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Parliament has just mandated vaccines for all staff in UK Care Homes and vaccine apartheid is being implemented in France

RAVES AND RIOTS – CREDIT CREATION & DESTRUCTION

Vinca Petersen I walked past photographer Vinca Petersen‘s exhibition at EDEL ASSANTI on Mortimer Street in London yesterday. Some of the images on display are taken from the 90s Teknival Scene and Reclaim the Streets. Edel Assanti organises photography exhibitions and events, such as London Gallery Weekend, in London and throughout the UK. Established in…

Osborne to Chair British Museum where Nigel Boardman, BoJo’s pick to whitewash the Government Greensill inquiry, is already Deputy Chair

Nigel Boardman, who Boris Johnson handpicked to run the post-Greensill review of high level corrupt appointments, is also a trustee and should now resign from both positions

The Years of the Week

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Jordan Ellenberg: Shape

Jordan Ellenberg wrote the bestseller: How not to be Wrong back in 2014. Here he is in conversation with Weapons of Math Destruction writer Cathy O’Neil

Protected: Sliding doors

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Whistleblowers & Double Agents2

This one goes out to the never edit crew

Whistleblowers & Double Agents

This one goes out to the never edit crew

Murdoch, Kissinger, Wolfensohn, Cohn

I love the way these guys preach borderless globalism one day and merciless flag-waving the next. Gaslighting-as-a-service In 2000 Rupert Murdoch hosted a discussion on the Global Role of the UnitedStates in the 21st Century. The main speaker was the then World Bank head James Wolfensohn. It was moderated by Henry Kissinger. Australian American Wolfensohn,…

Open Secrets

G7 Tax Deal maintains illicit corporate financial flow

Infosys deal means Sunak must resign

Chancellor’s family directly benefit from mini India Trade Deal

No Corruption Please, We’re British!

The changing nature of what does and doesn’t count as corrupt

MAPPA / Stalking Register

A stalking register needs proper monitoring of whoever is on the list

Magnitsky Rules Rob Smaller Countries

Uk adopts Magnitsky “anti-corruption” Rules to steal money from smaller countries.

Standards in Public Life

Government Reply to Committee on Standards in Public Life Few will read the Government’s reply to the Committee on Standards in Public Life

#StalkingRegister U-Turn, Jo Johnson #DomesticAbuseBill

The Conservative Lord Jo Johnson as been voting in favour of the Government’s Domestic Abuse Bill and against a #StalkingRegister.

Jim’ll Fixit for BoJo: Dyson hires PM’s brother straight after instructing Boris to evade tax

Billionaire hired PM’s little bro immediately after ordering Boris to evade tax

#DriverlessCrash #ColliderScope

From Driverless Crash to New German Green Leader

Hell hath no fury like a Mandy Scorned #HartlepoolByElection

Westminster has no appetite for an independent candidate in Hartlepool

UK Nuclear Disaster on the Cards #No2ESO #Hinkley #EdF

Rise of the Working Class Shareholder?

Astraddle Synthetic Biology (the most magnificent of promotions)

Synthetic Biology is the Answer I’m no scientist. But I think science is important. The open discussion of science is crucial in a free society. A matter of life and death. The society which does not permit open discussion of science is closed. We are edging toward totalitarianism. Last week we saw that audit firms…

Make jocund music though the boughs be bare

Why England Is Conservative by Alfred Austin Because of our dear Mother, the fair Past,On whom twin Hope and Memory safely lean,And from whose fostering wisdom none shall weanTheir love and faith, while love and faith shall last:Mother of happy homes and Empire vast,Of hamlets meek, and many a proud demesne,Blue spires of cottage smoke…

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey in another corrupt Media PR operation

Andrew Bailey is referred to in this FT piece as though he has some sort of track record preventing fraud. He doesn’t. For some reason, “comments have not been enabled for this article” Bailey was asked about lessons learned from the London Capital & Finance scandal. The scandal itself is barely mentioned in the article….

How the City went Woke ?

Woke This Way The Times of London tends to issue anti-woke UK Government propaganda from behind a paywall. A paywall that is thankfully not impossible to bypass. In today’s business section is the following offering: It is interesting to see the word ‘woke’ used when referring to the City. As if to imply that the…

The Apple of Anarchism, Anachronism, & Discord

A is for Apple, Anarchism, & Anachronism Luddites I miss the Luddites. Not the ones up in Nottinghamshire that broke frames. I mean the ones from a few years ago who were scientists against technocracy. Dave King ran the group. Very informative it was. They taught me about synthetic biology, fracking, biofuel, & cyborg technology….

Who runs this place? #AskDeloitte

The Government pays Deloitte to tell them how to tell the world that it is ok for the Government to pay Deloitte.

Murdoch backs Hancock over Mandatory Vaccines for care workers

Over the course of eight paragraphs today’s Times argues that the jab should be mandatory for all care workers. It goes a little something like this (italics being The Times) : The Times view on mandatory Covid vaccination for health and care workers: Taking Care It is an unprecedented and controversial step. But ministers should…

Pasta, Bellini, Siddons, Pound, Fulke Greville, Orton, Orbison

Alina, mi amore, brevita gran pregio

Voodoo Tiled ( Slight U-Turn )

Standing Next to a Mountain

US invoke Navalny, Skripal, Magnitsky to oust Putin

The boys and girls over at the State Department / Bloomberg must think the public believe anything. Their latest offering suggests the UK / US axis wants to place sanctions on Russia. This is due to chemical weapons usage and mistreatment of opposition leader Aleksey Navalny. Secretary State Blinken took to Twitter yesterday. Time for…

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