The 4 major companies linked to the Grenfell fire- Kingspan, Arconic, Ryden & Saint-Gobain- have collectively posted profits of £4.9 billion since the fire. The bosses have taken almost £50ml in salaries & profit share in that time.
Capitalism.
remember when cabinet minister Oliver Dowden ordered people not to meet up….55 minutes before Johnson attended Downing St party https://t.co/onXIGdWMv2
It’s #PloughMonday, the day that traditionally saw the resumption of work after Christmas. In some regions it was common for a plough to be hauled from house to house accompanied by a man in the role of the ‘fool’ and someone dressed as an old woman called the ‘Bessy’.
Huge station poster map of the London Transport system designed by R.G. Lewis in 1960. Fascinating to see the Tube in all its geographical glory, rather than as a diagram. I love the border design and compass-like roundel (top right). For sale etc
#OtD 10 Jan 1934 disabled anti-fascist construction worker Marinus van der Lubbe was executed by the Nazis for setting fire to the Reichstag. He'd hoped his act would inspire resistance to fascism; instead, Nazis used it as a pretext to repress dissent. https://t.co/oca3QySYkU