in the way that the federal government compensates public servants would struggle to survive. 9. We should show far more grace towards those who have subjected themselves to public life. The eradication of any space for forgiveness—a jettisoning of any tolerance for the complexities and contradictions of the human psyche—may leave us with a cast of characters at the helm we will grow to regret. 11. Our society has grown too eager to hasten, and is often gleeful at, the demise of its enemies. The vanquishing of an opponent is a moment to pause, not rejoice.

The manifesto is incoherent about public service until you realize that Karp is presenting you with two types of public servants: civil servants fired under Trump, and the tech elites who venture into government.
The former deserve your scorn.
The latter merit your understanding and praise.

The arrogant superbanker whose stunning hubris brought Britain to its knees Fred Goodwin's stewardship of RBS went more wrong than anybody could imagine

Excellent article by @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social. “It is difficult to understand the political upheavals of the past decade – from Brexit to the broader revolt against mainstream politics – without first understanding the fury unleashed by the financial crash.”

inews.co.uk/opinion/arro...

Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go? Four huge media conglomerates forked over $63 million in “settlements” earmarked for Trump’s presidential library. Democrats are trying to track that money—and the latest developments don’t inspire co...

SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for.

Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2092...

Yes, with regard to the wisdom of Mandleson's appointment, Trump is the Republican in the room.

I suspect Starmer would be in less trouble if he'd just been up front at the start and said "Look, we think it would be to Britain's advantage if we had someone awful to be our on point person with Trump. On balance, Peter might be a marginally better choice than Boris!"

More about the efforts to track down those insider trades here

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Trump is acting here as a private citizen while exploiting the office to unofficially coerce govt institutions into giving him and his family obscene amounts of American taxpayer cash.

'Official acts' immunity will therefore not protect him for this brazen corruption.

They should all be jailed.

Tice ‘happy to put things right’ after ‘he failed to pay £100k in corporation tax’ Mr Tice said last year Angela Rayner would resign if she had “any moral decency” after admitting to underpaying stamp duty

Richard Tice deputy leader of Reform ran four shell companies which did not pay any tax on profits between 2020 and 2022.

He's now offering to "put things right".

Go on then Richard - resign.

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Ben Delo isn't just a "billionaire expat" with a soft spot for Farage. In 2022 he was found guilty of serious criminal charges in the United States. American prosecutors said he deliberately built a dodgy crypto platform designed to help people hide dirty money. He admitted as much in court.

The Telegraph just gave a convicted criminal a two-page spread to explain why he's pumping £4 million into Reform UK. They tucked his criminal record away in the small print. So as a former financial crime specialist I’ll do their job for them👇

Celebrity investment scheme collapsed and administrators warn assets are being put beyond their reach bit.ly/3Q2xqkf and PS never follow celebrity investors! A safe, cheap tracker is the way to invest not chasing promises of 18% returns.

Truth about marmalade being renamed after Reform and Tories spread EU claims The new rule was introduced because some EU countries use 'marmalade' and 'jam' interchangeably - and is intended to protect the distinctiveness of Paddington's favourite spread

Brexit diehards raging at mythical EU marmalade renaming is both hilarious and exposing. “Citrus spread” is all they’ve managed to get angry about after years of hunting for outrage … and then they even got that wrong. Imbeciles.

via @marinapurkiss.bsky.social on Substack

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Ten announcements and achievements by our Labour Government pretty much ignored by UK media who find it impossible to tell us all the good news. Share far and wide.

#DoingTheMediasJob
#LaboursAvhievements
#FixingBritain

This is shocking and totally unacceptable. This is the reason we must get rid of Palantir from the NHS.

Alarm in health service over Palantir staff being given NHS email accounts Exclusive: Sources believe AI tech company’s engineers have been granted access to directory of up to 1.5m staff

“Palantir staff given NHS email accounts…the strong reaction of NHS staff to the involvement of Palantir in the health service shows there are deep ethical concerns that its values & way of making money run counter to the founding values of the NHS.” #NoToPalantir
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

I don't think people fully appreciate with Vance and much of Trump's cabinet is that they are not particularly bright but think because the fact they are in a position of power, it must have been due to their intellect or savvy.

The Dunning-Kruger adminstration.

What a f*cking waste of lives and money. 😠

Begging, pleading: You can't have a ceasefire deal everyone understands to mean completely different things. This isn't like a trade negotiation, this actually matters.

TACO Tuesday's lasting hangover It'll take more than Pepto to calm this shitstorm.

“But Trump’s latest climbdown won’t undo the damage from his murderous escalation. … This is a crazy person, who did a crazy thing, and is likely to do many more crazy things soon.” @lizdye.bsky.social x @atrupar.com open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

On Thursday, the new issue of Viz will be on sale at the small pile of radioactive rubble that used to be your corner shop. I'm not sure how much it will cost - maybe a dented tin of corned beef, or you might have to have sex with the newsagent or something.

Tory donors from JCB empire could face £500m bill to settle tax inquiry Exclusive: HMRC investigation into peer Anthony Bamford and his brother focuses on offshore trusts that own business empire

What ever happened to the 2023 £500M HMRC fine JCB story?

🔗 @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social
taxjustice.uk/blog/where-a...

For an employee, that's basically impossible

So HMRC of course paid the refund immediately

(This is kind of a feature as well as a bug. Normal taxpayers expect to get refunds quickly when they identify a mistake on a previous tax return. But bad actors exploit the system)

There’s a hidden industry ripping off HMRC and ordinary taxpayers.

“Advisers” promise big tax refunds. They invent expenses, file bogus claims, and take a cut. When HMRC comes knocking, it’s the taxpayer left with the bill.

A tribunal has just exposed one such firm.

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The EU is responsible for 30% of world imports according to World Bank data. There's a lot of countries wanting to lobby for special deals. The UK is just one of many... which is why you need to work particularly hard to be heard. And bring something tangible to the table.

Without the grifters, liars and racists who decided their bigotries were more important than a working economy, those firms might've had a chance. But the Brexit mob made their decision, and they made it for the rest of us. Now we're living in the world they made. 16/18

We both tried to use Twitter to sound the alarm, and quickly became very familiar with the standard Brexiter responses: 'You're scaremongering'. 'You're lying.' 'If your business can't survive Brexit, you must be shit at business.' 5/18

One story among many. For it is a simple fact that businesses in the UK face higher barriers to trade than their counterparts in all of our neighbours.

This is a political decision to favour independence over integration made and denied by successive governments including this one.

Screencap of Reuters article headline: Record wind output helps shield the UK from worst of Iran War fallout.

'With several other European nations reeling from the fresh surge in oil and gas costs, ​the UK's wind-heavy power system may act as a blueprint for other countries seeking to reduce fossil fuel exposure. UK wind accounted for 42% of total power supplied Jan to Mar.'
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"These things all happen in the ether...."

Teesworks’ land remediation claims don’t stack up (Part Two) In this part, we will delve deeper into Teesworks' untrue claim of a 4,500 acre estate. We’ll compare this claim to the 1,273 acres that are actually available, and we’ll examine how much of the land has actually been put to use.

In this part, we will delve deeper into Teesworks' untrue claim of a 4,500 acre estate. We’ll compare this claim to the 1,273 acres that are actually available, and we’ll examine how much of the land has actually been put to use. | Ray Casey