Upton Sinclair: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” brainyquote.com/quotes/upton_s…

Ltd Liability is unnatural. It began in C18th with E. India Co. LL trading is a concession from society, on terms: lawfulness, ethics +for good. Private interests incrementally co-opt LL & society needs to claw power back. Corporate manslaughter +director liability are essential.

The tragedy of Palestine goes back to the reign of Queen Victoria when Britain ruled the world, & Jewish people were already being driven out of the Russian Empire & Eastern Europe…. “How British colonialism has caused a century of war in Palestine.” youtube.com/watch?v=hOJqLT…

Post Office Scandal Lions led by donkeys Bystanders note the contrast between the dignity, decency, honesty & humility of the sub-postmasters & the contemptuousness, seediness, self-serving dishonesty & arrogance of the 2nd-rater PO governance, management, senior staff & lawyers.

The tragedy of Palestine goes back to the reign of Queen Victoria when Britain ruled the world, & Jewish people were already being driven out of the Russian Empire & Eastern Europe…. “How British colonialism has caused a century of war in Palestine.” youtube.com/watch?v=hOJqLT…

21/10/23 Guardian: Why are Britain’s new houses so rubbish? Unhappy customers share Taylor Wimpey & Persimmon horror stories on Facebook while profits/house doubled to £62k & dividends rose from £400m to £1,8bn 2008-2017. 2021 Persimmon made £1bn profit. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Sizewell will also be under water as sea level rises! 13/3/25 Independent/NASA: 6mm 2024 rise in sea level higher than expected +rate is getting faster. Oceans absorb heat causing water to expand= 2/3rds of sea level rise. Melting ice on land is the rest. independent.co.uk/climate-change…

28/11/24 Dominic Cummings: How Deepstate fails. Pathological bureaucracy, system running people, talent collapse in public service+media, self-reinforcing, failure rewarded, institutional rot, secrecy+corruption, fake meritocracy+ fake budgets incl Defence youtube.com/watch?v=5EK3di…

In public policy, when something is obviously wrong & not getting fixed, there can only be 2 possible reasons 1. Government & regulatory agencies, media etc are incompetent &/or 2. the situation is deliberate &/or designed &/or captured to serve the interests of those with power.

The tragedy of Palestine goes back to the reign of Queen Victoria when Britain ruled the world, & Jewish people were already being driven out of the Russian Empire & Eastern Europe…. “How British colonialism has caused a century of war in Palestine.” youtube.com/watch?v=hOJqLT…

MSM is mainly trivial +controlled by vested interests. Fact based/expert/investigated knowledge & interest-serving "opinion" are not distinguished. Giving them equal time is not impartiality. Incessant updating & sensationalism capture narratives & hide what is actually going on.

Joseph Goebbels' in his own words “If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, & you will even come to believe it yourself.” “Arguments must be crude, clear & forcible & appeal to emotions & instincts not the intellect. Truth is unimportant." goodreads.com/author/quotes/…

“And what sort of lives do these people, who pose as being moral, lead themselves? My dear fellow, you forget that we are in the native land of the hypocrite.” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). kwize.com/quote/8771

In authoritarian &/or captured regimes, it is only through satire that people can openly say what is actually going on.

TRUTH calls POWER to account: abiding by core values. LIES need cover-ups, PR/propaganda & re-branding. Lies compound: to evade & manipulate consent. Truth tests action for WHOSE INTERESTS are served. Lies drive intellectual decline, group-think & a criminogenic & toxic culture.

The tragedy of Palestine goes back to the reign of Queen Victoria when Britain ruled the world, & Jewish people were already being driven out of the Russian Empire & Eastern Europe…. “How British colonialism has caused a century of war in Palestine.” youtube.com/watch?v=hOJqLT…

29/1/24 Byline Times: 17/8/15 BBC Panorama on PO/Horizon. PO’s Chair Alice Perkins (Lab Home Secr Jack Straw’s wife) +leading PO's Project Sparrow cover up, was also on BBC’s board from 2014 without declaring it. PO tried to edit & stop the programme! bylinetimes.com/2024/01/29/the…

Ordinary people are good so why do systems & leaders fail? Autocratic, undemocratic & non-inclusive structures allow capture by OLD BOY networks & ANTI-CHANGE cultures to serve clique INTERESTS, shelter bullies & incompetents, & hide low professional standards & CORPORATE INERTIA

“And what sort of lives do these people, who pose as being moral, lead themselves? My dear fellow, you forget that we are in the native land of the hypocrite.” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). kwize.com/quote/8771

23/6/25 RTE News/Michael Bloomberg: Brexit: the 'stupidest thing any country has ever done'. Ireland has benefitted though. UK already had "Brexit" inside EU +outsize influence helped by English language +UN Security Council, NATO no Euro/Schengen +veto! rte.ie/news/business/…