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We paid an ex-Tory MP to lobby for our fake Chinese firm - and authorities did nothing Investigation finds no rules were broken. It just goes to show how few rules there are.

Last week, UK lobbying regulator closed investigation into ex Tory MP Ben Howlett

We offered Howlett money to work for a fake Chinese investor. He introduced us to a dozen Labour MPs

Regulator didn't even speak to us. Our system is broken

New, by me: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/we-paid-an...

Facebook post by the Daily Mail: 'I'm not only trappedin a warzone, but I'm going to get fat again as well." "I'm trapped and under attack in Dubai - but worst of all, I left my Mounjaro pen in the fridge"

It's Private Eye I feel sorry for. How do you spoof The Daily Mail these days?

Expert level trolling🤣

Introducing the 15-Hour City “The 15-minute city principle suggests you should have your daily needs—work, food, healthcare, education, culture, and leisure—within a 15-minute ...

Well played sir 👏

Here is some transportation humor from Canada
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/int...

Six concerns about public procurement What is wrong about public procurement - and why it can be hard to do anything about it

NEW

Six concerns about public procurement

What is wrong about public procurement - and why it can be hard to do anything about it

Detailed post by me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/six-concer...

Jmail, logged in as jeevacation@gmail.com You are logged into jeevacation@gmail.com, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.

www.jmail.world

lol

Obsessing over water supplies & worried that there's no captain on this ship. Nobody knows the true picture over who's using the critical resource, and the global picture is pretty dire. I've pulled my latest articles together to try to make sense of it watershedinvestigations.com/dry-taps-flo...

Only in the UK can we have documentary evidence of documents being leaked, no denial of the leak, but journalists still have to put "alleged" in the headline.

Libel law is broken.

On almost everything – fraud, polarisation, radicalisation, misinformation – evidence suggests that over 60s are in much more urgent need of online protection and education than teenagers.

But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.

I was asked to look at this post!

And while the story obviously has important context that’s missing from the headline - which I’ll cover obvs 😜 - what’s more important is to question why this is being posted!

And what to ask yourself when you see something like this…

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The Authoritarian Stack How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

This is an interesting read. Know your enemies.

Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.

YouTube video by Transport Accident Commission Victoria There's no one someone won't miss - Man on the street - Towards Zero

From the odious mouth of Brexit Negotiator David Frost, a man who has never knowingly been correct about anything. I'm sure he'd be happy to sacrifice some of his family members to maintain the current situation youtu.be/k2tOye9DKdQ?...

Another pointless government consultation taking over half a decade;

Do you think pavement parking is a problem in your area?
Yes 81%

Preferred option for tackling pavement parking is;
an England-wide pavement parking prohibition 70%

Government decision, let councils deal with it - 16%

New speed camera replacement just dropped in Ford’s Ontario

Petition: Higher minimum penalties for death by dangerous driving I want people who have committed death by dangerous driving due to drugs to permanently have their licence removed and never have chance to reapply, and longer sentences for death by dangerous driving...

This is an important petition to change the laws regarding causing death by dangerous driving. Please sign and forward. Thanks.

Higher minimum penalties for death by dangerous driving - Petitions share.google/a8dv1Mzsh2T2...

Another motoring Recidivist
noun
"a criminal who continues to commit crimes even after they have been punished"

Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting

From the new Private Eye, out now.

Interesting background on Paul Doyle, who drove his car into the Liverpool parade www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...

Fixing the Scourge Visit the post for more.

Mandating petrol stations to verify a vehicle is legal, before allowing it to be fuelled up could have an impact as well - scourge.design.blog

Lest we forget.. #PeruvianBornDanielHannan

Accidentally voted more than once..😀 thanks NewsShopper Poll Team

No Paywall version of article for anyone who'd like to indulge themselves -- archive.is/rRtaf

Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract.

There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...

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Your correspondent says 'we should listen' when it comes to Oxford's perennial transport issues. I've been listening. I've listened to people say that children's safety doesn't matter, because drivers can't be expected to slow down. I've listened to people say that bus passengers don't matter, because drivers have more money. I've listened to people say that traffic jams don't matter, because cities will always be congested. I've listened to people say that collisions don't matter, because 'accidents will happen'. I've listened to people say that vehicle emissions don't matter, because climate science isn't real. And I've listened to people say that we mustn't reduce traffic, because that might inconvenience drivers. I've listened, and I'm still waiting to hear a single effective alternative to low traffic. Owen McKnight Oxford

I've had enough of listening. Time for action on low traffic.

My letter in the Oxford Times today

Anyone out in Bath today. If you spot this bike and tell me where it is I will pay you fuckin handsomely. Pop a lock on it I’ll literally give you £500.