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Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> will purchase $10 billion of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Boeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boeing</span></a> planes, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Commerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commerce</span></a> Secretary <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HowardLutnick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowardLutnick</span></a> said at the White House on Thursday during the announcement of a bilateral <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> deal between the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>.</p><p>Lutnick did not elaborate, but indicated it was a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PrivateSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSector</span></a> purchase, saying he would let the airline making the purchase announce it.</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/uk-announce-10-billion-boeing-purchase-us-commerce-secretary-says-2025-05-08/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/business/aerospace</span><span class="invisible">-defense/uk-announce-10-billion-boeing-purchase-us-commerce-secretary-says-2025-05-08/</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2041050/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2041050/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> India’s Critical Choice Between Importing or Generating Innovation <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/chip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chip</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Entrepreneurship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Entrepreneurship</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nrf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nrf</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrivateSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSector</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/r" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>r</span></a>&amp;d <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/64945/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/64945/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> India’s Critical Choice Between Importing or Generating Innovation <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/chip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chip</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Entrepreneurship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Entrepreneurship</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NRF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NRF</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrivateSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSector</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/R" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>R</span></a>&amp;D <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day nine</p><p>Not the Opposition leader making apologies for asking Canberra to go back to the Office to work, Not the, “I’m going to “sack the Public servants who do the Education👩‍🏫👨‍🏫 and Health things ⚕️🧑‍⚕️👩‍⚕️” (cite), but this from the Opposition Treasurer. ☢️🛢️</p><p>“Well done Angus”.</p><p>In an interview with ABC News Breakfast host James Glenday:</p><p>TAYLOR “We absolutely not backing down on that, I can assure you, James and we’re not backing down to making sure we drive down prices of electricity.”</p><p>GLENDAY asks how exactly the Coalition will pay for it?</p><p>TAYLOR “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> ☢️ is through to 2050, and it’s substantially lower than the cost of Labor’s policies.”</p><p>GLENDAY “It’s hundreds of billions of dollars no matter which way you twist it.”</p><p>TAYLOR “Well that’s the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EnergySystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergySystem</span></a>. The energy system much of which is paid for by a combination of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PrivateSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSector</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/StateGovernments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateGovernments</span></a>. The piece we will <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a>, of course, is the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearGenerators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearGenerators</span></a> which will deliver a return and that’s how we have modelled it, James.”</p><p>Well done Angus, now show me the costings?</p><p>With no plan, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> make themselves open to critical analysis and thus reverse their decisions when deficiencies are pointed out. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leadership</span></a> VS <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chaos</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SolarPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPower</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WindPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindPower</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gas</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/07/australia-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-job-cuts-redundancies-batteries-solar?page=with%3Ablock-67f2fc908f08f7ab2f00f00a#block-67f2fc908f08f7ab2f00f00a" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/apr/07/australia-election-2025-live-coalition-labor-federal-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-job-cuts-redundancies-batteries-solar?page=with%3Ablock-67f2fc908f08f7ab2f00f00a#block-67f2fc908f08f7ab2f00f00a</span></a>&gt;</p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“‘International Crimes’ – UN Launches Probe into Role of Private Sector in Enabling Israeli Occupation”</p><p>by Palestine Chronicle Staff </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span> </p><p>“The investigation’s focus will include ‘how the private sector is linked to, invests in and contributes to Israel’s unlawful occupation, racial segregation and apartheid regime in the oPt and the military/security industry underpinning it’.”</p><p><a href="https://www.palestinechronicle.com/international-crimes-unlaunches-probe-into-role-of-private-sector-in-enabling-israeli-occupation-and-apartheid/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">palestinechronicle.com/interna</span><span class="invisible">tional-crimes-unlaunches-probe-into-role-of-private-sector-in-enabling-israeli-occupation-and-apartheid/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PrivateSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSector</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Complicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Complicity</span></a></p>
Mojo ♻️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@redback" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>redback</span></a></span> Australia, like the US, shifted its manufacturing to China for short-term gains, benefiting private industry with lower costs and higher profits. But now we’re paying the price with lost jobs, skills, and a weakened manufacturing base. The long-term impact is clear—Australia is left scrambling to rebuild what we gave up, and it’s proving a tough challenge.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/manufacturing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manufacturing</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/outsourcing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outsourcing</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/australianeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>australianeconomy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/skills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skills</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/privatesector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatesector</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/globaltrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>globaltrade</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/supplychain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>supplychain</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/regret" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regret</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/businessstrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>businessstrategy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a></p>
Voron<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> another <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/privatesector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatesector</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> argument against <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> 🤔<br>No wait a minute….</p>
Wokebloke for Democracy<p>Another case of unconscionable price gouging on behalf of corporate profits and shareholders at the expense of diabetics.<br><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-27/ozempic-novo-s-1-000-diabetes-drug-can-be-made-for-less-than-5-a-month?utm_source=press.coop" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">24-03-27/ozempic-novo-s-1-000-diabetes-drug-can-be-made-for-less-than-5-a-month?utm_source=press.coop</span></a><br><a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Ozempic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ozempic</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/NovoNordisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NovoNordisk</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Diabetes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diabetes</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/PrivateSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSector</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>While <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politicians</span></a> argue about how &amp; if we might undergo a <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/greentransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greentransition</span></a> some people are just getting on with it.</p><p>A new report from the Energy &amp; Climate Intelligence Unit suggest the UK's <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/netzero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netzero</span></a> economy grew by nearly 10% in 2023, while also providing well paid &amp; productive employment for <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a>. </p><p>While good news this will confirm to some on the right that the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/privatesector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatesector</span></a> can get on without state aid... but Green Keynsianism would accelerate this further!</p><p><a href="https://eciu.net/analysis/reports/2024/the-uks-net-zero-economy-2024" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eciu.net/analysis/reports/2024</span><span class="invisible">/the-uks-net-zero-economy-2024</span></a></p>
MarkG<p>There are various social and environmental issues that need to be addressed. So, are you willing to pay higher taxes to fund government programs that are intended to make society better?</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poll</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PrivateSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateSector</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a></p>
Ingmar Lippert<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pvonhellermannn</span></a></span> don’t trust the <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/privateSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privateSector</span></a> with optimising for the environment. They can maximally be expected to optimise for selling <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/greenness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greenness</span></a>. We have to expect, the private sector will ignore all environmental implications they can get away with, i.e. externalise as much as possible within any <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/internalisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internalisation</span></a> project. <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/EnvironmentalEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalEconomics</span></a></p><p>My <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/sts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sts</span></a></span> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/STS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STS</span></a> take on <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carbon</span></a> in the <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> is <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/bigdatasoc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bigdatasoc</span></a></span> at <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951716673390" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1177/20539517166733</span><span class="invisible">90</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Just in case you had any doubts about the impact of ever increasing <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/privatesector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatesector</span></a> involvement in <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a>, here's a story from <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/new" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>new</span></a> Mexico, that should convince you that anyone who think introducing more private sector provision into the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> is helpful is merely building a trojan horse while acting as a stooge for profiteering, inhumane exploiters of the vulnerable....</p><p>And if you think this couldn't happen here, think again!</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/25/us-health-care-for-profit-emergency-rooms-physician-turnover" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2023/oct/25/us-health-care-for-profit-emergency-rooms-physician-turnover</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Another case of the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/privatesector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatesector</span></a> seeing the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/publicsector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicsector</span></a> as a key market for <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a>... in this case peddling the comms, but incorrect notion that <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>benefits</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> is a major problem .... it isn't!</p><p>Some years ago Kevin Farnsworth coined the term 'corporate welfare' for the range of interactions between firms &amp; Govt. departments, often ensuring such firms were partly shielded from the more difficult &amp; competitive markets they normally work in....</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/08/palantir-lobbied-uk-disabilities-minister-software-benefits-fraud" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2023/</span><span class="invisible">aug/08/palantir-lobbied-uk-disabilities-minister-software-benefits-fraud</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>In an interview with the FT, Thomas Buberl, Axa Insurance's CEO baldly notes that the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NHScrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHScrisis</span></a> presents 'quite a few business opportunities' as he continues to expand Axa's private <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> business in the UK.</p><p>It'll be no surprise that he would see the travails of the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Tory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tory</span></a> engineered health care crisis this way, and merely confirms that the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/privatesector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatesector</span></a> completely understand what the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a>' wrecking of the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> is intended to achieve.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SaveOurNHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOurNHS</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/GTTO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GTTO</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>So, Steve Barclay says (on expanding <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/privatesector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatesector</span></a> involvement in the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a>), 'We must use every available resource to deliver life-saving checks to ease pressure on the NHS'!</p><p>So here's an idea Mr Barclay:</p><p>a. money is a resource;<br>b. its available (because you're spending with private sector providers);<br>c. Why not add it to the core funding of the NHS.... pay the staff better &amp; expand the maintenance funds...</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SaveOurNHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOurNHS</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Behind much of the discussion of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/greedflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greedflation</span></a> is the Q.of aggregated <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profits</span></a> in the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/privatesector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatesector</span></a>. </p><p>The mere maintenance of profit margins when input prices are rising itself may be inflationary... not having to absorb such costs says something about market power.</p><p>Equally, aggregate figures hide varying profit levels &amp; if it is the providers of staples that can push prices up due to relatively inelastic demand, their profits may be hidden &amp; raise headline inflation!<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/01/rip-off-britain-cost-of-living-crisis-uk-retail-profits" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2023/</span><span class="invisible">jul/01/rip-off-britain-cost-of-living-crisis-uk-retail-profits</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Hmmm... what's going on around <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/teeside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teeside</span></a>? </p><p>For a third time the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Tory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tory</span></a> mayor of Tees Valley has been caught (this time via leak to FT) transferring public property to the development corporation he chairs without any scrutiny of the transfer lists or agreements.</p><p>Already there is an investigation being launched but given the prospective use by the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/privatesector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatesector</span></a> through the development corp., this (at the moment) looks a lot like a corrupt theft of publicly funded assets; </p><p>more <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Torycorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Torycorruption</span></a>?</p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>As the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Coronavirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coronavirus</span></a> enquiry picks up speed we're going to see a lot more stories of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/privatesector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatesector</span></a> profiteering, high payments to executives, all paid out of the profits made through the badly implemented procurement process put in place by the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a>. </p><p>Corrupt practices meet slack contract negotiation &amp; incompetent management will be a complex of themes likely to surface again &amp; again. <br>(&amp; don't get me started on <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/BorisJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BorisJohnson</span></a>'s hissy fit about supplying of evidence).</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/25/us-banker-banks-bourne-paid-73m-dividend-2021-millions-uk-covid-contracts" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/m</span><span class="invisible">ay/25/us-banker-banks-bourne-paid-73m-dividend-2021-millions-uk-covid-contracts</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/DominicRaab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DominicRaab</span></a> is not standing at the next <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a>, apparently citing the detrimental impact frontline politics is having on his family;</p><p>there's a lot of people who'll be glad to see him go, but many others hoping that his post-political career doesn't involve any organisation they work for.</p><p>Still, I'm sure Raab will find someone to employ him as his form of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>management</span></a> is a common practice across the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/privatesector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatesector</span></a> &amp; his travails will have been a good advert for his 'skills'!</p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Today <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeirStarmer</span></a> will declare the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NHScrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHScrisis</span></a> to be the key issue for the next <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a>; which merely follows it growing place in people's priorities &amp; concerns.</p><p>While it looks like he'll pledge to improve performance &amp; reduce waiting times across the system, the real issue will be how he's going to do that?</p><p>If (as Wes Streeting has already hinted) they're going to increase the role of the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/privatesector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatesector</span></a> then for many this will confirm the final capitulation of Labour to Toryism... lets see</p>