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Terence Bermingham

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Season ticket holder at Fulham FC and member at Surrey County Cricket Club. What else do you need to know?

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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Sign the Petition
Set fair and inclusive ticket prices for Test cricket
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first item on the new PM’s list. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first it...
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Why should pensioners and those on social security pay the price when bond investors demand higher returns? That is the question raised by the latest turmoil in government bond markets. I say the government should fight back and suggest seven ways it could. youtu.be/kI-wvSkHKkQ?...
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The FT says the poor should pay for the bond crisis. I say we fight the bond dealers.
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It feels like you can’t watch a game of football without wading through annoying gambling ads. 🙄 😡It’s dangerous for young fans, and it puts a stain on the beautiful game. ⚽Find out what you can do about it. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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Protect young fans: kick gambling ads out of football
Gambling ads are all over football, targeting young fans and risking dangerous addictions. All eyes are on the World Cup - so can you help me get them banned now? We don’t have long!
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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How the Bank of England deliberately creates unemployment in the UK
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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Political donations are poison to our democracy – but there’s an easy antidote to that | George Monbiot
As revelations about Reform UK’s donors emerge, it’s clear that increasingly complex forms of patronage can’t be regulated effectively. We need a clean sweep, says columnist George Monbiot
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
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First Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting system
It only takes 30 seconds
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I've written to my MP to get them to speak up for dentistry on 15 June. The Government pledged to save NHS dentistry - it's now or never. Join me: bda.eaction.net/savedentistr...
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Tell your MP: Save NHS dentistry
The Government made promises to save NHS dentistry. The current psychodrama means vital progress might be lost.
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Royals have 23 palaces & luxury residences, 700 servants & a combined personal wealth £2 billion The King paid no inheritance tax on £650+ million he inherited from his mother The royals are exempt from employment, environmental & housing laws
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I've just emailed my MP to urge them to defend the European Convention on Human Rights. Use @libertyhq.bsky.social's helpful tool and call on your MP to oppose the watering down of our key protections. secure.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/189608/...
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Tell your MP: Defend the ECHR
Urge your MP to defend our vital human rights framework.
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Foakes for England 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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Yasmina on X: "Someone send this to JD Vance before he goes on another rant about 'mismanaged' European allies. Alexander Stubb just reminded the world that the Nordics own the Top 10 lists for justice, clean government free from corruption and equality. While Trump and JD Vance are busy https://t.co/FOHY6vUr3k" / X
Someone send this to JD Vance before he goes on another rant about 'mismanaged' European allies. Alexander Stubb just reminded the world that the Nordics own the Top 10 lists for justice, clean government free from corruption and equality. While Trump and JD Vance are busy https://t.co/FOHY6vUr3k
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Two wonderful cricketers no longer with us. So very sad 😔
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Who can we really afford — the rich or everyone else? youtu.be/SzTi95kUBKo?...
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Who can we really afford — the rich or everyone else?
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
ITV in talks to sell television business to Sky. Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock. CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.
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ITV in talks to sell television business to Sky
The talks focus on ITV's Media and Entertainment division, which include its TV channels as well as its streaming service, ITV X.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
We all value ‘the rule of law’. But whose law & rules? Corporations/Rich v Masses. The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few. A few crumbs are thrown to pacify the masses but these are concessions and can be withdrawn. See the linked article.
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Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The black hole in Britain’s economy isn’t in the Treasury youtu.be/XZhZzCOIHUw?...
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The black hole in Britain’s economy isn’t in the Treasury
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
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Save NHS dentistry now!
I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...
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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
🚨BREAKING!🚨 30+ of the world's leading economists have written a letter backing calls for a wealth tax on the super-rich. Among those backing the call are the internationally renowned Thomas Piketty, José Antonio Ocampo, Jayati Ghosh, and Ha-Joon Chang. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Starmer and Reeves should prepare UK for wealth tax, say top economists
PM could raise ‘tens of billions’ while positioning Britain as progressive, say Thomas Piketty and others
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Rachel Reeves could slash the Cash ISA limit to £4K — a win for hedge funds, a loss for the rest of us 💸 Even the banks are against it. Tell the govt to protect savers, not risky investments! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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Protect Cash ISAs
Rumours are swirling that Rachel Reeves might slash the tax-free cap on Cash ISAs from £20,000 to £4,000 - after meeting with a group of bank executives. [1] Cash ISAs (individual savings accounts) ar...
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
@kiaoval.com still trying hard but still no wickets 🥴
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
The Oval at its very best. Who said @countycricketday.bsky.social is dead @kiaoval.com
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The Grumbler @thegrumbler.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
🏏 New County Cricket newsletter. Pls share and enjoy 🟣 Championship returns 🟢 Blast reaches halfway 🟠 Signings for Hants, Yorks, Gloucs 🔴 Middx sack Johnson and appoint Vilas 🔵 Yorks all-rounder moves to Warks 🟡 Schedule rows rumble on countycricket.substa...
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No 159, June 22: The Grumbler's County Cricket Newsletter
🟣 Championship returns 🟢 Blast reaches halfway 🟠 Signings for Hants, Yorks, Gloucs 🔴 Middx sack Johnson and appoint Vilas 🔵 Yorks all-rounder moves to Warks🟡 Schedule rows rumble on
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts about the National Wealth Fund. Will you chip in to help us keep up the pressure?
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about the National Wealth Fund. Please will you chip in to help us keep up the pressure when MPs return to Parliament in a few weeks?
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
NatWest’s return to the private sector is a story of opportunity lost www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05...
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NatWest’s return to the private sector is a story of opportunity lost
As The Guardian reports this morning: Fred “the Shred” Goodwin, the disgraced ex-boss of Royal Bank of Scotland, is estimated to be receiving an annual pension worth nearly £600,000, as the government...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The UK is in decline where money wields power. Normal people toil and are just voting fodder. Laws and policies are crafted to give the appearance of sternness and fairness, but are rarely fully enforced on corporations and the rich. Must end political corruption
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Why the UK is a two-tier society where money wields power
Laws and policies are crafted to give the appearance of sternness and fairness, but are rarely fully enforced on corporations and the rich.
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Bloody’ell 😡😡😡😡
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Where else will you see professional players enjoy time with their families on the outfield with spectators. Well done @kiaoval.com
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Another fine day at The Oval 😁😁😁
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Wonderful sight at The Oval
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Metro Bank plans £60m bonus for bosses, irrespective on performance. Ultimately paid by high charges to customers, staff/wage cuts, branch closures. Govt removed cap on bankers' bonus. Govts tells workers wage rises are inflationary but silence on exec remuneration, dividends, share buybacks.
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Metro Bank faces backlash over £60m share bonanza for bosses
The proxy adviser ISS has urged investors in Metro Bank to oppose a new share award plan which could deliver up to £60m to senior executives over five years, Sky News learns.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Widow, 72, charged £330 by British Gas HomeCare to tighten leaky tap. People fleeced everyday by corporations and their execs living in leafy suburbs - just look at energy, water, rail, mail, banking, insurance, transport, internet. Politicians punish the poor, old, sick and disabled.
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Widow, 72, charged £330 by British Gas HomeCare to fix leaky tap
A dripping tap need cost no more than a couple of pence to fix. But 72-year-old widow Linda Gresham was charged more than £200 by British Gas.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
As we celebrate 80 years after VE Day: Fascism and far-right is on the rise, stoking hatred. War clouds hang as megalomaniacs want to redraw borders. Hard-won social rights are being lost. Poverty, deprivation and intolerance are on the rise. Don't let their sacrifices be in vain.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Thames Water Prospective Private Equity Owner KKR Donated $1m to Trump Inauguration. Business model: profiteering, price hikes, low investment, high leverage, asset-stripping, excessive returns. In US KKR group sanctioned 217 times, fined $678m for anti-social practices. Can't address water woes.
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Thames Water’s Prospective New Owner Donated $1 Million to Trump’s Inauguration
The U.S. private equity firm KKR, which has been selected as the ‘preferred bidder’ for the takeover of Thames Water, gave a seven-figure sum to Donald Trump’s inauguration committee, DeSmog can repor...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
No 10 rethinking winter fuel payment cut after election slump. "Rethinking" won't do. Must restore WFP. End two-child benefit cap, disability benefit cut, snooping on benefit claimants' bank accounts. Compensate 1950s born women. End energy,/water profiteering. Cut taxes on the poor. Tax the rich.
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No 10 rethinking winter fuel payment cut after Labour slump in local elections
Exclusive: government fears further electoral losses from unpopular policy as well as from planned £5bn of benefits cuts
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Neoliberalism has dominated economics and politics for 45 years, despite being based on nothing more than myths, falsehoods, and fantasies that should have discredited the cult promoting it long ago. youtu.be/uYyalJMXROw?...
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Neoliberal economics is based on absurd assumptions and fantasies
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Trump's mishandling of the economy during his first 100 days shouldn't surprise anyone. He doesn't understand the economy and tanked pretty much every business he ever touched. Watch. youtu.be/zbh9SW5Cgqg?si=tmQLdtdCWpV…
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How Trump Killed Every Business He Touched | Robert Reich
Let’s set the record straight: Trump is not a “successful businessman.” He is, objectively, a business failure.
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Inequality News @inequalitynews.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
This makes no sense. The company is effectively insolvent. Govt should be able to buy it back for a nominal £1 with no compensation to the greedy shareholders and kleptocratic bosses who've looted it to death. Govt should also clawback money from these crooks. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Treasury threatens Defra with £4bn bill if Thames Water nationalised
Exclusive: Treasury threat an example of ‘scare tactics’ to help force through private sector deal, sources suggest
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The Cricketer @thecricketer.com · 02/05/2025
"He's had to bite his tongue, he's had to redouble his efforts when shunned, he's had to decline financial opportunities in franchise cricket, he's had to show he can excel with different balls, formats and pitches" | @georgedobell.bsky.social
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Sam Cook: An England call-up earned and deserved | The Cricketer
George Dobell: Sam Cook has had to bite his tongue, he's had to redouble his efforts when shunned and he's had to decline financial opportunities in franchise cricket
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
NatWest profits soar 36% as full privatisation looms. After the 2007-08 crash UK govt bailed it out for £46bn. Tory/Labour sale of shares expected to recoup £25bn. Another state subsidy to the City/rich. Natwest could have become UK's public bank to revive the economy, but govts lack vision.
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NatWest profits soar by 36% as full privatisation looms
Government stake reduced to under 2% as bank’s profit of £1.8bn beats analyst forecasts by £200m
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Every hour, every new bulletin tells us the stock exchange index, but why? What economic news would you rather hear? youtu.be/7tHHQhChTPc?...
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Every hour, every new bulletin tells us the stock exchange index, but why?
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
"The balance here is off the scale" The government's proposed cuts to disability benefits will deepen poverty and hardship, and push many further from work. Iain Porter, senior policy adviser at @jrf-uk.bsky.social gives evidence to the Work & Pensions Committee
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
UK company law is not enforced. The cost of not doing so is enormous. youtu.be/YFOrIemNthg?... Why doesn't the UK government care about the fact that UK company law is not enforced? What is the point of having law that they will not impose, at considerable cost to society?
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UK company law is not enforced. The cost of not doing so is enormous.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal. Farage/Reform want US style insurance-based healthcare; lower food/environmental standards, worker/consumer rights; return to gold standard, benefit cuts. Who in their right mind wants this.
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Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal
Reform UK leader on campaign trail as poll predicts rightwing party could be on course to win in a general election
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Banks exist to keep you in debt, and so in misery, for as long as possible. youtu.be/IB2wLjqihjM?... Banks are not your friend. They exist to exploit you, and they will whenever they can.
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Banks exist to keep you in debt, and so in misery, for as long as possible.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
NatWest proposing 43% pay hike for CEO to £7.7m. Barclays 45% hike to £14.3m. HSBC 43% hike to £15m. Banks bailed out by the people, gamble with other people's money. Govts tell workers pay rises are inflationary, but rise in exec pay, dividends, share buybacks OK. Let customers vote on exec pay
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UK banks expected to win shareholder approval for big pay rises for bosses
Proxy advisory firms back plans for hikes in maximum payouts 18 months after removal of banker bonus cap
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
BOOM!💥 The number of @bsky.app users just hit 35 MILLION!!! 👏 LETS KEEP GOING, LETS MAKE BLUESKY THE BIGGEST SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM ON THE PLANET AND SEND MUSK, ZUCK & TRUMP PACKING! LETS DO THIS!
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Terence Bermingham @tpbermingham.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Lovely scene at The Oval - wonderful ❤️
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