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@barryejames

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NED, Mentor & Visionary Hacktivist for #People & #Planet. #HumaneEconomics & #RemakingMoney Inspirational Speaker, Advisor & Author writing for #FintechTimes...

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@barryejames
#Instigateur for #People and #Planet
3 years
Tory MP who devised energy price cap says it's not fit for purpose and needs replacing 'instantly'. John Penrose, who is married to Dido Harding, revealed his own energy bills had quadruple... has urged the incoming prime minist… https://t.co/A9jtcTCfaS
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@carolvorders
Carol Vorderman
2 years
Lucy Frazer is screeching all over TV this morning about the BBC not being impartial (right wing) enough. Robbie Gibb was Head of Comms for Theresa May, friend of Johnson, brother of Minister Nick Gibb, and instrumental in start up of GB News. He's now overly influential in
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The journalist @nickwallis who has been with the Post Office Scandal for years (+ excellent @ComputerWeekly) "Fujitsu will take more than £2 BILLION out of the Horizon IT system over the lifetime of this contract...and Fujitsu have since built an empire, in this country, on the
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@DanNeidle
Dan Neidle
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The Post Office's compensation scheme is designed to minimise payouts. One postmaster received £15.75. That isn't a typo. I count nine ways the Post Office's HSS compensation scheme is rigged:
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@barryejames
#Instigateur for #People and #Planet
2 years
Wow. Preconception gnashers! So 9 months warning before the, er, conception-event should be ample to be able to 'swerve to avoid a child's! What will they think of next while busy bashing the other side for being stupid? ;-)
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Carol Vorderman
2 years
Minister for Public Health & Start for Life, Tory Andrea Leadsom seems to think a child has teeth 9 months before it's even conceived... Well even I'm baffled with her maths.... and even more baffled with her biology!!! Can I recommend some textbooks and/or diagrams?
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@barryejames
#Instigateur for #People and #Planet
2 years
'Just' moving from #burning #oil & #gas, using the atmosphere as an open sewer' to using, #reusing, #recharging & #recycling batteries - not all of which are made using Lithium (which is abundant) in any case.
@tomerthesecond
Tomer
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@sama You are just moving away from away from one cheap mineral (oil) to an expensive one (lithium).
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@PaulPolman
Paul Polman
2 years
U.S. oil production has touched new record highs in recent weeks. Climate change leaders or laggers? Job to do.
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@barryejames
#Instigateur for #People and #Planet
2 years
Analysis: This was SO avoidable as... A #FAIL for the OpenAI Board Serves Up a #Coup for Microsoft: Sam Altman & Greg Brockman Lead 'Colleagues' Away, to a New Microsoft AI Lab
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BREAKING NEWS The FT have just reported: In a coup for #Microsoft they've "hired Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to lead a team conducting #AI research, days after the pair were pushed out of OpenAI,...
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Carol Vorderman
2 years
Collating info about David Cameron is taking some time.....there's so much of it, eg... 🔹Greensill Scandal... now being investigated by Serious Fraud Office 🔹 Lobbied on attempt to build $1 bn UK-China Fund, FAILED 🔹Made Tory donor friend Bamford a Lord, now being
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@barryejames
#Instigateur for #People and #Planet
2 years
Well @AdeyKate "Thanks for reaching out, but I'm not interested" is a LinkedIn stock phrase I'd only use when being pestered by a salesperson. Rather than someone offering fellow-feeling & support for your work... If this is your idea of collaborative... Well... good luck to you!
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@democracynow
Democracy Now!
2 years
Climate scientist @ClimateHuman discusses the “deep emergency” of climate change and the role of the fossil fuel industry’s “legalized bribery.” “It breaks my heart to see the Biden administration continue to expand fossil fuels and take us deeper into this catastrophe.”
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Carol Vorderman
2 years
BREAKING "£8bn of Covid contracts still not declared and much information also hidden on other contracts" Shockingly this includes £2bn of our money given to PRIVATE HOSPITALS during the pandemic....hang on.... We know every single contract through VIP LANE was referred by a
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@RoryStewartUK
Rory Stewart
2 years
Whoever becomes the next Mayor of London should plant another million trees in the city
@culturaltutor
The Cultural Tutor
2 years
12 Reasons Why Cities Need More Trees: 1. Temperature Control One large tree is equivalent to 10 air conditioning units, and the shade they provide can reduce street temperature by more than 30%. 2. Noise Reduction Trees can reduce loudness by up to 50%. In urban areas
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@premnsikka
Prem Sikka
2 years
Financial support to double for MPs who lose seats in UK election Losing MPs get “loss of office payments” – at twice the rate of statutory redundancy pay – plus the winding-up payments . Would Govt double redundancy money for workers? No chance. https://t.co/LbGM2YvtU7
theguardian.com
Winding-up payments to rise to £17,300 and will also be given to those not seeking re-election
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@LesDennis
Les Dennis
2 years
The Sun printed an article at the weekend I did for another paper in 2018 and made it look like I’d done an exclusive with them. To all my fellow scousers you know I would never speak with them.
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Carol Vorderman
2 years
Is the VIP LANE alive and kicking...? This time for the £1.6 BILLION non-competitive contract for the Stop The Boats barges. The CEO: "started with a phone call from a person close to Boris Johnson" ...the rest is history... £1.6 BILLION...no competitive tendering.....wow
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@DanNeidle
Dan Neidle
2 years
The PPE cover-up. New evidence suggests Douglas Barrowman hid the ownership of a company that received £200m in PPE contracts and is now being investigated for fraud. A thread:
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@GoodLawProject
Good Law Project
2 years
This week we revealed that former minister, Theresa Villiers, had held shares in Shell worth £70,000 – while she was environment secretary. https://t.co/mY0l6EoSLm
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Carol Vorderman
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Michelle Mone PPE MEDPRO new evidence A new report by Sunday Times @thetimes and the tax lawyer who brought down Nadhim Zahawi @DanNeidle Click onto this thread for the full explanation. Is this yet more unravelling of the VIP PPE lane contracts? Please RT
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Dan Neidle
2 years
The PPE cover-up. New evidence suggests Douglas Barrowman hid the ownership of a company that received £200m in PPE contracts and is now being investigated for fraud. A thread:
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@premnsikka
Prem Sikka
2 years
Wilko paid out £77m to owners before collapse. Dividends paid even when company made losses. Dividends financed by debt. £16m deficit on pension scheme, may need to be rescued by PPF; members may lose some of their pension rights. Needs investigation. https://t.co/UVsyUWIA2O
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thisismoney.co.uk
The chain, which fell into administration putting 12,000 jobs at risk, was controlled by descendants of the founder, James Kemsey Wilkinson.
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@NHSMillion
NHS Million
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We couldn’t agree with this more. Please follow and RT to help raise awareness of the important issues facing the NHS.
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