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Labour should start on the bottling it messaging. Rishi's scared to take it to the people.
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Given refusing the plan was likely to lead to Thames Water collapsing, something that Ofwat would not contemplate, Gardiner told the Ofwat chief executive, David Black: “They have got you by the short and curlies, haven’t they?”
Always nice to hear the truth come out about our official regulators every now and then, rather than the bland statements we usually hear
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Some interesting nuggets in the ongoing Thames Water debacle.
They are struggling to pay their debts (£18 billion at last count) so hit up their shareholders for a cash injection. Shareholders duly injected £750 million. it turns out that £500 million of that was actually a loan, payable at 8% interest.
They now want OFWAT to agree to increase customer bills by 40% to be able to meet repayments.
Absolute scam.
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Jesus, that is some seriously grim reading. How some people can just brush this stuff off because of his fame or 'talent' is unbelievable.
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Take that fucking back!
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OMG. Rebel Moon is so terrible.
I read your review(s) but still kind of thought can't be that bad.
Oh it was much worse. How does such a shit movie get made? At some point, isn't someone in the massive studio system that is Netflix sort of legally required to point out to the director how shit the dialogue is, how the plot doesn't make any sense and the photography looks like it was shot by a small child.
God knows how much money they spent on this crap. And this was only Part 1. Total rubbish
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Three years since the withdrawal agreement finished, seven years since we gave notice to leave, and the Government is still grasping at straws... Pathetic.
This bit is spot on though
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Merry Xmas from Florida!
*This is pretty tragic
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Ooh nice.
The FT have a podcast called Hot Money and the latest 8 episode season was about what they called the 'Super cartel' based in Dubai consisting of the Kinnahans as well as some other big crime families from all over the globe.
Interesting stuff.
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Where did you find the name of the son/father that had been shot?
Is it part of the Monk / Kinnahan feud that has been blowing up in Dublin over the last 5 years?
I'm totally fascinated by the whole story
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George Monbiot
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No idea, but there were a few choice bits from this article:
The former biology teacher is a strong advocate of policies to encourage women in the UK to have more children
Cates said the UK’s low birthrate was the most pressing policy issue of the generation, blaming it in part on “a cultural Marxism that is systematically destroying our children’s souls”
Greenberg is investigating eight MPs, with the inquiries dating back to June. Seven are Conservatives
The eighth is the former Tory Andrew Bridgen, who now sits for Reclaim.
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All these guys just have zero self awareness at all. It's so comical.
Musk said last week: “I disagree with the idea of unions. I just don’t
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Oh, that is very depressing reading!
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Ha, ha true.
Blade runner was my favourite movie for most of my life, so I'm a big Ridley Scott fan. Maybe I just went in with expectations set too high, which is always a bad idea.
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Perky Blenders is up your neck of the woods (I think). They are very good, but their espresso blend is quite similar to Yellow Bourbon, so that may rule them out for you. But could be worth a try.
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Oh wow, just saw Napoleon at the IMAX and what a complete mess it was.
No wonder the French were pissed off! And the historians.
The first 90mins is more slapstick comedy, think National Lampoon rather than Gladiator.
Battle scenes were very average and key moments in history were minimised or left out completely.
Was expecting a serious, dramatic retelling of one of the major figures in European history. Got an overly long Ealing comedy about a horny French dude with lots of dodgy sex scenes.
Ridley Scott has lost the plot.
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This is pretty outrageous. Not at all unexpected though.
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This Todays Worldview from the Washington Post talks about administrative detention, where Palestinians are being held without charge, often indefinitely. It seems that in the past few days, Israel has detained roughly the same number of people that they have released in hostage exchanges.
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Interesting.
IANAL but is that saying that a director must promote the success of the company (maximise profits) for the benefit of its members (shareholders) and in doing so have regard for (but it's just a suggestion):
- workers rights
- environment
-blah blah blah
Maybe the new suggested legislation would place those factors on an equal footing with profits? Similar to a B Corp?
- workers rights
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It always seemed batshit crazy, bordering on psychopathic, that companies and their directors are legally compelled to maximise their profits, without regard to any other factors. This sounds like a very positive change that needs to happen:
"adding a duty for directors to consider the social, economic and environmental impact of their business alongside profitability and returns for shareholders"
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Do any of these farmers get arrested? I imagine if Just Stop Oil or XR did something similar they would be immediately banged up and facing many years in jail.
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What are they protesting?
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Grace Dent reviews the legendary Cookdaily in the Guardian today:
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/jan/05/king-cookdaily-london-e1-grace-dent-restaurant-review