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Cllr Darren Woodiwiss
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Green Party councillor. Proud father of 3. Agile Certified Scrum Master by day, Sustainability campaigner & Transitioner by night. Director @HarboroughEn #FBPPR
I gave up after a few months after BREXITcast finished, every one was so unapologetically on the right.

That said, I loved THIS WEEK and that was more biased than this 😁
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
It's probably not the 1700mm that Vietnam received in 24 hours 🙄
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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The WEF convenes governments and corporations, potentially creating policy environments favourable to asset manager interests. Those policy environments include freeports, special economic zones, and AI Growth Zones.
Zones carve out deregulated corporate territories from the host country.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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If the UK government partnership with BlackRock becomes a model replicated elsewhere, debt-financed utility ownership could become normalised internationally.
The UK is being privatised.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour is putting its plans for Britain in the hands of private finance. It could end badly | Daniela Gabor
Handing vital infrastructure to big finance will generate windfalls for investors and leave the rest of us worse off. We need a better plan, says Daniela Gabor, a professor of economics and macrofinan...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Implications for Vulnerable and Working People:
1. Policy Influence on Essential Services:
With direct influence over both investment flows (through BlackRock) and policy frameworks (through WEF), Fink can shape how essential infrastructure is financed globally
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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The Concentration of Power:
Fink leads BlackRock, which manages over $11 trillion in assets, making it the world's largest asset manager. His dual role as BlackRock CEO and WEF co-chair represents an unprecedented concentration of financial and policy influence.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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This raises fundamental questions about the implications for vulnerable people and regular salary earners:
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Larry Fink is now co-chair of the World Economic Forum alongside André Hoffmann in August 2025.
This followed an independent investigation into allegations against founder Klaus Schwab, after which Schwab stepped back from active leadership and Peter Brabeck-Letmathe resigned as interim chair.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Join The Green Party to stop this rot once and for all.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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This is not economic growth for everyone as Labour likes to constantly remind us of; it is an extraction machine designed for the super-rich to punch down on critical infrastructure within the public sector in order to ultimately privatise it.
It's a giant Ponzi Scheme.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Keir Starmer knows this, which is why he and Rachel Reeves refuse to tax predatory corporations like Blackrock properly.
But they are more than happy to. raise your income taxes on top of the increased bills you pay.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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This purchase includes the debt from banks and bond markets.
However, that debt does not sit on Blackrock's books it sits with the company they just bought, the company not the asset manager, has to pay it back. The debt is passed on to you, the consumer in the form of higher bills.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM