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Emeritus Prof Christopher May
Emeritus Prof Christopher May
@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Many of us will agree with Heather Stewart that tougher regulation (and limitation) on wealthy donors influencing (buying) politicians is needed!

But, to my mind this actually is not the biggest problem; as I've said before the major problem is the undue & over-weighted influence the financial services sector has on Govts., how the common sense of fiscal policy is framed & how economic policy is formulated.

That is what really needs constraining (as well)!

#politics
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/08/mandelson-revelations-show-need-for-tougher-uk-constraints-to-resist-rule-of-the-rich

the Guardian

Mandelson revelations show need for tougher UK constraints to resist rule of the rich | Heather Stewart

Labour must protect democracy and learn lessons from Jeffrey Epstein’s efforts to influence government policy
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Chip Butty
Chip Butty
@otfrom@functional.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@ChrisMayLA6 I found this chilling https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2kzmnr14lo

Just the straight up extortion and the coordination of it

BBC News

Faisal Islam: Mandelson, Darling and the conversation I can't forget

The Epstein files appear to give extraordinary context to a call between the former chancellor and JP Morgan's boss.
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RichRARobi
RichRARobi
@RichRARobi@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@otfrom @ChrisMayLA6

I was thinking I might create a creeps database using something like neo4j so I can get all the relationships and links of all these 'people' clear in my mind.

The more I read about the sleaze and corruption between all these so called public servants, the more daunting it becomes.

#ukgoverment #ukpolitics #sleaze #epstein #trump #putin #moscow #compromised #israel #ukraine #genocide #starmer #lammy #bribes #lobbying

Never ending list

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Chip Butty
Chip Butty
@otfrom@functional.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@ChrisMayLA6 @RichRARobi this might help https://github.com/cfinke/EpsteIn

GitHub

GitHub - cfinke/EpsteIn: See which of your LinkedIn connections appear in the Epstein files.

See which of your LinkedIn connections appear in the Epstein files. - cfinke/EpsteIn
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RichRARobi
RichRARobi
@RichRARobi@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@otfrom @ChrisMayLA6

Thought to just install neo4j on my pc, put a few specific names in, and see where it goes, but there is just so much... I like the idea of being able to print an interconnections picture!

https://neo4j.com/docs/getting-started/appendix/graphdb-concepts/

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