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The Business of War: Who Really Benefits From Britain’s Planned Military Spending Surge?As the Government gears up for a military spending bonanza, Iain Overton asks whether Britain is really defending its territory, or simply the profits of the global defence industrybylinetimes.com
This is a brilliant essay, which, in my view, accurately describes the predicament of the post-Boomer generations, and the vast infrastructure of lies designed to disguise it. "Degeneracy is a symptom. The disease is rent." 🧵 henryfudgeofficial.substack.com/p/degeneracy...
Degeneracy is a SymptomOn Conspicuous Despair, the Ponzi stage of being alive, and why your grandparents are wrong about you.henryfudgeofficial.substack.com
Financialisation of pet care. 6 private equity companies dominate UK market. Around 20% net profit margins. Prices hiked as PE builds local monopolies. Staff under pressure to hit profit targets by offering unnecessary repeat appointments/treatment. Fewer people will have pets
The finance curse is devouring the UKPrem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Th...leftfootforward.org‘The Oxford Union’s Far-Right Problem Goes Much Deeper than Tommy Robinson’ Insider accounts reveal a culture of chasing shock value and clicks, which systematically advantages the radical… https://bylinetimes.com/2026/06/25/the-oxford-unions-far-right-problem-goes-much-deeper-than-tommy-robinson/
‘The Oxford Union’s Far-Right Problem Goes Much Deeper than Tommy Robinson’Insider accounts reveal a culture of chasing shock value and clicks, which systematically advantages the radical right over progressive voices, argues Guilherme Lopesbylinetimes.comMeet James Purnell. Andy Burnham's chief of staff. In earlier incarnation, he supported the Iraq invasion; was chairman of Labour Friends of Israel; said that Winter Fuel Allowance and free bus passes should not be sacred; supported PFI, lie-detector tests for benefit claimants. What next?
Andy Burnham picks former Blair minister James Purnell as chief of staffDecision is one of Makerfield MP’s most significant since his Westminster return as he builds his team for governmentwww.theguardian.com
LGBT+ bar burned down last week by a homophobe, now a guy in critical condition after a homophobic attack in Bristol. Media footnote. Whereas the 2 guys in Golder's Green - who are both alive/home, warrant PM statements, wall to wall media & the police saying this? Guess some count more than others