Jane
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In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant per person of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant per person of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
January 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant per person of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant per person of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
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“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
January 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are designed to promote Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in designated areas.
FDI is an illusory ploy to sell off vast swathes of UK territory to foreign capital.
Almost all UK industry is owned by the US.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/u...
FDI is an illusory ploy to sell off vast swathes of UK territory to foreign capital.
Almost all UK industry is owned by the US.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/u...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
January 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are designed to promote Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in designated areas.
FDI is an illusory ploy to sell off vast swathes of UK territory to foreign capital.
Almost all UK industry is owned by the US.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/u...
FDI is an illusory ploy to sell off vast swathes of UK territory to foreign capital.
Almost all UK industry is owned by the US.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/u...
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Labour has partnered with US shadow bank Blackrock, this means the UK will be privatised. Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) will very likely be embedded along with secondary legislation within all contractual dealings with Blackrock.
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Billionaire BlackRock CEO: ‘Doesn’t matter’ who wins US election; Trump & Kamala Harris benefit Wall Street
Billionaire BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said it “really doesn’t matter” who wins the US presidential election, because both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will be good for Wall Street. Academic studies s...
geopoliticaleconomy.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Labour has partnered with US shadow bank Blackrock, this means the UK will be privatised. Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) will very likely be embedded along with secondary legislation within all contractual dealings with Blackrock.
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geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/11/05/b...
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geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/11/05/b...
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Sir Keir Starmer has disgraced himself yet again, choosing now of all times to be the first British prime minister to attend a Labour Friends of Israel event in 17 years.
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/prime-mini...
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/prime-mini...
Prime Minister joins Labour Friends of Israel event while Israel commits genocide
He is the first prime minister to do so in 17 years
www.councilestatemedia.uk
December 3, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Sir Keir Starmer has disgraced himself yet again, choosing now of all times to be the first British prime minister to attend a Labour Friends of Israel event in 17 years.
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/prime-mini...
www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/prime-mini...
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This needs to be taken seriously
December 1, 2024 at 10:13 AM
This needs to be taken seriously
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This government cannot be trusted with assisted dying www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/12... They are too indifferent to the reality of life in the UK for that to be the case.
This government cannot be trusted with assisted dying
I have refrained from discussing the assisted dying bill, but in the light of the decision made on Friday, very largely by Labour and LibDem MPs, to approve the second reading of this bill, I think it...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
December 1, 2024 at 7:38 AM
This government cannot be trusted with assisted dying www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/12... They are too indifferent to the reality of life in the UK for that to be the case.
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This needs to be taken seriously and taken seriously now - not in 3 years' time.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
December 1, 2024 at 8:27 AM
This needs to be taken seriously and taken seriously now - not in 3 years' time.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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21st century Britain 😡 - ‘We live on Pot Noodles’: rickets hits homeless families with no kitchen
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
‘We live on Pot Noodles’: rickets hits homeless families with no kitchen
Families placed in hotels in England are being forced to live on snack foods, putting young people’s health at risk
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:56 AM
21st century Britain 😡 - ‘We live on Pot Noodles’: rickets hits homeless families with no kitchen
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Revealed: UK politics infiltrated by ‘dark money’ with 10% of donations from dubious sources
Cash from dictatorships and shell companies is entering the political system via legal loopholes.
When you launder the world’s money, this doesn’t come as a surprise..
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cash from dictatorships and shell companies is entering the political system via legal loopholes.
When you launder the world’s money, this doesn’t come as a surprise..
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Revealed: UK politics infiltrated by ‘dark money’ with 10% of donations from dubious sources
Cash from dictatorships and shell companies is entering the political system via legal loopholes
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Revealed: UK politics infiltrated by ‘dark money’ with 10% of donations from dubious sources
Cash from dictatorships and shell companies is entering the political system via legal loopholes.
When you launder the world’s money, this doesn’t come as a surprise..
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cash from dictatorships and shell companies is entering the political system via legal loopholes.
When you launder the world’s money, this doesn’t come as a surprise..
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Assisted Dying Bill
People should be careful what they wish for …
People should be careful what they wish for …
November 28, 2024 at 10:40 PM
Assisted Dying Bill
People should be careful what they wish for …
People should be careful what they wish for …
How about we focus on Assisted Living instead of Assisted Dying ?
November 28, 2024 at 10:03 AM
How about we focus on Assisted Living instead of Assisted Dying ?
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Fink
noun
1. A contemptible person
2. An informer
3. A hired strikebreaker
4. Someone who betrays a trust
noun
1. A contemptible person
2. An informer
3. A hired strikebreaker
4. Someone who betrays a trust
November 23, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Fink
noun
1. A contemptible person
2. An informer
3. A hired strikebreaker
4. Someone who betrays a trust
noun
1. A contemptible person
2. An informer
3. A hired strikebreaker
4. Someone who betrays a trust
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“I think the [winter fuel payment] means testing was too tight..to set it at pensioners who have annual income of less than £11,400 is too tight”
Martin Lewis says the winter fuel payment should have been extended to those pensioners with around “£20,000-25,000” annual income
Martin Lewis says the winter fuel payment should have been extended to those pensioners with around “£20,000-25,000” annual income
November 23, 2024 at 11:00 AM
“I think the [winter fuel payment] means testing was too tight..to set it at pensioners who have annual income of less than £11,400 is too tight”
Martin Lewis says the winter fuel payment should have been extended to those pensioners with around “£20,000-25,000” annual income
Martin Lewis says the winter fuel payment should have been extended to those pensioners with around “£20,000-25,000” annual income
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🚨 Senior staff at Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm Global Counsel are behind a think tank that is urging Labour ministers to adopt controversial private finance deals
Scoop on Democracy for Sale by Adam Bychawski and me:
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
New: Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm behind think tank pushing PFI 2.0
Plus: new report lays bare UK government’s woeful conflicts of interest management
open.substack.com
November 23, 2024 at 10:14 AM
🚨 Senior staff at Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm Global Counsel are behind a think tank that is urging Labour ministers to adopt controversial private finance deals
Scoop on Democracy for Sale by Adam Bychawski and me:
open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Wish this got as much coverage as the landed gentry having to pay some tax ...
Child poverty is at its highest ever level - but yeah let's interview whinging millionaire landowners about their 'hardship' ...
Child poverty is at its highest ever level - but yeah let's interview whinging millionaire landowners about their 'hardship' ...
November 20, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Wish this got as much coverage as the landed gentry having to pay some tax ...
Child poverty is at its highest ever level - but yeah let's interview whinging millionaire landowners about their 'hardship' ...
Child poverty is at its highest ever level - but yeah let's interview whinging millionaire landowners about their 'hardship' ...
I wonder if @keir Starmer has thought it through ? If he presses the nuclear button and there is retaliation- he and his family might be killed
November 20, 2024 at 4:59 PM
I wonder if @keir Starmer has thought it through ? If he presses the nuclear button and there is retaliation- he and his family might be killed
We are governed by psychopaths
Starmer says he is willing to press the nuclear button
Starmer says he is willing to press the nuclear button
November 20, 2024 at 8:09 AM
We are governed by psychopaths
Starmer says he is willing to press the nuclear button
Starmer says he is willing to press the nuclear button
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"On this evidence, the UK needs to take seriously the prospect of international humanitarian law having been egregiously broken in Gaza.
"If leaders are not yet listening, they should be by now."
committees.parliament.uk/committee/98...
"If leaders are not yet listening, they should be by now."
committees.parliament.uk/committee/98...
IDC Chair responds to shocking evidence on Gaza healthcare - Committees - UK Parliament
“It doesn’t matter who you are in Gaza. If you’re Palestinian, you’re a target.” – Professor Nizam Mamode.
committees.parliament.uk
November 14, 2024 at 7:39 AM
"On this evidence, the UK needs to take seriously the prospect of international humanitarian law having been egregiously broken in Gaza.
"If leaders are not yet listening, they should be by now."
committees.parliament.uk/committee/98...
"If leaders are not yet listening, they should be by now."
committees.parliament.uk/committee/98...
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Time to take both into public ownership without compensation
It’s not just Thames Water teetering: Moody’s has downgraded Southern Water’s credit rating to junk, pushing the heavily indebted utility to the verge of default and underscoring the growing financial strains on the UK’s water utilities
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FT story free to read for first 300 clicks 👇🏻
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Moody’s downgrade pushes Southern Water closer to default
[FREE TO READ] Macquarie-owned utility on verge of covenant breach as it loses investment-grade rating
on.ft.com
November 14, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Time to take both into public ownership without compensation