Both Labour & the Tories are focussing on the Financial Conduct Authority & its regulatory remit/practice as being a key impediment to economic growth in the UK.
This requires one to believe a less regulated financial services sector would deliver investment & revive areas of economic activity across the country.
But, this reflects the City of London's propaganda that they are key to the UK economic well-being... very little about the history of financialisation suggests that's true!
The business sector has woken up to the fact that the Tories various policies to wreck the university sector is actually bad for business;
a group of international firms have written to Rise Sunak warning that further curtailing student visas & the resulting (deepening) funding crisis for universities will reduce inwards investment.
The problem is the economic madness of wrecking higher education has been clear for ages; the Tories just don't care about the economics
Close again #CellTower 742
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Journalist: "So what do you think long-distance air travel is going to look like in 2050?"
Climate Scientist *laughs derisively*: "By 2050, most long-distance holiday destinations will be uninhabitable, so I expect the majority of long-distance air traffic to be non-existent by 2050."
Phew. Hadn't heard it THAT bleakly during a live interview yet.
Lost my way #CellTower 741
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Today in rich people refusing to pay their bills news:
SpaceX hit with scores of liens by Texas construction firms • The Register
Going back to sleep #CellTower 740
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The Oslo Accords were undermined from the beginning through their vagueness, by the assassination of Rabin, the rise of right-wing hardliners like Netanyahu, the dramatic and continued expansion of West Bank settlements, Israel's refusal to withdraw militarily, Israel isolating Gaza and the West Bank politically and economically, the corruption and complicity of Abbas and the Palestinian Authority, the Second Intifada, ongoing Hamas terror attacks, and Israeli favoritism by the US and Europe.
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Reverse Hunger games.
Every year, we reap 10 of the 100 wealthiest people to fight to the death. The odds of being chosen are proportional to their net wealth; they can surrender wealth to lower their odds.
The chosen have one week to prepare. If you can afford a giant killer robot, now's the time.
The losers' fortunes are donated to the poorest countries. The winner gets launched into space. If they did very well, they're inside the rocket instead of strapped to it.
My hunt for a missing TV episode - and what it shows about being Black in Britain | Jason Okundaye
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/13/tv-episode-black-britain-gay-history
Across the political Right, the narrative is that disability benefits (primarily Personal Independence Payments; PIPs) are too easy to get & are often paid to the 'undeserving'... however, in reality nearly half of applicants are rejected, rising to over two thirds for endometriosis (a gendered dimension I'll leave you to ponder), but with high rates of rejections over-turned on appeal (often with the same evidence).
More Tory lies, callousness & inhumanity
I've been rethinking my cynicism about Crypto currency, Blockchain and NFTs after reading this book
We don't have to buy into the self-serving pro-capitalist crap, and there are schemes that will help you run commons and set up community alternatives, like Breadcoin https://breadcoin.org/
Always said the only rights we actually have are to exploiter or exploited.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2qv7425gvwo
Patience wins out #CellTower 738
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So, in the "best democracy" in the world, you will be arrested if you criticise #Israel and the oil companies.
This is the infamous "democracy" of the #UnitedStates.
Tonight, #Eurovision2024 will celebrate #ESC #DoubleStandards, partying on the graves of 9,500 #mothers and 14,500 #children of #Gaza, in tune with music from #Israel.
#EBU 2022: "The decision reflects concern that, in light of the unprecedented crisis in Ukraine, the inclusion of a Russian entry in this year’s Contest would bring the competition into disrepute."
No unprecedented crisis in #Gaza, just a minor Hurricane, and deadly October-to-May Rain, of bombs.
Happy #Cheering4Genocide, Malmö
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Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.