John Rose

John Rose

@johnaaronrose.bsky.social

Progressive views. Retired. Formerly worked in Computing, both industrial & academic.

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IMO Britain will be better without him and his fellow unpatriotic billionaires (such as Mittal & Rokos).

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social

Billionaire Brexiteeer and Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK. Lives in Monaco to avoid UK taxes, owns several luxury properties. Demands state subsidies, including for building a Man U stadium. Why do billionaires resent people getting decent NHS, social care, public services?

IMO Jim Ratcliffe is not a big loss to the UK given that he is resident in Monaco and thus avoids paying British Income Tax. I suspect that his companies do not pay much British Corporation Tax as they are mostly not British companies.

Jim Ratcliffe (the billionaire part owner of Manchester United football club) says that he lost confidence in the UK and that it is in decline due to a combination of high taxes and high immigration. To be continued...

Add to that the £4m previously given by Delo. I understand that Delo is moving back to the UK from Hong Kong soon.

Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social

nothing says “party of the ordinary workers” than taking a £36m donation from a crypto tycoon convicted in the US in 2022 for failings in an anti-money laundering programme before being pardoned by Donald Trump

Neither of these grifters is a leader who a reasonable person should respect.

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social

Left: Nigel Farage dismissing criticism with, "I was told" Right: Boris Johnson, "My belief if that we were following the rules" Why is it that when rules are broken, those at the top suddenly blame someone else? Leadership means taking responsibility - not saying "I was told" or "I believed"

UK AI data centres alone is estimated by 2030 to be 15-20% more assuming that only a realistic number of proposed AI data centres are built; if all proposed AI data centres are built then it could be 280% more.

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Britons taking “Plan 2” student loan need to earn £63,600 a year to reduce debt. Plan 2 graduates with an average loan of £52,100, and earning £39,039 would see loan balance actually increase by £1,692 a year. England student debt £294.6bn, UK £324bn Median UK employee wage is £31,500. Madness.

explore-education-statistics.service.gov.ukRelease home - Student loan forecasts - earningsAd hoc experimental statistics publication presenting analysis of earnings and lifetime repayments forecasts for England

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UK AI data centres alone is estimated by 2030 to be 15-20% more assuming that only a realistic number of proposed AI data centres are built; if all proposed AI data centres are built then it could be 280% more.

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Here are the competitors for World Dickhead of the year: Tyrant Turd, Plonker Putrid, Fuckup Fartage, Felon Fink. Please vote for the biggest dickhead.

With his sleaze Farage is likely to be a busted flush by the next General Election. The way I see it is to keep making fun of hime on BlueSky, FaceBook and InstaGram, whic is what I'm currently doing.

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👺EIGHT data centers in Gary, Indiana still have power. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of residents have been without power for 9 days now🇺🇸😢

Putrid was made Gauleiter of Ukraine so that he could shit over another country. Fartage was made Gauleiter of Greenland so that he could make a mess of another country. Fink was made Gauleiter of everywhere as he's such a cunt.

Putrid was made Gauleiter of Ukraine so that he could shit over another country. Fartage was made Gauleiter of Greenland so that he could make a mess of another country. Fink was made Gauleiter of everywhere else as he's such a cunt.

Tyrant Turd invited three other weirdos to a Fascist party. He made each of them Gauleiter of another country than their own. They were Plonker Putrid, Fuckup Fartage and Felon Fink.

UK AI data centres alone is estimated by 2030 to be 15-20% more assuming that only a realistic number of proposed AI data centres are built; if all proposed AI data centres are built then it could be 280% more.

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3 Rolling Stock Operating Companies own most of the 15,200 vehicles that run on Britain’s railways, making huge profits for their overseas shareholders. They are the gravy train - and they have to go. Read our new report on the future of our railways today👇 vist.ly/4499u

IMO the best hope of stopping Faridge and Reform is for Labour to be more progressive, scrap FPTP voting, and for the relatively Progressive parties to form alliances against Reform and Conservative parties.

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Supertanskiii@supertanskiiii.bsky.social

Guess who’s back? This bitch! And it feels good! So are the stats: 2 in 5 of those Stella chugging fake patriots who rioted last year are more of danger to their ex than most refugees. Here’s my take. I don’t hold back. youtu.be/Y0oJGg8KVX0?...

Reeves is an ally of companies ripping off the electorate and is no friend of the average person. Starmer is past his sell by date.

Mike Galsworthy@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social

“This Labour government has no moral compass” “Backbench Labour MPs appear bewildered by the direction the Government is taking on so many issues. All these things are seen as cruel. How do they fit in with the Labour Party? What ethical and moral imperative drives them?”

Reeves is useless: she appeases rip off &crooked companies and ignores ordinary people. She is past her sell by date.

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social

Rachel Reeves considers overruling supreme court in £44bn car finance scandal. Ultimate Deregulation: Law may be bent to prevent compensation to millions, protect banks from their follies. A licence to misbehave. Any chance of laws to cap bankers' bonuses, higher taxes? NO. It is one-way traffic

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#Renationalise water

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social

Are you ready to hand more than £1,000bn to England's privatised water companies by 2050? Shareholders don't invest. Money will be extracted from customers, shareholders will own the resulting assets and income streams and collect dividends. Public ownership is the only sane way.

Starmer is past his sell by date.

Bremain in Spain@bremaininspain.com

What Starmer should have said. People are quickly sickening of this rhetoric from Labour. Their inability to be honest on how Brexit broke the country & instead blaming & ‘othering’ the people who Farage blamed to bring about Brexit, instead of attacking Farage. It’s disgraceful

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The UK spends less on welfare than almost any EU country & yet Labour have allowed for the “scroungers” rhetoric to mask their cruelty. Again. Brits need to learn that they too can have nice things. They just need to stop falling for the most obvious propaganda & stop voting for neoliberals.

I recommend installing Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 LTS. I have that on my modern mini desktop, old laptop, Raspberry Pi (running AdGuardHome to prevent Ads appearing on the home network and WireGuard for secure browsing on mobile devices on public networks) and old mini (running my camera network).

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