The Guardian attempts to connect with the great unwashed – but you can’t work for two men
Category: Archive
Loop, scoop & plenty of poop
A carrot is just another form of stick
On the attribution & ascription of names, characteristics, causes, & values.
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Off the Cuff
Parliament has just mandated vaccines for all staff in UK Care Homes and vaccine apartheid is being implemented in France
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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…
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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
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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
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Protected: Sliding doors
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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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,…
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Open Secrets
G7 Tax Deal maintains illicit corporate financial flow
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Infosys deal means Sunak must resign
Chancellor’s family directly benefit from mini India Trade Deal
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No Corruption Please, We’re British!
The changing nature of what does and doesn’t count as corrupt
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MAPPA / Stalking Register
A stalking register needs proper monitoring of whoever is on the list
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Magnitsky Rules Rob Smaller Countries
Uk adopts Magnitsky “anti-corruption” Rules to steal money from smaller countries.
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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
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#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.
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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
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#DriverlessCrash #ColliderScope
From Driverless Crash to New German Green Leader
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Hell hath no fury like a Mandy Scorned #HartlepoolByElection
Westminster has no appetite for an independent candidate in Hartlepool
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UK Nuclear Disaster on the Cards #No2ESO #Hinkley #EdF
Rise of the Working Class Shareholder?
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…
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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….
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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.
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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…
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Pasta, Bellini, Siddons, Pound, Fulke Greville, Orton, Orbison
Alina, mi amore, brevita gran pregio
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Voodoo Tiled ( Slight U-Turn )
Standing Next to a Mountain
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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…
