david rood

Liverpool supporting grumpy old man

[david rood @rooddave]

Sunset

["YNWA" The Story of Liverpool FC @LFCHistoryShow]

Born in Liverpool in 1961, this was what fighting and battling for the shirt meant to Steve McMahon and... why the #Liverpool side he played in was on of the Greatest ever in British football. #YNWA #LFC

[david rood @rooddave]

@PeterStefanovi2 @TrevorPTweets What sentence did he get?

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Avi Shlaim as fearless as ever

[david rood @rooddave]

@InJesusNameUS @konstructivizm I think you'll find that's when your religion was created.

[david rood @rooddave]

@BelieveInKlopp Top 5

[david rood @rooddave]

@englandcricket Bad play stops light.

[david rood @rooddave]

@Kamara2R @eddiegibbs The much bigger risk would have been keeping Slot.

[Michael McKean @MJMcKean]

Wisdom

[david rood @rooddave]

@Protect_Wldlife @scousehelen Only, no-one ever gets fined and no-one ever goes to jail.

[juan 🇧🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇯🇵🇪🇸🇸🇳🇨🇴 @juasanalghaib]

10 years ago you lot completely killed our economy by being so violently xenophobic towards poles that we voted for brexit 🤣🤣🤣 fucking spastics

[david rood @rooddave]

@EastEndJoe Better still, Mars

[Scotland’s Story @80_mcswan]

If you want Baroness Michelle Mone removed from the House of Lords and to repay the £136,000,000 owed to taxpayers, please RT!

[david rood @rooddave]

@nugss_ @indykaila You do know that players who are put up for sale with years left on their contracts don't have to leave, don't you.

[david rood @rooddave]

@LivEchoLFC @garnster Him and Cole Palmer must share the same barber.

[Mr Ethical 🚩 @nw_nicholas]

Must admit that passed me by

[Richard @ricwe123]

What most people already understand, even without the economic terminology, is that firms like BlackRock operate less like investors and more like modern feudal landlords.

They buy essential infrastructure,water networks, ports, energy grids, data centres, and other public necessities, often using vast amounts of borrowed money and paying prices that ordinary market participants cannot match.
Once the acquisition is complete, the debt is pushed onto the acquired company itself.

The result is simple: the public pays.

Consumers repay that debt through higher water bills, rising energy prices, increased fees, and declining service quality.
The infrastructure becomes a cash-extraction machine.
Profits flow upward to shareholders and executives, while the financial burden flows downward to households.

When the model inevitably breaks down, the consequences are socialised. Communities are left with crumbling infrastructure, polluted rivers, and failing services.
Thames Water's £14 billion debt mountain and repeated sewage scandals are a stark example of what happens when financial engineering takes precedence over public stewardship.

The executives who loaded the company with debt have already collected their bonuses.
The investors have already taken their returns.
And when the system finally reaches breaking point, taxpayers are expected to pick up the bill.

Privatise the gains.
Socialise the losses.
That is the business model.

[david rood @rooddave]

@LivEchonews Must be a bit mouldy by now.