ThatGuyBloke.
@gbloke.bsky.social
Retired from tv to almost total irrelevance. Mercifully short ukelele open mic phase. Peace. Norwich. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl9rR_mDmcehr9xUj_k6QuA
An idea for a fairer economy: https://thesovereigneconomy.home.blog
An idea for a fairer economy: https://thesovereigneconomy.home.blog
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I suspect Mr Peers is correct.
If the BBC licence fee could somehow be disconnected between news and non-news output, I suspect the number of people willing to pay to watch its news output would be tiny
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I suspect Mr Peers is correct.
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Not sure any government declaration is worth the paper it's written on.
September 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Not sure any government declaration is worth the paper it's written on.
Only SJ could deliver this as it is meant to be.
July 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Only SJ could deliver this as it is meant to be.
We needed a boot on the neck of cladding companies that knowingly sold dangerous fire risk products. Getting rid of that boot on the neck meant people died. This Labour government are going to kill us for profits.
July 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We needed a boot on the neck of cladding companies that knowingly sold dangerous fire risk products. Getting rid of that boot on the neck meant people died. This Labour government are going to kill us for profits.
WTF!? thesovereigneconomy.com
The UK has the highest industrial electricity prices in Europe.
Upto 132% higher than the EU14 median. Five times more than in Finland.
Since 2020, UK's 20 largest energy companies have made £514bn operating profit, destroying businesses and households.
davidturver.substack.com/p/uk-industr...
Upto 132% higher than the EU14 median. Five times more than in Finland.
Since 2020, UK's 20 largest energy companies have made £514bn operating profit, destroying businesses and households.
davidturver.substack.com/p/uk-industr...
July 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
WTF!? thesovereigneconomy.com
Our privatised water system is broken - and water lobbyists have worked hard to shut down alternatives.
In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament.
Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament.
Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Ask your MP to show their support for a people-first future for our water!
We can make our water work for people - not shareholders - but water lobbyists are working hard to shut this solution down. Will you make sure your MP hears about it?
actionnetwork.org
June 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Our privatised water system is broken - and water lobbyists have worked hard to shut down alternatives.
In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament.
Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament.
Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
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Thames Water is now controlled by two US credit powerhouses: Silver Point Capital and Elliott Management.
Their game - asset stripping, profiteering, slick PR, devour; to get high returns.
Govt can put an end by bringing water into public ownership, but refuses. People's misery to deepen.
Their game - asset stripping, profiteering, slick PR, devour; to get high returns.
Govt can put an end by bringing water into public ownership, but refuses. People's misery to deepen.
Thames Water: Britain's biggest utility just got captured by toxic private credit markets
No rescue. No reform. Just control - seized through debt. That's the state of Thames Water, as Waterways Protection writes
www.thecanary.co
June 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Thames Water is now controlled by two US credit powerhouses: Silver Point Capital and Elliott Management.
Their game - asset stripping, profiteering, slick PR, devour; to get high returns.
Govt can put an end by bringing water into public ownership, but refuses. People's misery to deepen.
Their game - asset stripping, profiteering, slick PR, devour; to get high returns.
Govt can put an end by bringing water into public ownership, but refuses. People's misery to deepen.
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Privatisation always was going to be a disaster
(for everyone except the profiteering shareholders & execs)
(for everyone except the profiteering shareholders & execs)
June 4, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Privatisation always was going to be a disaster
(for everyone except the profiteering shareholders & execs)
(for everyone except the profiteering shareholders & execs)
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UK Govt AI copyright plan suffers fifth Lords defeat, 221 to 116 votes.
Copyright enables many to earn a living. It is being ripped off by tech companies. All they need to do is to inform people, get a licence to use and pay. Govt says change might come in the future.
I voted against the govt.
Copyright enables many to earn a living. It is being ripped off by tech companies. All they need to do is to inform people, get a licence to use and pay. Govt says change might come in the future.
I voted against the govt.
June 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
UK Govt AI copyright plan suffers fifth Lords defeat, 221 to 116 votes.
Copyright enables many to earn a living. It is being ripped off by tech companies. All they need to do is to inform people, get a licence to use and pay. Govt says change might come in the future.
I voted against the govt.
Copyright enables many to earn a living. It is being ripped off by tech companies. All they need to do is to inform people, get a licence to use and pay. Govt says change might come in the future.
I voted against the govt.
The Govt’s “largest review of the water sector since privatisation” ruled out public ownership - a solution 82% of us support - before even starting.
This review is a sham - but we still have a chance to be heard. Sign @labourlewis.bsky.social’s open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...
This review is a sham - but we still have a chance to be heard. Sign @labourlewis.bsky.social’s open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...
Sir Jon Cunliffe: put public ownership back on the table!
From day one, the government’s “largest review of the water sector since privatisation” - a.k.a the Cunliffe Review - has ruled out the solution that 82% of the British public want: public ownership.
...
actionnetwork.org
June 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The Govt’s “largest review of the water sector since privatisation” ruled out public ownership - a solution 82% of us support - before even starting.
This review is a sham - but we still have a chance to be heard. Sign @labourlewis.bsky.social’s open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...
This review is a sham - but we still have a chance to be heard. Sign @labourlewis.bsky.social’s open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...
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Tesla Takedown in Boston.
June 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Tesla Takedown in Boston.
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'There are 22 decommissioned UK nuclear submarines currently awaiting dismantling. These submarines are stored at two locations: seven at Rosyth Dockyard in Fife, Scotland, and 15 at Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth.' Old Google maps grabs so numbers differ but 12 more!? Dumber n dumber.
June 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
'There are 22 decommissioned UK nuclear submarines currently awaiting dismantling. These submarines are stored at two locations: seven at Rosyth Dockyard in Fife, Scotland, and 15 at Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth.' Old Google maps grabs so numbers differ but 12 more!? Dumber n dumber.
'There are 22 decommissioned UK nuclear submarines currently awaiting dismantling. These submarines are stored at two locations: seven at Rosyth Dockyard in Fife, Scotland, and 15 at Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth.' Old Google maps grabs so numbers differ but 12 more!? Dumber n dumber.
June 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
'There are 22 decommissioned UK nuclear submarines currently awaiting dismantling. These submarines are stored at two locations: seven at Rosyth Dockyard in Fife, Scotland, and 15 at Devonport Royal Dockyard in Plymouth.' Old Google maps grabs so numbers differ but 12 more!? Dumber n dumber.
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BBC Accuses Burkina Faso And Traore Of Unaliving 100 Civilians In Massarce: www.youtube.com/live/Hi-0RxJ...
June 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
BBC Accuses Burkina Faso And Traore Of Unaliving 100 Civilians In Massarce: www.youtube.com/live/Hi-0RxJ...
So we are spending 1 Billion pounds on on some foreen peoples benefits which is an outrage but we just lost over 10 billion on the sale of Nat West? Which isn't? Utter bollocks. What we need is thesovereigneconomy.home.blog
May 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
So we are spending 1 Billion pounds on on some foreen peoples benefits which is an outrage but we just lost over 10 billion on the sale of Nat West? Which isn't? Utter bollocks. What we need is thesovereigneconomy.home.blog
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Hell is a City 🧵
An appreciation of a neglected classic.
Feel free to add your comments.
11 February 1960, Kinematograph Weekly - handing over the finished film.
An appreciation of a neglected classic.
Feel free to add your comments.
11 February 1960, Kinematograph Weekly - handing over the finished film.
May 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Hell is a City 🧵
An appreciation of a neglected classic.
Feel free to add your comments.
11 February 1960, Kinematograph Weekly - handing over the finished film.
An appreciation of a neglected classic.
Feel free to add your comments.
11 February 1960, Kinematograph Weekly - handing over the finished film.
Which is why we need, and not just for energy, thesovereigneconomy.home.blog
Corporate Welfare.
Centrica, owner of British Gas, makes massive profits by ripping off people.
It wants more subsidies and guaranteed profits from gas storage.
Privatisation empowered companies to hold govts/people to ransom.
Centrica, owner of British Gas, makes massive profits by ripping off people.
It wants more subsidies and guaranteed profits from gas storage.
Privatisation empowered companies to hold govts/people to ransom.
Gas storage facility could close without government help, Centrica boss warns
UK's largest gas storage facility will miss £2bn investment without help, boss of Centrica tells BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Which is why we need, and not just for energy, thesovereigneconomy.home.blog
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Yet again Guardian overlooks Zone Fever.
£64 billion of public money is being spent on 74 SEZs and 12 Freeports over the next 25 years.
I will continue to highlight why free zones are stealth killers of the commons, they are a costly and inefficient policy.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
£64 billion of public money is being spent on 74 SEZs and 12 Freeports over the next 25 years.
I will continue to highlight why free zones are stealth killers of the commons, they are a costly and inefficient policy.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Domestic economic woes will wreck Reeves’ budget plans, says thinktank
The forecast said low growth would place the Bank of England in difficult position ahead of next interest rate decision
www.theguardian.com
May 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Yet again Guardian overlooks Zone Fever.
£64 billion of public money is being spent on 74 SEZs and 12 Freeports over the next 25 years.
I will continue to highlight why free zones are stealth killers of the commons, they are a costly and inefficient policy.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
£64 billion of public money is being spent on 74 SEZs and 12 Freeports over the next 25 years.
I will continue to highlight why free zones are stealth killers of the commons, they are a costly and inefficient policy.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I've just discovered that large government and local government IT projects in the UK are grossly dysfunctional. Huge amounts of money wasted trying to fix the problems. This is on the back of huge UK IT historical failures. Civica are one of the companies involved, bought by Blackstone 2023.
April 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I've just discovered that large government and local government IT projects in the UK are grossly dysfunctional. Huge amounts of money wasted trying to fix the problems. This is on the back of huge UK IT historical failures. Civica are one of the companies involved, bought by Blackstone 2023.
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2014-2024: £38bn UK tax loss due to HMRC remissions & write-offs.
No need for the two child benefit cap, winter fuel payment cut, disability benefit cut
Losses due to fraud, bad laws - HMRC is not a preferential creditor for businesses own taxes.
Govts can enforce and change law. Why won't they?
No need for the two child benefit cap, winter fuel payment cut, disability benefit cut
Losses due to fraud, bad laws - HMRC is not a preferential creditor for businesses own taxes.
Govts can enforce and change law. Why won't they?
Q. Unpaid Taxes: Debts Written Off
To ask His Majesty's Government how much uncollected tax they have written off in each of the past 10 years.
www.parallelparliament.co.uk
April 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
2014-2024: £38bn UK tax loss due to HMRC remissions & write-offs.
No need for the two child benefit cap, winter fuel payment cut, disability benefit cut
Losses due to fraud, bad laws - HMRC is not a preferential creditor for businesses own taxes.
Govts can enforce and change law. Why won't they?
No need for the two child benefit cap, winter fuel payment cut, disability benefit cut
Losses due to fraud, bad laws - HMRC is not a preferential creditor for businesses own taxes.
Govts can enforce and change law. Why won't they?