Emeritus Prof Christopher MayJan 31

If you're not convinced of the insidious & pervasive influence of the financial services sector on UK politics, here's a bit more evidence of how they operate.

Get ex-personnel to become MPs (or take up advisory roles), brief them on what the City needs, and then sit back while they seek to influence governance via whatever means come to hand....

the UK *does* have an industrial strategy, but it is one shaped by, and focussed on, financial services!

#politics

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/ex-city-lobbyist-mp-pushed-pro-city-policies-after-meeting-with-former-employer/

Show threadApAlun 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
@ChrisMayLA6 I was on the London Underground once when the person sitting next to me was flicking through a A4 landscape document headed "The *insert name of large management consultant* Rolodex". (Rolodex is probably a trademark). Every page was a table, with the left hand column being a list of the great and good in British society. The other columns had headings like "was at school with", "friend of", "worked with". The grid was filled with names, presumably employees of the consultants.
Jan 31 at 10:06amWeb
Show threadJuan FranciscoJan 31
@ApAlun @ChrisMayLA6
Una vez estaba en el metro de CDMX cuando la persona sentada a mi lado estaba fumando marihuana (es probablemente un adicto ). Cada día que salgo me topo por lo menos a un ciudadano mexicano se me ocurre publicar una lista de los grandes y buenos de la sociedad Mexicana. Gracias por compartir tu vivencia #LargaVidaAMastodon #elecciones #ElsiglodelaIgnorancia #revolucióndigital