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Retired lecturer, trade unionist, born German, naturalised Brit, European by outlook
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When is a fine not a fine? When it is levied on England's water companies. Aug 2024: OFWAT announced £168m fine on 3 companies. ZERO Paid. Dec 2024: £18m fine on Thames Water for paying unjustified dividends. ZERO Paid. Regulatory indulgence emboldens companies, encourages more abuses.

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Ihr wählt Friedrich Merz, weil euch DIE WIRTSCHAFT™️ so wichtig ist? Okay. Das hier schreibt die WirtschaftsWoche, das Pflichtblatt der Wertpapierbörsen (590.000 Leser*innen) über das Sauerländer Sorgenkind: www.wiwo.de/politik/deut...

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Das ZEW hat ausgerechnet, welche Einkommensgruppen von den Wahlprogrammen der Parteien jeweils am stärksten profitieren: www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...

submitted 126 days ago • 103 comments

Maybe there's a lesson in that for social democratic parties elsewhere? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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