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A trip down memory lane for some of Forbes' subscribers, I would imagine. 😜
December 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A trip down memory lane for some of Forbes' subscribers, I would imagine. 😜
These pattern forming pardons read less like the decisions of a statesman & more like the moves of someone consolidating personal authority, shaping loyalties & demonstrating that the law bends for those he favours, the actions of a man who wants to be Caesar.
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
These pattern forming pardons read less like the decisions of a statesman & more like the moves of someone consolidating personal authority, shaping loyalties & demonstrating that the law bends for those he favours, the actions of a man who wants to be Caesar.
Starmer is prioritising strict party discipline over individual backbench autonomy, centralising control & trying to present a unified front, which will stifle genuine debate, undermining MPs’ ability to represent their constituents & giving the impression of democracy but only on Starmer’s terms.
December 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Starmer is prioritising strict party discipline over individual backbench autonomy, centralising control & trying to present a unified front, which will stifle genuine debate, undermining MPs’ ability to represent their constituents & giving the impression of democracy but only on Starmer’s terms.
Time & again, the Foreign Office has shown it will bend to Washington rather than stand up for justice. Harry Dunn’s death became a footnote as they kowtowed to the US, prioritising smooth relations over holding anyone responsible, a damning lesson in misplaced priorities. The media were no better.
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Time & again, the Foreign Office has shown it will bend to Washington rather than stand up for justice. Harry Dunn’s death became a footnote as they kowtowed to the US, prioritising smooth relations over holding anyone responsible, a damning lesson in misplaced priorities. The media were no better.
A tax write-off with free PR. The generosity burnishes their image & lets them keep steering public priorities, rewards them for hoarding untaxed wealth, illustrating how the richest profit from society without helping it grow, relying instead on stability & infrastructure paid for by everyone else.
December 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A tax write-off with free PR. The generosity burnishes their image & lets them keep steering public priorities, rewards them for hoarding untaxed wealth, illustrating how the richest profit from society without helping it grow, relying instead on stability & infrastructure paid for by everyone else.
It's a wake-up call for gig-style, casualised workers are starting to push back successfully against schedule instability, even in highly flexible sectors. The UK zero-hour contract debate is a parallel story, just without the dramatic city-level fines. www.acas.org.uk/zero-hours-c...
Zero-hours contracts - Acas
Your rights and the employer's responsibilities when you have a casual or zero-hours contract.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It's a wake-up call for gig-style, casualised workers are starting to push back successfully against schedule instability, even in highly flexible sectors. The UK zero-hour contract debate is a parallel story, just without the dramatic city-level fines. www.acas.org.uk/zero-hours-c...
This reveals a state that prioritised its own preservation over justice. Investigations ended without anyone being held accountable, leaving victims’ families without closure while institutions shielded their image. As always, the system served itself, not the people it was meant to protect.
December 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM
This reveals a state that prioritised its own preservation over justice. Investigations ended without anyone being held accountable, leaving victims’ families without closure while institutions shielded their image. As always, the system served itself, not the people it was meant to protect.
Thames Water’s rising half-year profits highlight 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮. Shareholders & executives benefit, while customers deal with high bill increases. It’s a textbook case of making the public foot the bill, turning a looming crisis into short-term private gain. Inverted Dick Turpin stuff.
December 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Thames Water’s rising half-year profits highlight 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮. Shareholders & executives benefit, while customers deal with high bill increases. It’s a textbook case of making the public foot the bill, turning a looming crisis into short-term private gain. Inverted Dick Turpin stuff.
Once you drag this into a courtroom instead of a press briefing, the whole fog-of-war BS routine falls apart fast. You get: strike footage, audio logs, command-chain testimony under oath, rules of engagement & intelligence assessments, after-action reports, etc.
Trump will throw him under the bus.
Trump will throw him under the bus.
December 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Once you drag this into a courtroom instead of a press briefing, the whole fog-of-war BS routine falls apart fast. You get: strike footage, audio logs, command-chain testimony under oath, rules of engagement & intelligence assessments, after-action reports, etc.
Trump will throw him under the bus.
Trump will throw him under the bus.
This avoids discussing the deeper causes: a broken electoral system, cautious donors, a hostile media & voters worn out by decades of chaos & treats it as psychological when it's structural. By not recognising the system that stifles, this ultimately reinforces the very smallness it criticises.
December 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This avoids discussing the deeper causes: a broken electoral system, cautious donors, a hostile media & voters worn out by decades of chaos & treats it as psychological when it's structural. By not recognising the system that stifles, this ultimately reinforces the very smallness it criticises.
It's called a gift posting. The diplomatic equivalent of being given a fancy corner office, everyone plays along with the fiction because it keeps the machine running, but behind the scenes, the Deputy Chief of Mission & the political desk officers are the ones steering the ship.
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
It's called a gift posting. The diplomatic equivalent of being given a fancy corner office, everyone plays along with the fiction because it keeps the machine running, but behind the scenes, the Deputy Chief of Mission & the political desk officers are the ones steering the ship.
Two-tier journalism | Is a common aspect of how the media operates. One tier creates comfort, while the other focuses on struggle, leading to a growing divide where news targeted at wealthy, educated readers minimises/justifies the pressures that working-class & lower-middle-class experience daily.
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Two-tier journalism | Is a common aspect of how the media operates. One tier creates comfort, while the other focuses on struggle, leading to a growing divide where news targeted at wealthy, educated readers minimises/justifies the pressures that working-class & lower-middle-class experience daily.
Once you drag this into a courtroom instead of a press briefing, the whole fog-of-war BS routine falls apart fast. You get: strike footage, audio logs, command-chain testimony under oath, rules of engagement & intelligence assessments, after-action reports, etc.
Trump will throw him under the bus.
Trump will throw him under the bus.
December 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Once you drag this into a courtroom instead of a press briefing, the whole fog-of-war BS routine falls apart fast. You get: strike footage, audio logs, command-chain testimony under oath, rules of engagement & intelligence assessments, after-action reports, etc.
Trump will throw him under the bus.
Trump will throw him under the bus.
This debate over a customs union highlights a deeper reality, the country is still self-inflicting the economic/political costs of Brexit. Pushing for alignment, but entrenched in ideology & political risk keeps leaders hesitant. Partial fixes are a band-aid on a gaping wound Britain keeps reopening
December 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This debate over a customs union highlights a deeper reality, the country is still self-inflicting the economic/political costs of Brexit. Pushing for alignment, but entrenched in ideology & political risk keeps leaders hesitant. Partial fixes are a band-aid on a gaping wound Britain keeps reopening
When accused of giving an order that could amount to a war crime & your public response is a meme of a children’s character with a rocket launcher. That’s not just tone-deaf, it’s someone who thinks the normal rules don’t apply to him, it’s the swagger of a drunk & who is unfit for the job he holds.
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
When accused of giving an order that could amount to a war crime & your public response is a meme of a children’s character with a rocket launcher. That’s not just tone-deaf, it’s someone who thinks the normal rules don’t apply to him, it’s the swagger of a drunk & who is unfit for the job he holds.
It’s class solidarity for the ultra-wealthy. It tells every regular investor who lost money that their losses matter less than the comfort of one connected fraudster. It’s power protecting power & it shows how easily the system bends when the right connections are involved.
December 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It’s class solidarity for the ultra-wealthy. It tells every regular investor who lost money that their losses matter less than the comfort of one connected fraudster. It’s power protecting power & it shows how easily the system bends when the right connections are involved.
It's really not that difficult
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's really not that difficult
A private club for the ultra-wealthy. Ordinary investors are largely excluded from the most lucrative opportunities, seeing only indirect/marginal benefits. It’s progress for the insiders & a reminder that modern finance increasingly favours the connected and capital-rich over the everyday investor.
December 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A private club for the ultra-wealthy. Ordinary investors are largely excluded from the most lucrative opportunities, seeing only indirect/marginal benefits. It’s progress for the insiders & a reminder that modern finance increasingly favours the connected and capital-rich over the everyday investor.
When essential services are run for profit but rescued by the public, you haven’t built a market, you’ve built a cushion for the already cushioned & everyone else gets the bill. This system isn't broken; it was purposely built that way.
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
When essential services are run for profit but rescued by the public, you haven’t built a market, you’ve built a cushion for the already cushioned & everyone else gets the bill. This system isn't broken; it was purposely built that way.
Stripping Mountbatten-Windsor’s titles hurts his prestige, not his wallet. He keeps his personal wealth, pension & shelter, so he’s not facing any financial pain. What he’s lost is status, influence & the royal insulation that once made consequences optional. It’s all symbolic, not economic.
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Stripping Mountbatten-Windsor’s titles hurts his prestige, not his wallet. He keeps his personal wealth, pension & shelter, so he’s not facing any financial pain. What he’s lost is status, influence & the royal insulation that once made consequences optional. It’s all symbolic, not economic.
This is less about genuine social risk & more about recycling generational blame to dodge real issues, inequality, ageing infrastructure & poor pensions. Calling boomers badly behaved is a lazy headline; confronting the structural failures behind it is harder. This BS is recycled every 15–20 years.
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This is less about genuine social risk & more about recycling generational blame to dodge real issues, inequality, ageing infrastructure & poor pensions. Calling boomers badly behaved is a lazy headline; confronting the structural failures behind it is harder. This BS is recycled every 15–20 years.
It’s class solidarity for the ultra-wealthy. It tells every regular investor who lost money that their losses matter less than the comfort of one connected fraudster. It’s power protecting power & it shows how easily the system bends when the right connections are involved.
December 1, 2025 at 3:35 AM
It’s class solidarity for the ultra-wealthy. It tells every regular investor who lost money that their losses matter less than the comfort of one connected fraudster. It’s power protecting power & it shows how easily the system bends when the right connections are involved.
That headline is doing a lot of the heavy lifting, signalling the entire narrative in one sentence, quietly illustrating how the richest profit from society without materially helping it grow, relying instead on stability & infrastructure paid for by everyone else.
November 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
That headline is doing a lot of the heavy lifting, signalling the entire narrative in one sentence, quietly illustrating how the richest profit from society without materially helping it grow, relying instead on stability & infrastructure paid for by everyone else.
Accenture’s move may prepare them for an AI-driven future, but it probably precedes a phase of selective redundancies. So the 'reinventor' messaging seems partly aspirational &/or partly a buffer for what’s coming. The Accenture leadership sees the chessboard & employees are playing checkers.
November 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Accenture’s move may prepare them for an AI-driven future, but it probably precedes a phase of selective redundancies. So the 'reinventor' messaging seems partly aspirational &/or partly a buffer for what’s coming. The Accenture leadership sees the chessboard & employees are playing checkers.