Chris Merchant

Some talent, head in the clouds feet on the stars, legend in Microsoft Dynamics, true to claret and blue, promoting my companies but views very much my own

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

Dear Blue Ticks

If you want me to join a march, or write to my MP demanding nurses are paid more, I will happily do so

But please start taking your own income as PAYE income and not through dividends from your ltd company

Don't moan about how taxes are spent if you avoid tax

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

How the votes across the 8 Makerfield wards in the local elections would have played put as one constituency

Reform: 50.4%
Labour: 22.7%
Green: 10.9%
Conservative: 9.9%
Lib Dem: 3.8%
Other: 2.2%

It wont be close to this today, will the Greens or Reform lose a higher percentage

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

@pandamodiums @afneil Yes lets use your favourite tool to find out why

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

@pandamodiums @afneil Ok whatever the UK govt would have changed the Act despite in your own words no other govt being able to make the changes they think they needed to

Incredible insight from someone who had to Google FEPS

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

@pandamodiums @afneil The FEPS paper the one your Gemini answer is referencing

No its not my argument, its still that the recommendations of the think tank were not challenged, you have an AI answer that says it was watered down, it wasn't, but still your AI answer still shows FEPS led the process

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

@pandamodiums @afneil Your Gemini answer clearly states on Algorithmic Management that is was not fully implemented and that FEPS wanted a ban and this was watered down, but its simply not true, they wanted protection and that is what they got, so yes I think there is an issue.

Maybe read their paper

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

@pandamodiums @afneil So you used Google Gemini which can be problematic

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

@pandamodiums @afneil Ok so you can show evidence of any country inside the EU making significant changes to FEPS proposals, or indeed any changes made during the parliamentary process

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

@pandamodiums @afneil Sorry dude but you have missed the point

The EU AI Act was crafted by a think tank not a government or council so no not sure I made your point.

And no its not like Brown and the G20 leading on Basel or MiFID at all

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@DPJHodges With a huge assist from the Greens who could have made it interesting but went with a lacklustre candidate and a poor campaign

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

@CaraPac46808618 @AaronBastani @lewis_goodall So around the 90s and how much would you have taxed his father to prevent Musk building ZIP2?

Or would you have taxed Musk when he sold out for the rumoured $300m

If so again how much would you have taxed him at that point?

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

@CaraPac46808618 @AaronBastani @lewis_goodall And Musk was 8 in 1979, so not sure the relevance but I will bite, at what point in his accumulation of wealth would you have you have curtailed him?

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

@AaronBastani @lewis_goodall How? Stock market goes up banks confidence increases leading to lower interest rates meaning cheaper mortgages, original IPO placed with pension funds who took profits meaning better pension provision for clients.

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

@pandamodiums @afneil You are joking the EU AI Act is almost an entirely lifted from Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) it had very little oversight in the EU Parliament and refused submissions from the like of Anthropic or Open AI

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

@owenjonesjourno @PatrickChristys You missed Fusilier Lee Rigby off your list

Turns out both you and Patrick edit your lists to suit your own narrative

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

@richenergyceo Debt makes a strong balance sheet?

Where are the foundational assets?

Don't own a stadium, losing out on millions in revenue, training ground facilities at league 1 standards, academy losing home grown talents at 14 and 15 to rival clubs

Owe 190m in transfer installments

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

@rich_energy Invested 102m, 51.5m for his stake, another 50m in loans, returns of loans and interest of 84m.

He has basically invested 1 million for every year he has been involved in the club, with the club 108m in debt and with net 180m owed in transfer installments

Its been a grift

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

We need flexibility, we will be the scalp, keep Soucek, and Bowen, have the ability to play 433 and 442 use Ward-Prose after 60 minutes as a sub for Soucek, we will get free kicks bring in pace Jordan James from Leicester, and see who else we can add now

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

How West Ham bounce back, pick a manager who can manage in the Championship get 90+ points and who can manage in the Premier League, give them a long term contract and let them be the MANAGER, not head coach. Then let them start to gut the squad and build for the next 2 seasons.

[Chris Merchant @merchantcp]

We need a keeper who can keep clean sheets - if Utd want Fernandes its 60m+ Vitek he did well on loan at Bristol City, full backs who can cross, so is Scarles good enough, and at centre back we need to see if Mayers can be good enough and buy 2 more Jones from Charlton and ????