I don’t question that Alison Rose did something wrong.
I question why the PM got involved.
Because we own 39% of NatWest?
We own 100% of the Post Office.
Has the PM told the CEO to pay back bonuses based on false accounts?
Or asked him to resign?
No.
Spot the difference?
A thought...
UK banks deliberately, systemically, missold, by script, over £40bn of PPI, ripping money out of the hands of the public including many vulnerable people - no bank CEO resigned.
The next time someone talks about the UK's 'liberal media establishment' remind them of the time that almost every news organisation in the country spent an entire month talking about little else but Nigel Farage being asked to switch his bank account.
🔴More Donations to Politicians to Go Hidden from Public Eye as Michael Gove Quietly Changes the Rules Ahead of Election
Elections watchdog raises concerns as party spending limits could rise 52% – while ministers keep donations under £11,000 anonymous
https://t.co/oBoV93RYHq
"Phew! That's a nasty leak. Thank goodness it's not at our end of the boat".
An image that's as powerful in the age of the climate crisis as it was in the Great Depression.
Then, as now, "it's not our problem" was a spectacular misjudgement.
Thanks to @DwTenterden for posting
"Fibres from artificial grass make up 15% of #plastic pieces found in samples of seawater near Barcelona"
Sickening.
It. Should. Be. Banned.
https://t.co/FoLVWIhjX2
Today we say goodbye to this great blue bird
This logo was designed in 2012 by a team of three. @toddwaterbury, @angyche and myself,
The logo was designed to be simple, balanced, and legible at very small sizes, almost like a lowercase "e", a 🧵
Private equity (PE) owned Asda & Morrisons paid zero corporation tax last yr.
PE business model - low wages, high margins, high leverage, shift profits to affiliates as interest payments, taxes dodged.
We top up their employees' wages through benefits.
https://t.co/FlzK4PBcTs
Put ULEZ aside. The big news is that tactical voting is here to stay. The British now get in a first past the post voting system best to exercise your second preference and win to get the Tory out than vote a purposeless first preference. The Tories have lost the next election.
In case you missed it ...
This is what leading Brexiter @DanielJHannan told us our lives would look like if we left the EU. Someone should give him a prize for getting every single prediction wrong! 🤣
#BrexitHasFailed