Andrew McDermott (Macca)

How Britain privatised itself into failure Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong

🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨

Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.

In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.

All the hardcore ravers from school who used to bully the indie kids are at Oasis.

Taxpayers set for £10bn loss on NatWest as disgraced ex-boss takes £600k-a-year pension Government expected to sell last shares in banking group this week, drawing a line under 2008 financial crisis bailout

17 years on, the Tories still paint the £45 billion bailout of RBS as a once in a lifetime economic disaster that proves Gordon Brown was a terrible PM.

Brexit costs just as much every 19 months. Tories spent last week demanding we keep it.

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Stop chiding people for the closure and loss of things like shops, pubs, and cinemas like it's their fault. The reason people aren't using these things is BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FUCKING AFFORD THEM.

25 million deaths: what could happen if the US ends global health funding Models estimate the ginormous potential impact of foreign-aid cuts.

One estimate is that the cessation of USAID funding could result in ~25 million additional deaths over 15 years. I would like to see a story written about how potentially murderous Trump could be, so that people in Congress who could stop him can ask themselves if that's what they want the US to be.

Pope up pirate

Congratulations, it's a Pope!

Labour targets international students claiming asylum after losses to Reform in local elections Exclusive: Ministers understood to be drafting white paper this month in move to reduce legal migration

Yup, that’s right.
Chase Reform.
Legitimise them.
Punch down.
Brag about cruelty.
Abandon values.
Lose elections to Reform.
Rinse.
Repeat.
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Trump and Musk are wrecking balls where a scalpel is required, but their impact on higher education is prompting long-overdue reflection. While their methods are uncivil and overbroad — which should be criticised — the fact they are disrupting the titanic edifice that is the left-wing university means that their effect on academic freedom is likely to be net positive

Apparently getting masked thugs to snatch a student off the street and send her to a detention centre 1000 miles away - for writing an opinion piece - is "uncivil" but absolutely necessary.

Just in case anyone had any doubts about who these people really are..

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YouTube video by U Taskmaster Series 5 EP8 | Taskonbury Nish Kumar Mark Watson | Dave

Harsh - what's not to like?!
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Haha, I did exact same with AC Shadows last night!

“Authoritarian populism is more willing to engage in lie-based politics that essentially condenses complexity down to simplicity.” Great article on why the over simplification of the vastly complex issues we face is so dangerous

Postdoc positions in HCI and Videogames Theory at IT University of Copenhagen The IT University of Copenhagen invites highly motivated individuals to apply for a Postdoc position in HCI and Videogames Theory at IT University of Copenhagen

Is your PhD research on game design, game production, HCI, or design theory? I've got three 2-year postdoc positions in my ERC StG project to investigate what makes theory useful and usable in game design / interaction design.

Reposts much appreciated. Thx!

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Ministers delayed repeal of Tory anti-union law and Union leaders are 'dismayed' The Employment Rights Bill was supposed to scrap draconian rules forcing 50% of workers to vote for a strike ballot to be valid - but the move has been quietly delayed

The Employment Rights Bill was supposed to scrap draconian rules forcing 50% of workers to vote for a strike ballot to be valid - but the move appears to have been quietly delayed

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Image of a ventriloquist (The Great Gabbo from the 1929 movie of the same name) holding a dummy (Otto, from the same film) on his lap while sitting on a stool. Both are dressed in formal dress suits. Gabbo has a monocle and is holding a lit cigarette. Both stare forwards. The background is grey and featureless, perhaps a stage curtain.

The more you think about it, the more the Ukrainian situation is like the plot of The Great Gabbo:
- Putin is Gabbo
- Trump is Otto
- Zelensky is Mary
- The EU is Frank

We know what’s going on here.

Selective outrage of the right.

Senator Rips Into RFK Jr. — And Gets Him To Admit He Spread A Conspiracy Theory Pretty sure Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) won't be supporting Kennedy's nomination.

Senator Rips Into RFK Jr. — And Gets Him To Admit He Spread A Conspiracy Theory

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Kemi Badenoch's spokesman repeatedly refuses to say whether she agrees with Suella Braverman's 'Sharia law in the UK' speech, insisting that "she hasn't read it", despite it being widely reported and her spokespeople having received multiple questions about it

Phew, you've arrived here, which is good timing, as I've had to leave the other bird place that's become SpaceHitler's Fourth Reich.

Tweet by Aaron Lund, "Tulsi Gabbard and her staff tried their best to obfuscate the identities of regime figures she met in Syria but then accidentally left all the details in a publicly accessible Google doc."

who could be more suited for the role of Director of National Intelligence than such a master of Opsec

Haas appoint Mueller as F1’s first female race engineer Haas claimed a Formula One milestone on Tuesday with Laura Mueller appointed as the sport’s first female race engineer, working with experienced French driver Esteban Ocon.

Haas claimed a Formula One milestone with Laura Mueller appointed as the sport’s first female race engineer, working with experienced French driver Esteban Ocon reut.rs/4hprJp6

Just take a moment to imagine the reaction to Barack Obama pardoning 1,500 black people, involved in a riot, which led to five police officers dying, calling them "heroes" & "hostages".

What did Obama say to George Bush at the #inauguration today?

A screenshot of the Die Zeit website. It is a photo of Musk in black and white doing the Hitler “seig heil” salute - but the actual salute is blocked out by blue material on the left hand side of the photo. The headline is underneath.

A paper that understands its responsibility, in a country that knows it when it sees it.

Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was.

Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”

Please buy books and read them. It will matter moving forward.

Trump's inauguration should mark a turning point. Time for the UK to stop trying to ride the US's coattails and start working with those who share our values and want the things we want.

Reuters can go eff itself.

Triumphant?!

2 attempts?!

What has happened to news...

When someone has Nazi views and you know that because they tweet them & say them out loud & did a speech where they did a Nazi salute but when you call them a Nazi everyone goes ‘WOAH HANG ON A MINUTE THATS REALLY HYSTERICAL AND OFFENSIVE’ and you have to scream into a pillow for 3 hours.