Brian Milnes 🔶
@ind-tech.com
Dilettante technologist, business builder, politician
Alleged member of the Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati
Alleged member of the Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati
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Just when you thought Thames Water bosses’ behaviour couldn’t get any worse!
The company is rotten and must be brought back into public ownership.
Agree? Sign our petition ✍️
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#ThamesWater #BlockTheBailout #PublicOwnership
The company is rotten and must be brought back into public ownership.
Agree? Sign our petition ✍️
tinyurl.com/yxht3p94
#ThamesWater #BlockTheBailout #PublicOwnership
February 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Just when you thought Thames Water bosses’ behaviour couldn’t get any worse!
The company is rotten and must be brought back into public ownership.
Agree? Sign our petition ✍️
tinyurl.com/yxht3p94
#ThamesWater #BlockTheBailout #PublicOwnership
The company is rotten and must be brought back into public ownership.
Agree? Sign our petition ✍️
tinyurl.com/yxht3p94
#ThamesWater #BlockTheBailout #PublicOwnership
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January 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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They are laughing at us.
Yorkshire Water CEO defends plans to increase bills by 41% after collecting £371,000 bonus.
Bonus for what - dumping sewage, paying dividends, increasing debt, financial engineering, neglecting investment, fleecing customers?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yorkshire Water CEO defends plans to increase bills by 41% after collecting £371,000 bonus.
Bonus for what - dumping sewage, paying dividends, increasing debt, financial engineering, neglecting investment, fleecing customers?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yorkshire Water boss defends 41% price rise and £371k bonus
Nicola Shaw says the six-figure bonus was to
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December 19, 2024 at 11:06 PM
They are laughing at us.
Yorkshire Water CEO defends plans to increase bills by 41% after collecting £371,000 bonus.
Bonus for what - dumping sewage, paying dividends, increasing debt, financial engineering, neglecting investment, fleecing customers?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yorkshire Water CEO defends plans to increase bills by 41% after collecting £371,000 bonus.
Bonus for what - dumping sewage, paying dividends, increasing debt, financial engineering, neglecting investment, fleecing customers?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
So, Stop Oil potesters, blocking a road by supergluing themselves compares in what way with rather new Massey Ferguson owners blocking a road?
“How will an ambulance get through?”
A question only asked of those trying to save our planet, not millionaire landowners trying to hoard wealth.
Farmers received record support in the budget. Pay what is still less than your fair share, take your tractors and piss off.
A question only asked of those trying to save our planet, not millionaire landowners trying to hoard wealth.
Farmers received record support in the budget. Pay what is still less than your fair share, take your tractors and piss off.
December 12, 2024 at 8:24 PM
So, Stop Oil potesters, blocking a road by supergluing themselves compares in what way with rather new Massey Ferguson owners blocking a road?
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Nigel Farage loves open borders - for the super rich
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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November 28, 2024 at 7:44 AM
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Vodafone-Three £16.5bn merger gets the go-ahead.
This will reduce competition and consumer choice, and inevitably hike customer bills.
Internet/Phone companies are already hiking bills each year by inflation+3.9% to boost profits, regulators do nothing.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This will reduce competition and consumer choice, and inevitably hike customer bills.
Internet/Phone companies are already hiking bills each year by inflation+3.9% to boost profits, regulators do nothing.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Vodafone-Three merger finally given green light
The deal, which creates the UK's biggest mobile network, has had to overcome competition concerns.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 5, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Vodafone-Three £16.5bn merger gets the go-ahead.
This will reduce competition and consumer choice, and inevitably hike customer bills.
Internet/Phone companies are already hiking bills each year by inflation+3.9% to boost profits, regulators do nothing.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This will reduce competition and consumer choice, and inevitably hike customer bills.
Internet/Phone companies are already hiking bills each year by inflation+3.9% to boost profits, regulators do nothing.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If only I was as good at either...
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December 5, 2024 at 8:45 AM
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"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent."
Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)
youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as
Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)
youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as
Yes, it's a genocide
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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December 4, 2024 at 2:26 PM
"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent."
Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)
youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as
Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)
youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as
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Before & After: I don’t think people realize the extent to which parked cars degrade public space.
November 25, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Before & After: I don’t think people realize the extent to which parked cars degrade public space.
As a local Councillor, dealing with the legacy of hugely onerous and binding PFI Contracts, I deplore thiis encouragement to do more of the same. Utter madness.
These were solely desgined to borrow without putting it on the balance sheet. And they are being traded as assets by private equity firms
These were solely desgined to borrow without putting it on the balance sheet. And they are being traded as assets by private equity firms
🚨 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:
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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
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November 24, 2024 at 10:07 AM
As a local Councillor, dealing with the legacy of hugely onerous and binding PFI Contracts, I deplore thiis encouragement to do more of the same. Utter madness.
These were solely desgined to borrow without putting it on the balance sheet. And they are being traded as assets by private equity firms
These were solely desgined to borrow without putting it on the balance sheet. And they are being traded as assets by private equity firms
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Some crazy calls this week. This one was unbelievably moving. youtu.be/gJYHyIGaqA4?...
James O'Brien's extraordinary call with rabbi who supports arrest warrant for Netanyahu | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
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November 22, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Some crazy calls this week. This one was unbelievably moving. youtu.be/gJYHyIGaqA4?...
November 23, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
1/
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
1/
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shelford Rugby Club this evening with news of (and organised by) East West Rail
November 22, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Shelford Rugby Club this evening with news of (and organised by) East West Rail
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Tesla Cybertrucks are being mistaken for trash dumpsters by raccoons, and they’re getting thrashed as a result. Honest mistake. 🤣
November 22, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Tesla Cybertrucks are being mistaken for trash dumpsters by raccoons, and they’re getting thrashed as a result. Honest mistake. 🤣
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“Will Trump’s colleagues decide it’s too far, or is it ‘what Trump wants, Trump gets?’”
A “common theme” of Trump’s potential picks being followed by sexual abuse allegations is emerging.
A “common theme” of Trump’s potential picks being followed by sexual abuse allegations is emerging.
November 21, 2024 at 12:24 PM
“Will Trump’s colleagues decide it’s too far, or is it ‘what Trump wants, Trump gets?’”
A “common theme” of Trump’s potential picks being followed by sexual abuse allegations is emerging.
A “common theme” of Trump’s potential picks being followed by sexual abuse allegations is emerging.
"Not a matter for me as Home Secretary"!!!!!
BREAKING:
“That's not a matter for me as home secretary"
says Yvette Cooper when asked if Israeli PM Netanyahu would be arrested if he was to come to the UK following the arrest warrant from the ICC
“That's not a matter for me as home secretary"
says Yvette Cooper when asked if Israeli PM Netanyahu would be arrested if he was to come to the UK following the arrest warrant from the ICC
November 22, 2024 at 8:05 AM
"Not a matter for me as Home Secretary"!!!!!
How have the Dutch created a truly bicycle friendly environment, and what does it look like?
forumviesmobiles.org/en/node/16047
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The combined use of bicycles and trains in the Netherlands: a promising mode of transport in a suitable environment | Forum Vies Mobiles
The combined use of bicycles and trains as part of the same trip is becoming normalised in densely populated urban areas in the Netherlands. This article summarises the main insights of academic liter...
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November 21, 2024 at 10:49 AM
How have the Dutch created a truly bicycle friendly environment, and what does it look like?
forumviesmobiles.org/en/node/16047
forumviesmobiles.org/en/node/16047
Very sorry to hear Peter Cowley has succumbed to his cancer. He was a fascinating man for whom I had great respect.
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OBITUARY: Peter Cowley, celebrated technology entrepreneur and serial investor | Cambridge Network
Peter Cowley, celebrated entrepreneur and serial investor, passed away peacefully at his home in Cambridge on Saturday November 16th, surrounded by his family. He was 69.
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November 20, 2024 at 11:27 AM
Very sorry to hear Peter Cowley has succumbed to his cancer. He was a fascinating man for whom I had great respect.
www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/obituar...
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