Maison Urwin

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Vulnerable families illegally ‘dumped’ hundreds of miles away in poorer parts of England by London councils.

Social cleansing in our times.

Families torn from communities.

Recipient areas unable to provide jobs, schools, GPs, hospitals, public services.
https://t.co/RQJlzpycF1

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Santander CEO attacks UK bank taxes.

Can't recall banks refusing bailouts, attacking profiteering.

In the last 3 years UK govt paid £100bn+ to banks as interest on central bank reserves, a policy that began in 2009. EU curtailed in 2023. UK ought to.
https://t.co/iRo2qyIRKE

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

The wealthiest people’s investments are more harmful to the climate than their lifestyles.

World’s richest 0.01% causing US$992bn climate damage each year.

Same elites buy govts. Cost borne by others.

Inequality kills. Tax wealth. Polluter must pay.
https://t.co/BOxFC36deu

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

BREAKING: "Greater Israel" is now marketed in London. Like in Montreal and in New York.
Apartheid without borders.

P.S. This explains why criticism of Israel is being restricted (and "anti-antisemitism" laws keep appearing). Apartheid is not only a crime. It is a business model.

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

4.7m households (11m people) rent home from private landlord. Private renting doubled since 1980.

Median employee wage £31524 (£26217 net). Average monthly rent £1320, more in major cities, up 28% in 3 yrs.

Struggle to buy home. Social housing depleted.
https://t.co/pOUoJsmCE9

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Amazon UK entities' pre-tax profits up from £455m to £555m.

It pays corporation tax at an effective rate of 7.1%, headline rate is 25%. Profits shifted through intragroup transactions.

UK retailers can't compete with hard-wired systematic tax avoidance.
https://t.co/uIjxEHV1wp

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

World’s largest banks pledged $906bn to fossil fuel companies.

More coal, oil and gas production for years as planet overheats.

Your savings used to fund food, water, seas, climate crisis.

People have no say as execs, shareholders enrich themselves.
https://t.co/aqnJnaFS4w

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Lib Dems propose energy price discounts for all UK households.

Don't need gimmicks. Just end energy profiteering.

Decouple price of gas produced electricity from the rest. Abolish VAT on domestic fuel. Move levies to general taxation.

Nationalise energy
https://t.co/X8m7mdSVZI

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

1,300+ deaths a month in England due to long A&E waits, tenfold rise in a decade.

Years of austerity take toll as govts cuddle fiscal rules to appease the City of London.

NHS budgets drained by PFI and privatisation of services.

Democide normalised.
https://t.co/EMNiJto9KN

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Pressure works.

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Nationwide building society doubles CEO’s pay to £4.7m.

Workers got 3.8% rise.

Members denied a binding vote on exec pay.

A member prevented from standing for board election by insiders.

Has Nationwide become a private fiefdom?

Need governance reforms
https://t.co/W9ixXOmTXn

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

I am more than familiar with Palestine history during the British occupation -its crimes and legacy - and yet. Watching #Palestine36 was a gut-wrenching experience.

Gentle as it can be, Palestinian storytelling cannot hide the horror of the crimes Palestinians have endured.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Lynching mobs.
Pogroms.
Genocidal acts.
Racism.
Suprematism.
Absolute impunity.

The failure of the post-WWII system in a nutshell.

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Brexit ‘sabotage’ has cost Britain up to £30bn every year.

Brexit was secured by lies. None of the promised economic benefits delivered. Gave us higher business costs.

Farage still peddling the same lies.

UK's future is with Europe. Must rejoin the EU.
https://t.co/aHq0ymAmbx

[KNEECAP @KNEECAPCEOL]

Primavera. Barcelona. gràcies

That was one of the very best 🔵🟡🔴🇵🇸

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Big accounting firms deliver dud audits, involved in numerous scandals.

UK regulator will conduct fewer probes, will let firms self-report failures.

Just like water companies they claim to have robust monitoring systems.

Failures will be covered up.
https://t.co/kNXPz0eM9P

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

1.5m UK households waiting for social housing.

People will wait for 100+ years for a family-size social home.

Private renting is too expensive.

Tories depleted social housing.

Govt promises to build 18,000 social homes a year.

Crisis won't end soon.
https://t.co/yQ2FTygLjs

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Dreaming of a home?

UK worker share of gross value added down from 71.9% in 1975 to 59.3%.

Employee median wage £31524. Can you buy a home?

Private sector rents up 28% in 3 yrs.

Social housing depleted since the 1980.

Govts besotted with neoliberalism
https://t.co/pOUoJsmCE9

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

France probes HSBC for helping
former Lebanese central bank governor embezzle $300m.

UK buries banking scandals.

2002-2007 HBOS SME frauds, not investigated.
2012, US fined HSBC $1.9bn for money laundering. UK govt protected HSBC, no UK investigation.
https://t.co/42xKvlJqRp

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

After 2021 scandal Lex Greensill banned from UK company directorships for 9 yrs.

Left £1.6bn debt.

Greensill can control offshore companies, trade with UK.

Former PM David Cameron was adviser, secretly lobbied to get public money for Greensill.
https://t.co/3foESLIBQT