Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23hPrivate equity puts PizzaExpress, Morrisons and Itsu up for sale. All devoured and declining brands, asset-stripped. PE has no long-term commitment to any product, people or place. Chances are another PE group will see opportunity for scavenging. archive.ph/DFYPqft.comPrivate equity puts string of UK high street names up for saleOwners of PizzaExpress, Morrisons and Itsu seeking exits as buyout groups cool on sector 63676323
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Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Russian bot traffic has dropped to nearly 0 after Ukraine struck a Yandex data center in Vladimir, Russia 27465561842
Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/10/2026UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute. UK infrastructure is owned by foreign investors/states - ports, airports, water, energy, microchips, auto, steel, computers, phones. Can't reduce UK vulnerability without abandoning neoliberalism.theguardian.comUK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing InstituteGeorge Williamson says ‘national resilience’ is key focus of ATI amid US and China’s runaway leadership in field 19683280
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Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Bank of England governor tells the UK chancellor to agree a budget that reassures financial markets. Govt told to serve markets, speculators, corporations. Healthcare, education, social justice, housing is secondary in neoliberalism. Wither democracy.theguardian.comBank governor urges John Healey to use budget to allay market fears amid bond turmoilAndrew Bailey tells chancellor ‘whatever the stance of fiscal policy, it must be credible and be seen as such by financial markets’ 45484213
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Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.social DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is clearly not acceptable 86399973363
Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Trump announces deal to import Russian diesel. Yet he imposed tariffs on China and India for importing fuel from Russia. 3 weeks ago signed law threatening 500% tariffs on India and China. Now facing midterm election defeat ... and Utter bankruptcy of Trump foreign, economic and other policies.bbc.co.ukTrump announces deal for Russian diesel as Zelensky calls it a 'gift to Putin'Ukraine's president sharply criticised the move, calling it an "investment in war that must be ended, not prolonged". 1341280587
Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Could Asda or Morrisons vanish within a decade? It will be a blow to many. Both owned by private equity, loaded with debt, cut staffing/wages, low investment, strangled by asset-stripping, struggling to compete, losing market share. What future for others being devoured by private equity?theguardian.comSupermarket shake-up: why Asda or Morrisons could vanish within a decadeTalks between Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have set industry tongues wagging, with analysts saying the market is ripe for change 41299145
Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Shell’s refineries expected to make record profits. Profit margins of $42 a barrel, up from $24 a barrel. Cashing in on global conflicts. Bumper payouts for execs and shareholders. Misery for households and businesses. Millions plunged into poverty. Must levy 100% windfall tax.theguardian.comShell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel madeRecord prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia 38781412
Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 08/10/2026NEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war 40538831990
Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error. Same error amplified by right-wing think-tanks, press It suited their ideological leanings. Future historians might say - planet earth and human life was shattered by a spreadsheet error.theguardian.comTories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet errorExclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data 65666318
Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialMiaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Warehousing the diaper wearing Deranged Tyrants livestock of ‘for profit human trafficking. It’s a human abomination of the highest crimes against humanity. Never Forget. Never Forgive. 651738901
Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Ofwat appoints Grant Thornton to help improve South East Water performance l £6m wasted. Similar exercise at Thames Water yielded zilch. SEW has £1.7bn debt, can't raise new money, loses 100m litres of water a day to leaks, customers fleeced for decades. End the scam. Nationalise water.news.sky.comOfwat lines up independent monitor for troubled South East WaterThe water regulator plans to appoint Grant Thornton to a multimillion-pound contract overseeing the utility's performance and turnaround plan, Sky News learns. 38628278
Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Energy suppliers urge UK govt to help households struggling with energy bills. Silence on cutting profit margins, windfall taxes on excessive profits. Household energy debt heading to £7bn. 120,000 a year die in fuel poverty. We can't afford privatisation and resulting profiteering.bbc.co.ukSuppliers pile pressure on government over energy billsImmediate action is needed to help households struggling with bills this winter, says trade body Energy UK. 41584262
Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialCAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part. 14133411588
Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 328111054314
Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026UK public sector bodies spent £17bn with offshore-owned private equity firms last year. The same vultures received £31bn public sector contracts. Profiteering, low wages, tax dodging, asset-stripping is their business model. Enriched by public money. How many have politicians on payroll?gmb.org.uk£17 billion taxpayer cash went to offshore private equity last yearWe need to buy British, GMB tells Labour conference 27583331
Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026See what I mean when I say the system is rigged? 13547252055
Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.leftfootforward.orgThis is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardshipSustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population 961889707
Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialMark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984 386154475800
Reposted by @chrisw76.bsky.socialbillkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026 25088413004
