A wealth tax in the UK is becoming unavoidable youtu.be/aTSJ9ZXoBV8

Nigel Farage's lavish '£700k' beach pad makeover after £5m gift from crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne

Dutch rail charges €8,50 to carry a bike, but only €4,80 to rent a bike at your destination. Rental just needs a rail pass. No staff. And look at those opening hours.

Toast run with George the donkey and Chris. Would you run with George for toast?

My cartoon in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social

I’ve been saying the Monaco GP should be dropped since 1996 because it isn’t a race in any meaningful sense of the word, but I didn’t realise it fell so far outside F1’s own rules for circuit standards. Fascinating stuff

She is a very special girl indeed is Marilyn Monroe. It takes a lot to break a dog but she was very nearly there. She is utterly exhausted. Time to start changing her life

Anyone know what the story is on Denby Pottery? Seems they were owned by a Private Equity company called Hilco which the times called a vulture fund. The Wikipedia page is confusing, mentions 2 management buyouts.

"The average charge to the state by a private provider for a child in “care” is now £384,020 a year. That’s six times what Eton charges" "There might also be links to organised crime, as you can now make more money from children than you can from drugs"

Male slags With greedy bastard scrubbed hands Kill jokes, join gangs Kill the safety in our lands #FallFriday youtu.be/y3VGHBpcnws?...

There's a new initiative in Makerfield to put signs up pointing at places where idiots live.

WTAF?

A beautiful mural honoring three Irish voices has been unveiled in Dublin. The mural, by artist Aches, features the late Dolores O'Riordan, Sinéad O'Connor and Dolores Keane.

Widow of gambling addict takes Betfair to court in possible landmark UK case. Company encouraged addiction, sent free bets, running to £18000 debt. Companies focused on profit, don't owe a duty of care to customers showing signs of problem gambling. Don't bear social cost of their practices.

X is currently full of posts falsely naming Christi Hill and another officer as having arrested Henry Nowak. One names and pictures the other PC, saying, "Wanted: dead or alive". It gives his address. What more exactly will it take to get UK MPs, ministers and departments off that hellsite?

Good post from the author of rsync on the recent pile-on: medium.com/@tridge60/rs...

Two-tier Britain alright, you can be a member of parliament, hold NO constituency surgeries, be absent from voting for OVER a year, take £5 million from a crypto guy, and still have a job, moreover the press is eager to propagate your racist bullshit without comment

Sickening that the very same people who encouraged the hatred of members of the Polish community in Britain, before and after Brexit, have now appropriated the tragic murder of Henry Nowak to further their racist agenda.

Three cheers for in-browser translations. politiken.dk/internationa...

Our water industry is broken. Failing customers. Failing our rivers. @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social on why the UK's privatised water system isn't working and why it's time for real change

Couldn't agree more ...

In 1909, Peterborough's workhouse was extensively investigated for a scandal. What kind of scandal? No idea yet, only found out about it last night... So, in about an hour, I'm going to read the newspaper reports and TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT, like it's twitter in 2020.

Just had a #Snickers and it doesn't taste the same, chocolate tastes of nothing, just sort of sweet but bland. Is it just me or have they changed the recipe (UK)?

Mandelson arranged a private meeting between Keir Starmer and Palantir (which was represented by his own Global Counsel firm). Downing Street insist no records were kept of what was discussed at the meeting

I asked a mining billionaire about his environmental philanthropy. It didn’t go well.

Adam Tooze is so right on the Bank of England. Great that he has added his voice to ours.... open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

Yesterday I witnessed something extraordinary: the author Sarah Wynn-Williams sitting silent on a stage at @hayfestival.bsky.social. And she got a standing ovation. I hope the attempt to censor her backfires magnificently. I have just ordered her book. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The UK and Europe should ban US private equity firms and never ever do business with any of them. They are all ruthless hateful fookers.

Got a theory that we are all living through a crisis of agency, at least online. Bots, algorithms, clip armies, & the flood of AI stuff have scrambled notions of popularity, turned everything into a ‘psyop’. AI tools/ agents are reversing the fundamental human, collaborative promise of the internet

EasyJet in takeover sights of US private equity (PE) firm. PE has no long-term interests in businesses. A successful buyout would be followed by high debt, staff/wage cuts, asset-stripping, profit shifting, tax abuse. How long before PE will find new ways of fleecing travellers? archive.ph/WHJLb

It seems our local 'patriots' seem to prefer people coming over here raping and pillaging to people fleeing the raping and pillaging. Anyway it's in the bin now..

How privatisation is ruining your life and putting the UK out of step with the modern world Forty years on from the selloff of our utilities, water, energy and social housing are all in crisis

”’Third Way’ liberal politics involves *saying* things that working people love, but *doing* things that sociopathic plutocrats love.” That makes a whole lot of sense.

"Austerity – more than any other force – drives working people into the arms of fascists". Thanks Tory party!

Burberry boss could collect up to £12.2m under new bonus scheme as company rolls back climate goals. The same repeated across major corporations. Workers produce wealth, execs get mega rewards. Govts preach wage restraint to workers, silence on exec pay, dividends and share buyback.

Friday made! The Cramps’ Lost Album Gravest Gravy Set for Release Featuring unreleased recordings from the 1977 sessions that spawned “Surfin’ Bird” and “Human Fly” Released 21st August pitchfork.com/news/the-cra.... youtu.be/9K3cc9BMqmU?...

Just read a LinkedIn celebration of “made it to 6 months at Microsoft” and I still can’t decide if it’s satire. Is this what we’re celebrating now?

It’s climate denier talking point bingo. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm actually furious that Andy Burnham is being promoted as anti establishment when he's already saying no to public OWNERSHIP of Thames Water 16 million so-called "customers" instantly let down Take it back Andy, commit to public ownership weownit.org.uk/act-now/sign...

Springsteen. Moments ago. Washington DC #nokings

It's the things they haven't done that boils my piss. Cleaned up: The Electoral Commission. ACOBA. Parliamentary Standards. Second jobs. Lobbying. Overseas funding. All Regulators. Beef up Select Committees. Much to do, all cheap and popular. "Too Little, Too Late" will be Starmer's epitaph.

Over 98k have signed... have you? Another 2K signatures and then Parliament will have to debate Brexit and our European relationship. Do sign. Do share 👇.

petition to get the billionaires out of our media petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Tony Blair tells Radio 4 that the £257 million his institute has received from a billionaire AI investor has absolutely nothing to with his lobbying for the AI industry

Apparently Farage claims the data on the £5m gift was obtained illegally, which prompts the question, “what else is the little shit hiding?”

Camborne in Cornwall has reached 28.8°C. Its June record is 27.7°C. Its previous May record has been beaten by more than 4°C. This is an extreme heatwave, made hotter by burning fossil fuels.

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