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Erm - precisely this.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5... The platonic ideal of the arrogant private sector tit, who comes in shouting about efficiency and being business-like, wrecks the place, then buggers off when he realises it’s a lot more complex than he thought (or what he’s used to)

A sign that we are in the end of days surely…

Of course the “worlds oldest democracy” only became one in the mid 1960s; but otherwise on point…

Nigel Farage here, lasting a grand total of three sentences between claiming he's not a racist, and saying something racist

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www.theguardian.com/business/202... Good news. I look forward to breathlessly excited retractions if last week’s gloom and doom from the usual suspects. /s

Yeah going to agree with this. Truly vile human. More responsible than anyone (even Truss, Dacre or Murdoch) for the UK’s parlous state

This is so powerful. In 2050 this will be quoted as an example of infamy in the manner of the Daily Mail’s ‘Hurrah for the Blackshirts’

Really like these data and suspect this is will be similar in Europe and most of the anglosphere. The point being that noisy people and normal people is a Venn diagram with very little overlap.

Badenoch’s homeopathic career strategy. A thimble full of talent in an ocean of ambition.

Worth recognising what a billion is. A million seconds ago was the middle of last week. A billion was the early days of Britpop. 348 billion was in the middle of the last ice age.

$348 billion is enough to end democracy. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/enough-wea...

This is an important thread. Nice to have, y’know, facts and analysis.

We Who Wrestle With God by Jordan Peterson review – a culture warrior out of his depth Actual Christian eviscerates pretendy one. Incredibly politely.