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Indeed, I’ve no idea.

I never did. Lift my standard specs to read instead now.

Meanwhile, in Russia’s Murmansk, before dictator Putin’s arrival, the Federal Guard Service is searching the honor guard for explosives. Nervous much?

Musk in his mountain lair. In the background are huge glass vessels containing his new offspring. Himmler looks on.

Their Kiwis were good today.

What are we even talking about

This war can only end with the unconditional surrender of Russia and the prosecution of everyone involved in these war crimes

Is Elon Musk to blame for Tesla slump? Automotive giant Tesla sees fall in sales despite CEO’s infamous rise to power

"In Norway, Tesla saw a 38% sales slump, in France sales dropped by 63%, and in Spain by 75%. Tesla sales dropped 13% across the whole European Union last year and are expected to fall further... Tesla registered only 1,277 new cars in Germany in January, a year-on-year drop of 59.5%."

Baroness Hazarika, "Donald Trump's party, particularly Elon Musk, having such close relations with the AfD, amplifying their message"

"What America is trying to do right now, they want this big ideological war in Europe between progressive western values and these MAGA values they want to promote"

The two most powerful men in America, Donald Trump and Elon Musk, each squat in the middle of their own personal disinformation machine, like two grotesque spiders.

By virtue of TruthSocial and Twitter mind poisoning, they are likely to be some of the least well informed people in the world.

Yes, utterly incredible that we are having to think in these terms. Sad and dangerous in equal measure.

Interesting theory. The chaos over there is so fast moving, it’s hard to keep up.

Aye well, still never won a WC knockout game, there’s always that stat.

Wales is the land of song. Now it’s being silenced by cuts that threaten our culture | Will Hayward Language, history and arts are what make us a nation – and they’re at risk when funding is slashed to levels among the lowest in Europe, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

'When you erode Welsh culture you erode Wales. The arts are not a “nice to have”; they are vital. Urgent change is needed or else the land of song risks being finally silenced.'

Spot on by @willhaycardiff.bsky.social

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Absolutely not, it’s a monopoly for the company serving your area. Not bound by any EU regs, it’s become a licence to pollute and make money.

Is that a fact, I never knew that, makes so much sense, it’s a vital resource. We can thank Thatcher and her complete trust in the markets.

Greed and profit shipped off abroad. Water should never be in private hands.

No, it’s run through a company called Glas Cymru, which has no shareholders. Any surpluses are reinvested. Bills are about to go up by 25%+ shortly.

Awful isn’t it. I remember our rivers in South Wales being dead. They came back remarkably, only to go backwards. The Wye is effectively dead in parts due to agricultural pollution.

Welsh Water/Dwr Cymru is not for profit, but hasn’t stopped them having a poor record unfortunately. Some things should never be in private hands.

A federal Europe of nations: Is a new world emerging that will engulf Europe? Mathieu Guihard President of the Breton Party / Strollad Breizh Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, a sovereign and independent country, from February 24, 2022, was a wake-up call for us Eur...

Are we going to become an open-air museum, to be visited with condescension or pity by the new masters of the world, like visiting a bedridden old relative? ✍️ Mathieu Guihard

Anna Soubry, "This is horrible stuff.. Profoundly ignorant for Donald Trump to say that Gaza just needs a clean out"

"This is really awful scary stuff, these are real human beings, and they have been driven out of their homes"

Many people (including me) have been warning for a long time that because of the gaping Labour vacuum around Brexit, the Tories may end up denouncing it first.

We're not there yet but we're much closer.

If the Tories do reverse-ferret Labour will end up stuck.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Thames Water says it will raise base pay of bosses if Ofwat limits bonuses Struggling water firm tells regulator for England and Wales proposals would make it hard to attract talent to sector

As expected Thames Water says it will raise base pay of bosses if Ofwat limits bonuses.

Limiting bonus is just a useless govt impression management exercise.

Need to put customer-elected directors on water company boards. Let customers vote on exec pay.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Goldman Sachs reports biggest quarterly profit in three years Investment bank beats Wall Street expectations as it reports earning $11.95 per share in fourth quarter

Goldman Sachs quarterly profits double to $4.11bn, biggest quarterly profit in three years.

Profits made from speculation on price of food and commodities.

Their profits are our inflation and poverty.

Must levy windfall taxes. But govts in cahoots with banks.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

I can only assume that Starmer is waiting for Brexit voters to die before he grows a pair and takes us back.
On the plus side, it won't take too long.
Old age and stupidity will take most of them.

Biden warns 'dangerous' oligarchy taking shape in final address The outgoing president used his final televised speech from the Oval Office to issue a series of warnings.

"Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that really threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedom"
US President Joe Biden
www.bbc.com/news/article...

This is extraordinary from French cartoonist Oliver Ploux!

Blue on blue slapping continues. At some point, I'm going to get bored of this, but not yet.

These guys can’t exist in the same space, their egos are just too big. Not long before they are at each other’s throats.