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Greenwash
England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record.
Industry dumps tons of raw sewage in rivers, lakes and seas. Destroys marine life, biodiversity; creates health hazards.
And spineless regulators call them green bonds. Travesty.
England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record.
Industry dumps tons of raw sewage in rivers, lakes and seas. Destroys marine life, biodiversity; creates health hazards.
And spineless regulators call them green bonds. Travesty.
England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record
River Action says use of issuance tied to environmental benefits is ‘corporate greenwash on steroids’
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Greenwash
England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record.
Industry dumps tons of raw sewage in rivers, lakes and seas. Destroys marine life, biodiversity; creates health hazards.
And spineless regulators call them green bonds. Travesty.
England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record.
Industry dumps tons of raw sewage in rivers, lakes and seas. Destroys marine life, biodiversity; creates health hazards.
And spineless regulators call them green bonds. Travesty.
Reposted by FredCairns
The Curse of Private Equity
Asda to raise £568m in sale and leaseback of stores.
Company loaded with debt, cut staffing, wages.
Already sold most of its warehouses and 25 supermarkets in sale and leaseback deals. Asset stripping continues.
Company losing market share.
What next?
Asda to raise £568m in sale and leaseback of stores.
Company loaded with debt, cut staffing, wages.
Already sold most of its warehouses and 25 supermarkets in sale and leaseback deals. Asset stripping continues.
Company losing market share.
What next?
Asda to raise £568m in store sell-off as sales continue to fall
Supermarket still losing market share despite effort under Allan Leighton to win over customers with price cuts
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The Curse of Private Equity
Asda to raise £568m in sale and leaseback of stores.
Company loaded with debt, cut staffing, wages.
Already sold most of its warehouses and 25 supermarkets in sale and leaseback deals. Asset stripping continues.
Company losing market share.
What next?
Asda to raise £568m in sale and leaseback of stores.
Company loaded with debt, cut staffing, wages.
Already sold most of its warehouses and 25 supermarkets in sale and leaseback deals. Asset stripping continues.
Company losing market share.
What next?
Reposted by FredCairns
Channel Tunnel says UK investment 'non-viable' as it halts projects.
This is how corporations hold govts to ransom. Create panics. Give us what we want, or else ...
Want others to pay taxes, not them.
Whatever the democratic mandate, corporations want to rule.
This is how corporations hold govts to ransom. Create panics. Give us what we want, or else ...
Want others to pay taxes, not them.
Whatever the democratic mandate, corporations want to rule.
Channel Tunnel says UK investment 'non-viable' as it halts projects
The company claims
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Channel Tunnel says UK investment 'non-viable' as it halts projects.
This is how corporations hold govts to ransom. Create panics. Give us what we want, or else ...
Want others to pay taxes, not them.
Whatever the democratic mandate, corporations want to rule.
This is how corporations hold govts to ransom. Create panics. Give us what we want, or else ...
Want others to pay taxes, not them.
Whatever the democratic mandate, corporations want to rule.
Reposted by FredCairns
Statement from Rep. Crockett on Threat at D.C. Office
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Statement from Rep. Crockett on Threat at D.C. Office
The CRIBS (pre-)Christmas Auction is now Live!
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November 20, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The CRIBS (pre-)Christmas Auction is now Live!
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Adverts from Hilton hotel group, Travelodge, Booking. com and Accor banned for misleading minimum prices for rooms.
It is that "from" price which you rarely get.
All part of the plan to entrap customers, boost profits, exec pay.
Execs not fined for misleading ads. So it goes on
It is that "from" price which you rarely get.
All part of the plan to entrap customers, boost profits, exec pay.
Execs not fined for misleading ads. So it goes on
Hotel adverts banned by watchdog over misleadingly cheap rooms
Ads for Hilton, Travelodge, Booking.com and Accor are banned by the Advertising Standards Authority.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Adverts from Hilton hotel group, Travelodge, Booking. com and Accor banned for misleading minimum prices for rooms.
It is that "from" price which you rarely get.
All part of the plan to entrap customers, boost profits, exec pay.
Execs not fined for misleading ads. So it goes on
It is that "from" price which you rarely get.
All part of the plan to entrap customers, boost profits, exec pay.
Execs not fined for misleading ads. So it goes on
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It's not as if the ways to reduce traffic collisions resulting in deaths and serious injuries is a well-kept secret. It's just that San Diego continues to lack the political will to do enough of those things. #VisionZero
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It's not as if the ways to reduce traffic collisions resulting in deaths and serious injuries is a well-kept secret. It's just that San Diego continues to lack the political will to do enough of those things. #VisionZero
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UK and Norway won nature's lottery in 1970 - found oil/gas in the North Sea.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
How sparsely populated Norway amassed $1.8 trillion | Fortune Europe
Launched in the early 1990s to invest mostly in bonds, the fund has grown to become the largest of its kind by acquiring small equity stakes in thousands of companies across the world.
fortune.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
UK and Norway won nature's lottery in 1970 - found oil/gas in the North Sea.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
UK squandered wealth, appeased corporations.
Norway levied 78% tax, took direct stake in companies.
Norway now has $1.8 trillion sovereign fund. UK has public finance crisis.
UK Govts still appeasing corporations/rich.
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The Epstein coverup will go down as one of the greatest scandals and miscarriages of justice in U.S. history.
Everyone involved with Epstein’s victims or with the coverup needs to be prosecuted and go down in shame.
It does not matter if they are GOP or Dems!
Repost if you agree.
#BlueCrew
Everyone involved with Epstein’s victims or with the coverup needs to be prosecuted and go down in shame.
It does not matter if they are GOP or Dems!
Repost if you agree.
#BlueCrew
November 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The Epstein coverup will go down as one of the greatest scandals and miscarriages of justice in U.S. history.
Everyone involved with Epstein’s victims or with the coverup needs to be prosecuted and go down in shame.
It does not matter if they are GOP or Dems!
Repost if you agree.
#BlueCrew
Everyone involved with Epstein’s victims or with the coverup needs to be prosecuted and go down in shame.
It does not matter if they are GOP or Dems!
Repost if you agree.
#BlueCrew
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Reposted by FredCairns
In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
In normal times, it would be a major scandal for the President to direct his AG to criminally investigate his political opponents to deflect from his own involvement in a major scandal — and for the AG to immediately announce she is doing it. The Epstein scandal and cover up just got even bigger.
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The rule of law for whom?
Private equity managers taxed at lower rates.
NHS drugs prices be hiked by 25% to appease companies.
Bankers' bonus cap abolished.
Chancellor ready to override Supreme Court judgment, cut compensation to victims of car loan scandals.
Bank frauds not investigated.
Private equity managers taxed at lower rates.
NHS drugs prices be hiked by 25% to appease companies.
Bankers' bonus cap abolished.
Chancellor ready to override Supreme Court judgment, cut compensation to victims of car loan scandals.
Bank frauds not investigated.
Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
leftfootforward.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The rule of law for whom?
Private equity managers taxed at lower rates.
NHS drugs prices be hiked by 25% to appease companies.
Bankers' bonus cap abolished.
Chancellor ready to override Supreme Court judgment, cut compensation to victims of car loan scandals.
Bank frauds not investigated.
Private equity managers taxed at lower rates.
NHS drugs prices be hiked by 25% to appease companies.
Bankers' bonus cap abolished.
Chancellor ready to override Supreme Court judgment, cut compensation to victims of car loan scandals.
Bank frauds not investigated.
An ex-Facebook lobbyist has been put in charge of Ireland’s data watchdog. This risks making Europe’s privacy laws meaningless. Sign today to tell the EU to reverse this decision: action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
Don’t let Big Tech lobbyists exploit our data!
An ex-Facebook lobbyist has been put in charge of Ireland’s data watchdog. This risks making Europe’s privacy laws meaningless. Sign today to tell the EU to reverse this decision:
action.wemove.eu
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
An ex-Facebook lobbyist has been put in charge of Ireland’s data watchdog. This risks making Europe’s privacy laws meaningless. Sign today to tell the EU to reverse this decision: action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...
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Yorkshire Water flouted director pay rules, secretly handed £660k bonus through offshore parent company.
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Ofwat says off-shore payments to Yorkshire Water boss do not flout bonus ban
Campaigners have slammed Ofwat after the water regulator found that the undisclosed off-shore payment of £660,000 to Yorkshire Water boss Nicola Shaw did not flout the Government’s bonus ban rule.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Yorkshire Water flouted director pay rules, secretly handed £660k bonus through offshore parent company.
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
Regulator OFWAT says that is OK, govt quiet.
Law is just a paper tiger. Abuses continue. Customers fleeced.
Let customers vote on exec pay.
archive.ph/9rYlp
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Health & safety otter takes his job very seriously.
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Health & safety otter takes his job very seriously.
There's obviously a vertical market here, so I'm offering a once-in-a-lifetime - or at least a once-in-a-christmastime opportunity, of the META -[no relation] ADVENT CALENDAR! Every date-door you open, find a DIFFERENT carefully curated Advent Calendar awaiting you!
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
There's obviously a vertical market here, so I'm offering a once-in-a-lifetime - or at least a once-in-a-christmastime opportunity, of the META -[no relation] ADVENT CALENDAR! Every date-door you open, find a DIFFERENT carefully curated Advent Calendar awaiting you!
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A London family wants £180k a year tutor for one-year old child to help him become an English gentleman.
Tutor must have gone to "the right kinds of schools", knowledge of horse riding, skiing, the arts and music.
This is the real island of strangers where class wars are inculcated at young age.
Tutor must have gone to "the right kinds of schools", knowledge of horse riding, skiing, the arts and music.
This is the real island of strangers where class wars are inculcated at young age.
Tutor sought for £180k job to teach baby to become a 'gentleman'
The advert seeks
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
A London family wants £180k a year tutor for one-year old child to help him become an English gentleman.
Tutor must have gone to "the right kinds of schools", knowledge of horse riding, skiing, the arts and music.
This is the real island of strangers where class wars are inculcated at young age.
Tutor must have gone to "the right kinds of schools", knowledge of horse riding, skiing, the arts and music.
This is the real island of strangers where class wars are inculcated at young age.
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Memo to Donald Trump
There is no link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children.
But Trump, the felon, is a danger, spreading hate and poverty, threatening other countries, sending troops to US cities; ignoring laws and treaties and climate change.
There is no link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children.
But Trump, the felon, is a danger, spreading hate and poverty, threatening other countries, sending troops to US cities; ignoring laws and treaties and climate change.
No link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children, review finds
Wide-ranging review finds no convincing connection after Trump said women should ‘fight like hell’ to avoid painkiller
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Memo to Donald Trump
There is no link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children.
But Trump, the felon, is a danger, spreading hate and poverty, threatening other countries, sending troops to US cities; ignoring laws and treaties and climate change.
There is no link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children.
But Trump, the felon, is a danger, spreading hate and poverty, threatening other countries, sending troops to US cities; ignoring laws and treaties and climate change.
Reposted by FredCairns
Reposted by FredCairns
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
Country surrounded by water has water shortages.
2024: 1trn litre of lost to leaks.
Sewage dumped in rivers for 4m hours.
No new reservoirs.
Investment neglected, £85bn paid in dividend.
Record high water bills.
People fleeced.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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Reposted by FredCairns
I friggin dare you to watch this to the end.
Watch & tell me it doesn't move you.
This is a 16 year old American boy explaining how Trump's reign of terror & #ICELawlessness has impacted him & his family.
If it affects you, please share it. I beg you to hit the link in the next post & save it.
Watch & tell me it doesn't move you.
This is a 16 year old American boy explaining how Trump's reign of terror & #ICELawlessness has impacted him & his family.
If it affects you, please share it. I beg you to hit the link in the next post & save it.
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I friggin dare you to watch this to the end.
Watch & tell me it doesn't move you.
This is a 16 year old American boy explaining how Trump's reign of terror & #ICELawlessness has impacted him & his family.
If it affects you, please share it. I beg you to hit the link in the next post & save it.
Watch & tell me it doesn't move you.
This is a 16 year old American boy explaining how Trump's reign of terror & #ICELawlessness has impacted him & his family.
If it affects you, please share it. I beg you to hit the link in the next post & save it.