Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann

Company Director and Archaeologist, Director at Europe Dialogue intrepid pathfinder. A Director of Europe Dialogue an NGO based in Denmark,to promote democracy.

[Samuel Cardillo @CardilloSamuel]

i invite all my friends who live, like me, in the UAE, to sign the pledge that pay homage to Sheikh Mohamed's strong and visionary leadership in recognition of his guiding role in promoting security and stability across the nation.

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[Maktoum Bin Mohammed @MaktoumMohammed]

تعلّمت من مدرسة محمد بن راشد أن "الآن" هي فلسفة عميقة، مبنية على قرارات لا تتأخر، ورؤى لا تُنتظر، ومستقبل يُبنى قبل أن يصل.

الآن هي اللحظة التي يملكها الجميع، ولكن كيف تتصرف بها، كيف تستعد؟ وكيف تبدأ بما تملكه الآن؟ وليس عند اكتمال الظروف.

تعلّمت أن "الآن" هي نقطة التحوّل بين من يحلم بالمستقبل، ومن يبدأ ببنائه. وهذا ما صنعه صاحب السمو الشيخ محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم، حيث لم ينتظر الزمن ليمنحه الفرصة، وجعل من كل لحظة بدايةً لإنجاز عظيم.

#تعلمت_من_مدرسة_محمد_بن_راشد

[Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann @MarieRackham]

@SangitaMyska @Lorna_TVeditor EH’s are excellent.

[Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann @MarieRackham]

@supertanskiii @SangitaMyska Who is funding Lowe…..😉

[Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann @MarieRackham]

@SangitaMyska 😳😳🥺

[Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann @MarieRackham]

@ArturNadol7566 It’s a tell. If the evidence is substantial their response is to ignore, deflect and target. Thats how you know it is true and present an existential threat to those involved and those that cover such incidents, whether sexual abuse or fraud and corruption.

[Hamdan bin Mohammed @HamdanMohammed]

During a review of the Department of Economy and Tourism’s operations and plans to strengthen economic resilience and accelerate growth, I stressed the importance of public-private sector integration in driving investment, economic growth, and Dubai’s global competitiveness. We remain committed to supporting the economy and tourism sector through practical measures, enhanced facilitation, and innovative solutions that strengthen Dubai’s future readiness and ability to adapt to change. We are confident in the capabilities of Dubai’s teams and global partners to transform challenges into opportunities and drive sustainable development forward.

[Artur Nadolny @ArturNadol7566]

HALF A MILLION PEOPLE WERE DEFRAUDED

Imagine you are behind on your store card payments. You are already struggling. Then the bank quietly adds an extra charge on top of what you owe. Not because it costs them that much. Just because .. they can. And because they think nobody is watching.

Someone was watching.

Nicholas Wilson was a debt recovery lawyer. He goes by Mr Ethical @nw_nicholas on X. His old boss meant it as an insult. In 2003 he noticed that @HSBC subsidiary HFC Bank was adding an illegal 16.4% charge onto the debts of people who were already in financial trouble.

Store cards from John Lewis, Currys, B&Q, Dixons, PC World. Ordinary people. Struggling people. Being quietly robbed.

He told his boss it was illegal. His boss started calling him "Mr Ethical" as a joke. Then they sacked him.

He reported it to the regulators. @TheFCA ignored him for years.

When a researcher separately wrote to both HSBC and the FCA asking about the fraud...

... both wrote back with responses in the exact same wording, same punctuation, same paragraphs. The bank and the regulator were sharing the same script.

FCA's own independent Complaints Commissioner eventually investigated. He called it the worst case of regulatory failure he had ever dealt with.

FCA's response was to appoint Ruth Kelly, an HSBC director, and Baroness Hogg from John Lewis, onto its own board. The two people they were supposed to be investigating were now sitting inside the regulator.

You actually cannot make this up.

After 13 years of Wilson refusing to go away, HSBC quietly agreed to pay some money back. FCA announced 6,700 victims.

Wilson says the real number is closer to 500,000. HSBC has now set aside £223 million for repayments. No fine. No criminal charges. No one went to prison. No one was even publicly named.

Wilson has spent the last 20 years unemployable. Blacklisted. Living on state benefits. Fighting to keep his home. Someone even anonymously reported him to the DWP for benefit fraud while the actual billion pound fraud went unpunished.

The bank that robbed half a million people kept its licence.

The man who caught them lost everything.

Source: @guardian | @BBC | @PrivateEyeNews | @SundayMirror | @realmediauk | nicholaswilson com | @nw_nicholas and others.

[Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann @MarieRackham]

@nw_nicholas @welshroots Yup. It’s how dark money is laundered and used to influence policies, etc.

[Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann @MarieRackham]

@ArturNadol7566 @TheFCA It is a system set up to protect the organisations that pay them. There’s a contract between them and the regulators so it’s not surprising that this is happening.

[Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann @MarieRackham]

@Victoria_Rixon Yes, and part of the same mechanism that created the problems whistleblowers are trying to highlight. It’s intentional.

[Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann @MarieRackham]

@carolecadwalla @thenerve_news If donations are to support the party’s agenda and that agenda is to support a dodgy cryptocurrency policy. Then that’s pretty much driving and influencing the policy.

[Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann @MarieRackham]

@dave43law 😳😳😳 wtf!

[Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann @MarieRackham]

@ArturNadol7566 It’s just another sham designed to make money out of poor and vulnerable people already targeted by an extremely corrupt and inhumane system. They are have their snouts in the trough and in it together one way or another.

[Whistleblower INC @WBINC_Doc]

We were given access to shocking messages sent by WBUK CEO Georgina Halford-Hall, in which she says a whistleblower can "fuck off" and that she is going to kick him out of a support group because he hadn't paid his subscription money for their 'services'. She also refers to whistleblowers who have publicly raised concerns about the organisation as "weirdos" and "mad".

As directors of the organisation, @jogideon @tessamunt @RealStephenKerr need to address this publicly. This is not "trolling" or "harassment" or a "hit job", these are people with valid concerns and criticism who have been harmed by your organisation and Halford-Hall's behaviour towards them.

We spent 9 months investigating this story, and couldn't squeeze everything into 30 minutes, but there is a mountain of well-evidenced concerns raised by genuine whistleblowers who have reached out to you, often in incredibly difficult circumstances, and have entrusted us with their story and your shameful attempts to gaslight them on LinkedIn with ridiculous aspersions will not wash and we will keep pushing on their behalf until you address the incredibly serious safeguarding issues raised in the film.

[Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann @MarieRackham]

@ArturNadol7566 It’s the same in all arms and services. It’s institutionalised deeply ingrained misogyny, bullying, sexism, racism etc. If one goes back to so many incidents reported in the media, they are but a fraction of the total number of such incidents that make it into the press.

[Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann @MarieRackham]

@WBINC_Doc That doesn’t surprise. It’s another scam using the pain and misfortune of others to make money.

[Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann @MarieRackham]

@premnsikka That’s a relatively innocuous description !

[Marie-Claire Rackham-Mann @MarieRackham]

@stevemiddi1 We need a Justice Commission to tackle dishonesty, corruption, fraud etc.