Cllr Darren Woodiwiss
@dazdread.bsky.social
Green Party councillor. Proud father of 3. Agile Certified Scrum Master by day, Sustainability campaigner & Transitioner by night. Director @HarboroughEn #FBPPR
Santa's busy checking his list, he's checking it twice, as he is more thorough than me 😁
The tree has arrived #Harborough
The tree has arrived #Harborough
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Santa's busy checking his list, he's checking it twice, as he is more thorough than me 😁
The tree has arrived #Harborough
The tree has arrived #Harborough
I am playing some of the golden oldies from the 60's while preparing lunch, every request fine apart from this one... is it an Alexa joke I wonder?
November 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I am playing some of the golden oldies from the 60's while preparing lunch, every request fine apart from this one... is it an Alexa joke I wonder?
In my opinion there are two factors at play here.
Automation, when pundits worry that productivity has stalled they are asking for more of this.
Rationalisation, these CEOs only answer to shareholders and will strip back organisations to almost failure point if it realises short term profit.
Automation, when pundits worry that productivity has stalled they are asking for more of this.
Rationalisation, these CEOs only answer to shareholders and will strip back organisations to almost failure point if it realises short term profit.
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
In my opinion there are two factors at play here.
Automation, when pundits worry that productivity has stalled they are asking for more of this.
Rationalisation, these CEOs only answer to shareholders and will strip back organisations to almost failure point if it realises short term profit.
Automation, when pundits worry that productivity has stalled they are asking for more of this.
Rationalisation, these CEOs only answer to shareholders and will strip back organisations to almost failure point if it realises short term profit.
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MPs urge Reeves to raise gambling taxes despite ‘scaremongering’ from firms.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
MPs urge Reeves to raise gambling taxes despite ‘scaremongering’ from firms
Treasury select committee calls for higher duties on most addictive forms, such as high-street slots and online games
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
MPs urge Reeves to raise gambling taxes despite ‘scaremongering’ from firms.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
Quite right.
Bet365 CEO collected £323m in pay and dividends last year. Company paid 12.7% corporation tax on £1.4bn profit.
Almost all betting companies have offshore tax haven operations, solely to dodge UK taxes.
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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I hope people are aware that investigative journalism is best done by those who read books, and research subjects that are not algorithmically compliant, are not discussed in the MSM, are not popular or monetized, and don’t rely on parroting current events in some echo chamber.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I hope people are aware that investigative journalism is best done by those who read books, and research subjects that are not algorithmically compliant, are not discussed in the MSM, are not popular or monetized, and don’t rely on parroting current events in some echo chamber.
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This morning, I joined the Welland Community forum volunteers on their tidy up of the Western Avenue precinct.
I couldn't help for long as someone called a by-election!
Pride in your place helps build community. If you have any suggestions let us know #Harborough.
I couldn't help for long as someone called a by-election!
Pride in your place helps build community. If you have any suggestions let us know #Harborough.
November 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This morning, I joined the Welland Community forum volunteers on their tidy up of the Western Avenue precinct.
I couldn't help for long as someone called a by-election!
Pride in your place helps build community. If you have any suggestions let us know #Harborough.
I couldn't help for long as someone called a by-election!
Pride in your place helps build community. If you have any suggestions let us know #Harborough.
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Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Watching Labour MPs take a wrecking ball to nature makes me so angry & so sad. Their action tonight voting down amendments to the #PlanningBill intended to protect wildlife & habitats from destruction is so reckless & so counterproductive. People didn’t vote Labour for this 👇
On my way back from a late Local Plan advisory board meeting and I see that Anglian Water are out inspecting our town centres surface water system ahead of tomorrow's rain!
#Harborough
#Harborough
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
On my way back from a late Local Plan advisory board meeting and I see that Anglian Water are out inspecting our town centres surface water system ahead of tomorrow's rain!
#Harborough
#Harborough
Time to check your drains are not blocked with leaves, we will be getting nearly a months worth of rain tomorrow #Harborough #Kibworth
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Time to check your drains are not blocked with leaves, we will be getting nearly a months worth of rain tomorrow #Harborough #Kibworth
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The WEF convenes governments and corporations, potentially creating policy environments favourable to asset manager interests. Those policy environments include freeports, special economic zones, and AI Growth Zones.
Zones carve out deregulated corporate territories from the host country.
Zones carve out deregulated corporate territories from the host country.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The WEF convenes governments and corporations, potentially creating policy environments favourable to asset manager interests. Those policy environments include freeports, special economic zones, and AI Growth Zones.
Zones carve out deregulated corporate territories from the host country.
Zones carve out deregulated corporate territories from the host country.
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If the UK government partnership with BlackRock becomes a model replicated elsewhere, debt-financed utility ownership could become normalised internationally.
The UK is being privatised.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK is being privatised.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour is putting its plans for Britain in the hands of private finance. It could end badly | Daniela Gabor
Handing vital infrastructure to big finance will generate windfalls for investors and leave the rest of us worse off. We need a better plan, says Daniela Gabor, a professor of economics and macrofinan...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
If the UK government partnership with BlackRock becomes a model replicated elsewhere, debt-financed utility ownership could become normalised internationally.
The UK is being privatised.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK is being privatised.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Implications for Vulnerable and Working People:
1. Policy Influence on Essential Services:
With direct influence over both investment flows (through BlackRock) and policy frameworks (through WEF), Fink can shape how essential infrastructure is financed globally
1. Policy Influence on Essential Services:
With direct influence over both investment flows (through BlackRock) and policy frameworks (through WEF), Fink can shape how essential infrastructure is financed globally
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Implications for Vulnerable and Working People:
1. Policy Influence on Essential Services:
With direct influence over both investment flows (through BlackRock) and policy frameworks (through WEF), Fink can shape how essential infrastructure is financed globally
1. Policy Influence on Essential Services:
With direct influence over both investment flows (through BlackRock) and policy frameworks (through WEF), Fink can shape how essential infrastructure is financed globally
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The Concentration of Power:
Fink leads BlackRock, which manages over $11 trillion in assets, making it the world's largest asset manager. His dual role as BlackRock CEO and WEF co-chair represents an unprecedented concentration of financial and policy influence.
Fink leads BlackRock, which manages over $11 trillion in assets, making it the world's largest asset manager. His dual role as BlackRock CEO and WEF co-chair represents an unprecedented concentration of financial and policy influence.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The Concentration of Power:
Fink leads BlackRock, which manages over $11 trillion in assets, making it the world's largest asset manager. His dual role as BlackRock CEO and WEF co-chair represents an unprecedented concentration of financial and policy influence.
Fink leads BlackRock, which manages over $11 trillion in assets, making it the world's largest asset manager. His dual role as BlackRock CEO and WEF co-chair represents an unprecedented concentration of financial and policy influence.
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This raises fundamental questions about the implications for vulnerable people and regular salary earners:
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
This raises fundamental questions about the implications for vulnerable people and regular salary earners:
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Larry Fink is now co-chair of the World Economic Forum alongside André Hoffmann in August 2025.
This followed an independent investigation into allegations against founder Klaus Schwab, after which Schwab stepped back from active leadership and Peter Brabeck-Letmathe resigned as interim chair.
This followed an independent investigation into allegations against founder Klaus Schwab, after which Schwab stepped back from active leadership and Peter Brabeck-Letmathe resigned as interim chair.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Larry Fink is now co-chair of the World Economic Forum alongside André Hoffmann in August 2025.
This followed an independent investigation into allegations against founder Klaus Schwab, after which Schwab stepped back from active leadership and Peter Brabeck-Letmathe resigned as interim chair.
This followed an independent investigation into allegations against founder Klaus Schwab, after which Schwab stepped back from active leadership and Peter Brabeck-Letmathe resigned as interim chair.
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Join The Green Party to stop this rot once and for all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Join The Green Party to stop this rot once and for all.
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This is not economic growth for everyone as Labour likes to constantly remind us of; it is an extraction machine designed for the super-rich to punch down on critical infrastructure within the public sector in order to ultimately privatise it.
It's a giant Ponzi Scheme.
It's a giant Ponzi Scheme.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
This is not economic growth for everyone as Labour likes to constantly remind us of; it is an extraction machine designed for the super-rich to punch down on critical infrastructure within the public sector in order to ultimately privatise it.
It's a giant Ponzi Scheme.
It's a giant Ponzi Scheme.
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Keir Starmer knows this, which is why he and Rachel Reeves refuse to tax predatory corporations like Blackrock properly.
But they are more than happy to. raise your income taxes on top of the increased bills you pay.
But they are more than happy to. raise your income taxes on top of the increased bills you pay.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Keir Starmer knows this, which is why he and Rachel Reeves refuse to tax predatory corporations like Blackrock properly.
But they are more than happy to. raise your income taxes on top of the increased bills you pay.
But they are more than happy to. raise your income taxes on top of the increased bills you pay.
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This purchase includes the debt from banks and bond markets.
However, that debt does not sit on Blackrock's books it sits with the company they just bought, the company not the asset manager, has to pay it back. The debt is passed on to you, the consumer in the form of higher bills.
However, that debt does not sit on Blackrock's books it sits with the company they just bought, the company not the asset manager, has to pay it back. The debt is passed on to you, the consumer in the form of higher bills.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
This purchase includes the debt from banks and bond markets.
However, that debt does not sit on Blackrock's books it sits with the company they just bought, the company not the asset manager, has to pay it back. The debt is passed on to you, the consumer in the form of higher bills.
However, that debt does not sit on Blackrock's books it sits with the company they just bought, the company not the asset manager, has to pay it back. The debt is passed on to you, the consumer in the form of higher bills.
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When Green party critics call our thoroughly researched policies that are often worked through for years "simplistic" "undeliverable" etc, they are never specific about which policies or why.
That's because it would reveal that what they really mean is "our donors don't like them"
That's because it would reveal that what they really mean is "our donors don't like them"
Darren knows that come the next election, Bristol is turning even more Green.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
When Green party critics call our thoroughly researched policies that are often worked through for years "simplistic" "undeliverable" etc, they are never specific about which policies or why.
That's because it would reveal that what they really mean is "our donors don't like them"
That's because it would reveal that what they really mean is "our donors don't like them"
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In November 2024 Starrmer announced that his government is in partnership with US Blackrock, a mega corporation that buys up just about anything with pension funds, and money from investors/shareholders at a higher-than-market-value value price.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
In November 2024 Starrmer announced that his government is in partnership with US Blackrock, a mega corporation that buys up just about anything with pension funds, and money from investors/shareholders at a higher-than-market-value value price.
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This evening I took my mother and daughters to Rushden Hall fireworks.
I am usually conflicted by fireworks but this one allowed me, and 9,999 others to support the local scouting troops.
This show is a dress rehearsal for a major show in London.
Enjoy the finale!
I am usually conflicted by fireworks but this one allowed me, and 9,999 others to support the local scouting troops.
This show is a dress rehearsal for a major show in London.
Enjoy the finale!
November 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This evening I took my mother and daughters to Rushden Hall fireworks.
I am usually conflicted by fireworks but this one allowed me, and 9,999 others to support the local scouting troops.
This show is a dress rehearsal for a major show in London.
Enjoy the finale!
I am usually conflicted by fireworks but this one allowed me, and 9,999 others to support the local scouting troops.
This show is a dress rehearsal for a major show in London.
Enjoy the finale!
This morning I was out helping to collect signatures to trigger the community governance review by petition.
1200 people so far think we should look into having a Town Council for #Harborough
Sign it here!
survey123.arcgis.com/share/f2396b9e…
1200 people so far think we should look into having a Town Council for #Harborough
Sign it here!
survey123.arcgis.com/share/f2396b9e…
November 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This morning I was out helping to collect signatures to trigger the community governance review by petition.
1200 people so far think we should look into having a Town Council for #Harborough
Sign it here!
survey123.arcgis.com/share/f2396b9e…
1200 people so far think we should look into having a Town Council for #Harborough
Sign it here!
survey123.arcgis.com/share/f2396b9e…
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The Green Party is the fastest growing movement in the UK, join us and help make hope normal!
#Harborough #Oadby #Wigston #Lutterworth #Fleckney #Kibworth
join.greenparty.org.uk
#Harborough #Oadby #Wigston #Lutterworth #Fleckney #Kibworth
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Green Party is the fastest growing movement in the UK, join us and help make hope normal!
#Harborough #Oadby #Wigston #Lutterworth #Fleckney #Kibworth
join.greenparty.org.uk
#Harborough #Oadby #Wigston #Lutterworth #Fleckney #Kibworth
join.greenparty.org.uk