Burnham is looking at rewriting insolvency law so Thames Water and the rest of the privatised utilities can finally be pulled under public control.
That is the right fight. Creditors who loaded the company with debt and treated clean water as a cash machine now threaten legal war to keep their grip. The establishment spent forty years selling the pipes and the rivers.
Ordinary people paid the bills and swam in the sewage. Changing the rules to put the public first is not radical. It is the bare minimum after decades of extraction. Hold the nerve. The parasites will scream. Let them.
One of my favorite Dolly stories is one Julia Roberts told about being on the set of Steel Magnolias. It was, naturally, very hot and humid, and Julia turned to Dolly and said, "Aren't you hot? With the wig and everything? Just, you know, just say it's hot!"
And Dolly looked at her and said, "When I was a little girl, I used to dream about being famous and rich, and now I'm both of those things. So I'm not going to complain."
May we all be so grateful and gracious when our dreams come true.
trump threatening to demolish JFK's living memorial because they won't allow him to add his name to it or renovate it how he likes is truly disgusting subhuman behavior.
If you ever wondered what women’s healthcare looks like: I went to the emergency room with cold sweats, severe abdominal pain, and nausea. I had the most insane back pain and couldn’t stand up straight.
The ER doctor sauntered in. He one look at me, and said, “It seems like menstrual cramps to me.”
Meanwhile, I was sobbing because I was in so much pain. He asked if I had a history of addiction. I do not.
When he finally deigned to order a CT scan, he found that I had a 1cm kidney stone…
Trump is in massive trouble.
Now Trump has officially filed an appeal against the forced full release of the Epstein files.
Trump refuses to name the senders and recipients in eight email exchanges with Epstein.
Those messages are about a torture video and sexual activity involving 2 minors.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has challenged U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan's June 2026 preliminary injunction in the Phang v. Blanche lawsuit.
The order forced the DOJ to unredact materials from the Epstein files.
Trump's team has also been ordered to explain every blacked out line.
The case is now heading to the D.C. Circuit.
The district judge has already warned Trump and his lawyers about contempt.
God I hate @Tesco.
Online shopping bill for my elderly mother came to £50.71... but reduced £49.64 on delivery day.
So they fine her £5 fee for being under <£50.
New total: £54.64 FFS!
Not the first time, either.
Automated phone support useless too. No relevant option. :-/
I’ve seen a few people attacking the late Dolly Parton because she donated a serious amount of money towards research for a COVID vaccine.
You people are the lowest of the lowest of the low.
So if I purchase a DVD and digitize it, that’s copyright infringement. But if an AI company buys my book and scans it to train their system, that’s perfectly fine? Once again, corporations are allowed to play by their own rules. I’m so sick of the hypocrisy.