Some say it’s just ‘a stylish alternative to denim’, but the politics of who gets to wear military-adjacent garb is increasingly fraught, says writer Ellie Violet Bramley
_The Evening Post_, 29 November 1924:
Mimes : Music : Records
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The Nellie #Bramley Company was given a civic reception at Whangarei in honour of its first visit to that town. Mr. W. Timewell, acting-mayor, presided, and Mr. R. G. Hosking, president of the Waiata Society, also spoke a few words of welcome. The company played record seasons at Whangarei and #Hamilton, and is now in #Gisborne.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19241129.2.160
Biography in Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Bramley
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‘The #Bramley saga is not just a freak occurrence; it is the result of a long-developing trend towards unaccountability.
It’s a mindset that began in the early days of corporate structures, as limited liability allowed investors to reap the rewards of risk without bearing the full consequences of failure.’..
‘In today’s world, it’s private equity giants and multinational corporations benefiting from these protections—shielded from blame when things go wrong.’
‘The Kafkaesque dance of passing the buck seen in Bramley is a perfect example of what Davies terms an “accountability sink”—a place where decision-making is so fragmented that no one is ever to blame when things go wrong.
#Bramley has become an unwitting symbol of this modern malaise, where sprawling bureaucracies and corporations have lost the ability, or perhaps the will, to respond to human problems with anything other than indifference.’
I heard about the Kafakesque woes of the village of #Bramley in Surrey (in the constituency of the former #Tory Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt) on the radio this afternoon.
Petrol seeped from a leak at an #Asda (former#CoOp) petrol station since about 2016.
Contaminated the water supplies as petrol eats through plastic pipes. Severed phone and internet connections.
And accountability seems to be zero.
https://bmmagazine.co.uk/opinion/asda-bramley-petrol-leak-lack-of-accountability-and-beyond/?amp
A leafy village devastated by #Asda petrol station leak
#How #Britain is at the mercy of incompetent corporates
Villagers’ lives blighted by devastating fuel leak at local petrol station
The misery inflicted on #Bramley, where air is often thick with petrol fumes, serves as parable of modern #Britain
An all-too-familiar tale of #warnings ignored, #bureaucratic buck-passing & #compensation delayed
#CorporateTerrorism #PeopleNotProfits #dystopia #DystopianBritain #UK
Hundreds of homes in Bramley, Surrey, issued 'do not drink' notice by Thames Water | ITV News Meridian
https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2024-05-30/hundreds-of-homes-in-issued-do-not-drink-notice-by-thames-water
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#Bramley
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#DoNotDrink
#ContaminatedWater
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