Bluemerel

Bluemerel

@bluemerel.bsky.social

Former lecturer. Interested in art, culture, nature, sciences, and champagne. Human rights and very woke. ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง ๐Ÿ‰ No DMs.

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CEO of scandal-ridden Deloitte gets 45% pay rise to ยฃ7.1m, 1,360 jobs cut. CEO pay = 93 times median employee pay. Firm doesn't pay employer NIC on profits shared by partners, worth ยฃ150,000 for ยฃ1m profit shared. ยฃ899m shared. 108 govt contracts in 2026, worth ยฃ650m. Friends in high places.

cityam.comDeloitte hikes pay for top boss while headcount shrinksBig Four giant Deloitte hiked pay for one of its chief executives last year by almost half while overall headcount at the firm fell, with some of being due to targeted job cuts.

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Burnham promised to โ€œend neoliberalism & tackle the cost-of-living crisisโ€ Confidence briefly increased, but quickly ebbed once we realised just how โ€œlimited his ambitions wereโ€ Today โ€œThe average household is ยฃ2,400 worse off purely as a result of the Iran warโ€ open.substack.com/pub/zeteouk/...

open.substack.comThe UKโ€™s Slow-Motion Crisis Demands a Rapid-Response BudgetStagnant wages, rising prices and cuts to services โ€“ no wonder thereโ€™s a widespread sense that everything is getting worse. Will tomorrowโ€™s Budget grapple with the scale of the problem? Unlikely.

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"Fossil f. interests secured a staggering 500 meetings with newly elected Labour ministers in the party's 1st year in power aloneโ€ฆ There were 1321 contracts between 386 ff companies & 802 advert. & PR agencies in the last year. The skill with which reality can be distorted is sometimes astounding"

Andrew Simms@andrewsimms.bsky.social

Ever feel that however you vote fossil fuels always win? The oil & gas industry manipulates politics in the shadows and public opinion in plain sight. Here's how to spot their tricks and call them out... theecologist.org/2026/oct/27/...

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Some of the most meaningful moments on the campaign trail have been spending time up in the Sault with the Bay Mills and Sault tribes. We must protect tribal sovereignty, protect our Great Lakes, and ensure everyone can get a good job and know that our basic rights and dignities are preserved.

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Stop what you are doing and look at this lovely story. A photography student in the 80s took pictures of punks and mods on the street in Preston. Heโ€™s now tracked them down and photographed them again. The pictures and stories are really โค๏ธ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukEmotional reunions as photographer recreates shots 46 years onSam Hill spent months tracking down the "special generation" he photographed as teenagers in 1980.

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Replying to @reformexposed.bsky.social

Itโ€™s hilarious to know that the BBC was there to show their viewers the full extent of Farage & coโ€™s dwindling popularity. It also shows that the BBC is flogging a dead horse by promoting RefUK as an alternative government when itโ€™s clearly not fit for purpose.They deserve each other.

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The BBC needs to provide an explanation for this.

Reform Party UK Exposed@reformexposed.bsky.social

Yeah, this is getting absurd. Zero scrutiny. BBC News broadcasts Reform UK speeches in full without interruptions www.thenational.scot/news/2667178...

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Why are the people who accuse those talking about reversing Brexit of "living in the past" never asked about their own plans to rip up an international agreement that was first signed by the UK some 75 years ago?

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"... people were like, f**k that, we do not want the Bolsonaro family coming back to power, recognis[ing] this fascist project not as some high abstract concept but as an existential threat to life & livelihood for them" David Adler on @novaramedia.com on the result in Brazil

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โ€œDigital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.โ€ ๐Ÿ’ฏ

Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. โ€œDigital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.โ€ This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flรกvio Bolsonaro.

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Day 1706 of my 3 day war. Vucic lost in Serbia, Bolsonaro lost in Brazil and Donald couldn't rig a casino he owns, never mind the midterms. I remain a master strategist.

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Deborah Barros Leal Farias explains that Flavio Bolsonaro is saying the Brazilian presidential election should be annulled because voting hours were extended by 2 hours. But what he's not saying is that his own party was one of those asking for the extension!