"The Streisand effect is when an attempt to suppress, censor, or hide information backfires, leading to increased attention and publicity for that information."
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The head of Ofgem (whose predecessor was on over ยฃ300,000/year) gives some helpful tips on how people can reduce their bills.
The presenter then asks, what about the rising profits of the energy companies?
Nothing to do with us, the head of Ofgem says.
The start of something big... Billy McNeill hoisted on the shoulders of his team mates after the 3-2 win over Dunfermline in the 1965 Scottish cup final. After 8 barren years, Celtic were about to enter the most successful period in their history.
In March 2021, David Davis stood up in the Commons and dropped some serious whistleblower evidence.
He revealed text messages pulled from SNP Chief Operating Officer Sue Ruddickโs phone (which Police Scotland had).
They showed Peter Murrell, the SNPโs then-CEO and Sturgeonโs husband, actively coordinating with Ruddick and compliance officer Ian McCann to manage and encourage complaints against Alex Salmond.
The messages paint a pretty grim picture: โfishingโ for more complainants even after the police investigation was underway, McCann moaning that a batch of five potential complainants โcame up empty,โ and talk of hoping one woman would get โsickened enough to get back in the gameโ and be keen to see Salmond โgo to jail.โ
There were also references to creating more โfrontsโ for Salmond to fight and pressurising detectives. Ruddick herself sounded worried about it coming out that theyโd been fishing.
Davis said it all added up to a concerted effort to damage Salmond and push him out of public life and that the texts gave a strong prima facie case for collusion.
This story barely got the attention it deserved at the time.
#SNPOUT
British economy snapshot over the last 4 years:
Gas: +94.1%
Electricity: +78%
Fuel: +49.3%
Airfares: +34.4%
Hotels: +37.8%
Groceries: +25.0%
Eating out: +26.5%
Baby food: +26.3%
Dog food: +58.1%
Rent: +25%
Used cars: +30.5%
Public transport: +18.7%
Real average weekly earnings: -2.8%
The UK population is being killed
Source: ONS
โIf youโre ever going to win the European Cup, then this is the day and this is the place. But we donโt just want to win this cup, we want to do it playing good football โ to make neutrals glad weโve won it, glad to remember how we did it.โ Jock Stein