Brian Milnes 🔶

Just when you thought Thames Water bosses’ behaviour couldn’t get any worse!

The company is rotten and must be brought back into public ownership.

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Picture of the Tesla gigafactory in Berlin with Elon Musk projected and the words Heil Tesla

Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin

(Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social )

Yorkshire Water boss defends 41% price rise and £371k bonus Nicola Shaw says the six-figure bonus was to

They are laughing at us.

Yorkshire Water CEO defends plans to increase bills by 41% after collecting £371,000 bonus.

Bonus for what - dumping sewage, paying dividends, increasing debt, financial engineering, neglecting investment, fleecing customers?
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So, Stop Oil potesters, blocking a road by supergluing themselves compares in what way with rather new Massey Ferguson owners blocking a road?

YouTube video by Led By Donkeys Nigel Farage loves open borders - for the super rich

Nigel Farage loves open borders - for the super rich

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I wonder whether the cost of Net Zero would have been paid by the people who died in Valencian floods or 40° heatwaves?

Vodafone-Three merger finally given green light The deal, which creates the UK's biggest mobile network, has had to overcome competition concerns.

Vodafone-Three £16.5bn merger gets the go-ahead.

This will reduce competition and consumer choice, and inevitably hike customer bills.

Internet/Phone companies are already hiking bills each year by inflation+3.9% to boost profits, regulators do nothing.
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If only I was as good at either...
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YouTube video by Led By Donkeys Yes, it's a genocide

"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent."

Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)

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Vauxhall’s troubles started with Brexit - former Luton plant boss Mark Noble says export tariffs were one factor leading to the closure of the Luton plant.

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Street full of parked cars in Bordeaux France, Google photo from 2008.

Same location in Bordeaux photo taken by me in 2023.

Before & After: I don’t think people realize the extent to which parked cars degrade public space.

As a local Councillor, dealing with the legacy of hugely onerous and binding PFI Contracts, I deplore thiis encouragement to do more of the same. Utter madness.
These were solely desgined to borrow without putting it on the balance sheet. And they are being traded as assets by private equity firms

YouTube video by LBC James O'Brien's extraordinary call with rabbi who supports arrest warrant for Netanyahu | LBC

Some crazy calls this week. This one was unbelievably moving. youtu.be/gJYHyIGaqA4?...

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How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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Shelford Rugby Club this evening with news of (and organised by) East West Rail

Tesla Cybertrucks are being mistaken for trash dumpsters by raccoons, and they’re getting thrashed as a result. Honest mistake. 🤣

“Will Trump’s colleagues decide it’s too far, or is it ‘what Trump wants, Trump gets?’”

A “common theme” of Trump’s potential picks being followed by sexual abuse allegations is emerging.

"Not a matter for me as Home Secretary"!!!!!

Oh, he's smitten...
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The combined use of bicycles and trains in the Netherlands: a promising mode of transport in a suitable environment | Forum Vies Mobiles The combined use of bicycles and trains as part of the same trip is becoming normalised in densely populated urban areas in the Netherlands. This article summarises the main insights of academic liter...

How have the Dutch created a truly bicycle friendly environment, and what does it look like?
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Very sorry to hear Peter Cowley has succumbed to his cancer. He was a fascinating man for whom I had great respect.
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