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British Gas advisers have been caught misleading customers with false promises about green energy in an investigation by openDemocracy. ‘Heating sales advisers’ for the company were recorded claiming that hydrogen fuel will be rolled out across the UK and that boilers sold now are capable of burning hydrogen instead of gas – neither of which is yet established. One adviser also told us that hydrogen would cut energy bills, which is untrue. And they gave misleading advice about heat pumps – including falsely claiming that they are unsuitable for four-bedroom homes. The advisers’ claims led one expert to suggest that British Gas advisers are prioritising targets for boiler sales over giving accurate information on heat pumps, which can provide a more environmentally friendly way to heat homes by running on electricity and concentrating heat from outside for use indoors. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/british-gas-centrica-hydrogen-ready-boilers-green-energy-heat-pumps/ Support Opendemocracy here: https://support.opendemocracy.net/project/home?source=website-header-donate-button/ You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, is being sued over the arrest of the chief executive of Britain’s leading republican movement on the day of the king’s coronation, in what is being billed as a first test case of new protest laws. Graham Smith, who was detained for 14 hours on 6 May, is seeking a judicial review of the lawfulness of his arrest as well as damages and an admission of fault from Scotland Yard, according to legal papers seen by the Guardian. The case is said by Smith’s lawyers to be the first time that a court has had the chance to consider the “correct approach” to the exercise of powers given to the police days before the coronation under which they are able to arrest those suspected of “going equipped to lock on”. The legal challenge by Smith follows an outcry at what freedom of speech campaigners criticised at the time as the heavy-handed policing of the coronation, which led to just a handful of charges despite a blizzard of police activity. There were 64 arrests made on the day, of which half led to no further action being taken, including in relation to Smith, whose detention with a group of five other republican campaigners Rowley has since conceded was “unfortunate”. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/sep/12/anti-monarchy-protester-suing-met-chief-over-coronation-day-arrest Police accused of ‘alarming’ attack on protest rights after anti-monarchist leader arrested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy8rWshcgSQ Peter Tatchell clip: https://twitter.com/PeterTatchell/status/1654864905214763009 You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

The government failed to carry out detailed surveys that would reveal problems such as asbestos and unstable concrete before buying up sites for its flagship free schools, an Observer investigation has found. Free schools were launched by Michael Gove in 2010 with the promise that they would transform education in England. More than 650 are currently open. Gove made much of the fact that ministers would be tearing up planning laws to enable groups of teachers, parents and charities to set up schools in old offices, shops and houses. However, documents seen by the Observer reveal that in some cases there was such haste to open large numbers of these new schools that the government agency tasked with buying the sites purchased “unsuitable” disused buildings without first undertaking the detailed surveys that experts insist are essential. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/10/uk-government-did-not-carry-out-detailed-surveys-before-it-bought-free-schools-sites You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

Benefits claimants could be given a real terms pay cut as Jeremy Hunt tries to find money for pre-election tax cuts. Ministers normally increase payments in line with the previous September’s inflation figures – which this year could be 7 per cent. But the government did not deny that fugure could be squeezed, in anticipation of a fall in the headline rate later this year. The chancellor is facing a difficult autumn statement in November, with little room for manoeuvre financially. At the same time, however, he is coming under intense pressure from Tory MPs to offer a pre-election tax cut to voters in next Spring’s Budget. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-hunt-tory-tax-cuts-b2408173.html You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

Children are bearing the brunt of local authority cuts as funding for playgrounds and leisure centres is slashed across the UK, i can reveal. The summer school holidays would normally see Gateshead Leisure Centre teeming with life. But its boarded-up facade means no children go there now. Its facilities, and those of nearby Birtley Swimming Centre, closed in July due to council funding cuts, in what has been a crushing move for the local community – especially its youngest members. Pressure from budget cuts, inflation and social care has left several town halls struggling to balance the books this year and more could be at risk next year. The Local Government Association has said councils in England face a funding gap of almost £3 billion over the next two years “just to keep services standing still”. Birmingham City Council – the largest local authority in Europe – declared itself effectively bankrupt this week by filing a Section 114 notice, which restricts all but essential spending. Layla Barclay, 39, said the closure of the leisure centre in Gateshead has had a “disastrous impact” on the area which is already “really deprived”. https://inews.co.uk/news/playgrounds-leisure-centres-councils-cut-funding-children-2603282 You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

The Government could avoid paying to fix RAAC concrete problems in some schools due to two loopholes in how the funding will be distributed, i can reveal. Dangerous issues with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete have forced more than 100,000 children to miss the beginning of term, with 147 schools known to have been affected so far. Some have launched fundraising campaigns to pay for repairs while they await news on money from central government. However a group which represents councils has warned of one loophole where schools could lose out on funding if the most recent annual building surveys did not mention the existence of RAAC. It said the same would apply to establishments not run by the council, such as voluntary aided schools and those controlled by academy trusts. Sam Blakeman, senior policy officer at the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (Sigoma), which represents 47 urban councils, told i: “There is concern from the sector that the full cost may not be covered.” He said the loophole could allow the Department for Education (DfE) to reject funding requests for repairs and other associated costs, such as finding new accommodation for pupils, and props to hold up weak RAAC ceilings. https://inews.co.uk/news/raac-concrete-loopholes-government-avoid-paying-school-repairs-2603827?ico=editors_picks You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

No new offshore wind project contracts have been bought by developers at a key government auction, dealing a blow to the UK's renewable power strategy. Results showed no bids for new offshore wind farms, but there were deals for solar, tidal and onshore wind projects. Firms have argued the price set for electricity generated was too low to make offshore wind projects viable. The government said a "global rise" in inflation impacting supply chains had "presented challenges for projects". It said while offshore and floating offshore wind projects did not feature on the agreed deals list, the outcome was "in line with similar results in countries including Germany and Spain". The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said "significant numbers" of solar power, onshore wind, tidal energy schemes, and for the first time, geothermal projects, which use heat from the ground to generate power, had been awarded funding. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66749344 You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

This week going on outside in the UK Ukraine, Russia report downing dozens of drones over Kyiv, Crimea https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/10/ukraine-russia-report-downing-dozens-of-drones-over-kyiv-crimea Moscow Says Destroyed Three Ukrainian Speedboats in Black Sea https://www.kyivpost.com/post/21468 South Korea pledges $2.3 billion in aid for Ukraine https://kyivindependent.com/south-korea-pledges-2-3-billion-in-aid-for-ukraine/ Sudan: Darfur atrocities turn isolated Nyala into a lifeless city https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-darfur-atrocities-turn-isolated-nyala-lifeless-city Rescuers scramble to find survivors in Morocco after powerful earthquake kills more than 2,000 https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/10/africa/morocco-earthquake-day-two-intl-hnk/index.html Niger military accuses France of deploying forces with view to 'intervention' https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230910-niger-military-accuses-france-of-deploying-forces-with-view-to-intervention US, Vietnam to boost ties as Biden visits, seek China hedge with chips, rare earths https://www.reuters.com/world/us-vietnam-elevate-ties-during-biden-visit-with-eye-china-2023-09-09/ 'Gas Hat' Jan. 6 rioter who first breached Capitol tunnel entrance arrested by FBI https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/gas-hat-jan-6-rioter-first-breached-capitol-tunnel-entrance-arrested-f-rcna102361 You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

This week on Newsround Hospitals regularly have to shut units due to dilapidation, NHS England says https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/07/hospitals-regularly-shut-units-due-to-dilapidation-nhs-england-says Woking plans to cut funds for care, arts, sports and toilets to plug £1.2bn deficit https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/07/woking-plans-to-cut-funds-for-care-arts-sports-and-toilets-to-plug-deficit Tory MP Chris Pincher to resign after suspension from Commons over groping allegations https://news.sky.com/story/tory-mp-chris-pincher-resigns-after-suspension-from-commons-over-groping-allegations-12956582 Tories accept £350,000 donation from firm that sells vapes popular with children https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/tories-accept-350000-donation-from-firm-that-sells-vapes-popular-with-children-2601793 Crumbling concrete crisis spreads to housing, shops and offices as major landlord orders checks https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/raac-concrete-schools-closed-housing-b2407311.html Starmer assistant among active corporate lobbyists working for shadow cabinet https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/keir-starmer-grant-thornton-weber-shandwick-corporate-lobbying/ Dozens of Tory and Labour MPs Can Claim Extra Allowance for Third Child – Despite Backing ‘Cruel’ Two-Child Benefit Cap https://bylinetimes.com/2023/09/07/dozens-of-tory-and-labour-mps-can-claim-extra-allowance-for-third-child-despite-backing-cruel-two-child-benefit-cap/ You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

A shadow hangs over the future of the Green Party of England and Wales, as the party’s official financial accounts suggest a legal challenge from a former deputy leader could bring the organisation down as a “going concern”. The latest accounts from the Greens, filed with the Electoral Commission, reveal a warning from auditors that a “material uncertainty exists regarding legal claims” as to whether the party will continue to remain financially afloat. Byline Times has learnt that this uncertainty revolves around impending legal claims from several gender critical activists – including former deputy leader Shahrar Ali, who is suing the party over alleged discrimination based on his views about gender and sex. Shahrar Ali, an academic who was joint deputy leader of the party between 2014 and 2016, is a prominent critic of the Green Party’s official stance on gender issues, including the party’s backing for self-identification and the principle that ‘trans women are women’. He has stood unsuccessfully for the leadership three times, but is now embroiled in a fierce legal battle with the executive. He launched his legal challenge against the party in February 2022, alleging he had been unfairly sacked from his unpaid role as party spokesperson for policing. https://bylinetimes.com/2023/08/29/green-party-at-risk-of-going-bust-amid-trans-rights-row-legal-challenge-from-former-deputy-leader/ Support Byline Times & their work https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/ You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

The weighted study of more than 2,000 Brits earlier this month asked whether they thought cycle lanes, traffic calming measures and accessible walkways take up too much space in their local area, or whether they thought cars, vans and other vehicles did. Respondents could only pick one option that they felt most closely reflected their opinion. Some 37% said that vehicles took up too much space, while 22% said traffic calming measures, cycle paths and pedestrian walkways took up too much space. The rest said neither reflected their view, or didn’t know. Measures to tackle Britain’s deadly toxic air problem have been the focus of a vicious culture war in recent years, with so-called low-traffic neighbourhood schemes (LTNs) across the country accused of displacing cars and increasing journey times despite evidence that they cut traffic. Public Health England estimates that air pollution results in between 28,000 and 36,000 deaths a year, with Black people and poorer people among the most likely to be affected. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/polling-ltns-ulez-cars-low-traffic-neighbourhoods-public-opinion-opinium/ You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

This Week on Newsround Junior and senior doctors in England to strike together for first time in NHS history https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/31/junior-doctors-nhs-england-vote-to-continue-strikes-through-winter School buildings in England made with certain type of concrete forced to close over safety fears https://news.sky.com/story/school-buildings-in-england-made-with-certain-type-of-concrete-forced-to-close-over-safety-fears-12951571 Grant Shapps warned he faces battle to protect defence spending from Treasury axe https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/grant-shapps-protect-defence-spending-treasury-axe-2585937 Labour suspends entire Leicester East constituency branch https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-66671986 Government looking to expand use of facial recognition technology https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/government-home-office-ministry-of-defence-chris-philp-mod-b2402785.html Labour figures took £10,000 gifts from Google and YouTube ahead of tax U-turn https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-party-google-youtube-digital-services-tax-keir-starmer-jonathan-reynolds/ Rishi Sunak Says ‘All Crimes’ Must Be Investigated – So Why is he Blocking Plans to Go After Fraudsters, Cronies and Kleptocrats? https://bylinetimes.com/2023/08/31/rishi-sunak-says-all-crimes-must-be-investigated-so-why-is-he-blocking-plans-to-go-after-fraudsters-cronies-and-kleptocrats/ You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

Councils are moving homeless families out of their neighbourhoods at almost three times the rate that has been officially recognised, and some have been uprooted hundreds of miles from their support networks, according to research. Data released under freedom of information (FoI) revealed that 34,418 households were placed out of area last year, based on responses from 80% of English councils. This incomplete figure suggests a total that is 172% above what was officially recorded the previous year. Of the councils that responded, 13 admitted placing homeless households more than 200 miles away. The latest figures, compiled by Nottingham University and shared exclusively with the Guardian, suggested either a large year-on-year increase or, more likely, that the practice is being systematically under-reported in government statistics. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/28/english-councils-moving-homeless-families-out-of-areas-at-three-times-official-rate You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

Nearly half of voters believe Brexit has made it harder for the UK to manage Channel asylum seekers, while just one in five think quitting the EU has made it easier, a new poll suggests. A total of 49 per cent of the public said Brexit has made it harder to make good asylum policy while 21 per cent say the opposite, according to a poll by Opinium, shared with i. Even those who backed Brexit believe quitting the EU has made managing asylum more difficult, with 42 per cent saying leaving the bloc has made it harder compared with 23 per cent saying it is now easier. https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-harder-solve-channel-migrants-crisis-voters-poll-2577126 You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

Disability organisations have accused Rishi Sunak’s Government of “showing contempt” for disabled people, after failing to give evidence to a key United Nations inquiry. The inquiry evidence session, taking place in Geneva on 28 August, is part of a follow up to the special investigation carried out by the UN’s committee responsible for the Convention on the Rights of Disabled People in 2016. The report from the UN disability investigation, published that year, confirmed that the UK had committed “grave and systematic violations” of disabled people’s rights, due to welfare cuts and wider austerity. The Conservative Government said at the time that it “strongly disagreed” with the findings. But the Government is understood to have pulled out from providing evidence to a rare follow-up hearing next week – scuppering the meeting at the last minute, disability campaigners say. The meeting was due to examine progress – or lack thereof – in implementing the recommendations from the damning report. “Flights were booked, huge effort went in – and now we will have to repeat [it] again in six months. It’s really rude to the committee but also dismissive of the huge effort disabled people have put in – and ignoring the strain all of this puts on us,” a spokesperson for Disabled People Against Cuts told Byline Times. https://bylinetimes.com/2023/08/25/sunaks-government-accused-of-hiding-from-damning-united-nations-inquiry-over-treatment-of-disabled-people/ You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

Top economists have piled pressure on Keir Starmer to break with Tory spending plans amid anxiety over Labour’s policy direction if it wins the next election. In a letter seen by The Independent, 70 prominent academics say they are “concerned” at the party’s programme for government and warn that failing to reverse cuts would “deepen the poverty and hardship many are already facing”. Labour last month said its fiscal rules might not allow it to reverse cuts like the two-child benefit limit or bedroom tax, between them responsible for putting hundreds of thousands of families in poverty. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves also announced she would be scaling back the party’s green investment plans, saying spending limits were “non-negotiable”. The latest warning comes after Jim O’Neill, a prominent economist who coined the term Brics (the grouping of the world economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and who until recently was advising the shadow chancellor, called for “petty and arbitrary” fiscal rules to be scrapped. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/keir-starmer-policies-benefit-cuts-reeves-b2399406.html You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

The Government’s flagship ’40 hospitals’ project is set to face further delays, piling further pressure on Rishi Sunak over missed Tory pledges. An industry insider told i the Government appears to have “abandoned hope” of making significant progress before the general election next year. The fresh delays raise the prospect that a future Labour administration will have to decide whether to continue with the project, or to abandon it and draw up new plans for hospital construction and upgrades. The pledge to build 40 new hospitals by 2030, originally promised by Boris Johnson in the 2019 Tory manifesto, has been beset by delays and claims that some of the ‘new’ sites are just extensions to existing healthcare centres. I has been told the latest delay relates to the appointment of a building firm to serve as the ‘delivery manager’ – a construction industry term to describe the lead contractor responsible for the overall progress and completion of a major project. https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/tory-pledge-new-hospitals-delays-insiders-project-abandoned-2573470 You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

More people believe it is acceptable to break the law to help a friend or loved who wants to die than believe it is wrong, a snapshot of UK public opinion on assisted dying has revealed. The finding comes as MPs weigh possible changes to laws governing end-of-life decisions and as a terminally ill Lancashire woman who is preparing to travel to Switzerland to end her life has described the UK law against assisted dying as “cruel and anachronistic”. Rosemary Walker, who has incurable blood cancer, spoke out asresearch carried out by Ipsos UK showed that 38% thought it was acceptable to break the law versus 29% who did not. MPs are preparing to recommend how ministers should respond to calls for the UK government to follow Australia, New Zealand and 10 US states in allowing terminally ill, mentally competent adults to end their own lives. Two-thirds of the public also supported legalising assisted dying, the research showed. Walker said: “The current law is forcing me to choose a death I don’t want – hundreds of miles from home with strangers and none of us wants that.” https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/28/two-thirds-of-britons-support-legalising-assisted-dying-poll-shows You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

Britain faces a stark choice between paying higher taxes or accepting an inevitable deterioration in public services and the welfare state, a report says. In an in-depth study of the UK tax system, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) thinktank said the already high level of taxes and the weak prospects for growth meant voters faced a tough choice. The IFS said if the political choice was to pay higher taxes, root-and-branch reform of the system would be needed to reduce the economic pain that higher levies would involve. This was because every one of the UK’s principal taxes was flawed, it added. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/aug/24/uk-faces-stark-choice-of-higher-taxes-or-decline-in-public-services-ifs You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

A leading judge at the international court of justice has said the UK will no longer be able to ignore the growing calls for reparation for transatlantic slavery. Judge Patrick Robinson, who presided over the trial of the former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević, said the international tide on slavery reparations was quickly shifting and urged the UK to change its current position on the issue. “They cannot continue to ignore the greatest atrocity, signifying man’s inhumanity to man. They cannot continue to ignore it. Reparations have been paid for other wrongs and obviously far more quickly, far more speedily than reparations for what I consider the greatest atrocity and crime in the history of mankind: transatlantic chattel slavery,” Robinson said. “I believe that the United Kingdom will not be able to resist this movement towards the payment of reparations: it is required by history and it is required by law.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/22/uk-cannot-ignore-calls-for-slavery-reparations-says-leading-un-judge-patrick-robinson You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

US spy-tech firm Palantir was a shoo-in for a multi-million-pound NHS contract months before the deal was signed, emails obtained by openDemocracy appear to show. The email exchange from 2020, in which senior NHS executives discussed the budget for a new national data platform, sees more than one person referring to Palantir as the recipient of the funding. The firm, owned by billionaire Donald Trump donor Peter Thiel, has won five NHS deals in a row without tender. It is heavily tipped to secure a separate contract worth £480m later this year to build a new “operating system” for the NHS. Conservative MP David Davis told openDemocracy it was “incredibly concerning that the NHS appears to have already taken decisions to award contracts to Palantir before the end of the procurement process”. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/nhs-palantir-contract-emails-reveal-plan-win-multi-million-pound/ We’ve won our lawsuit over Matt Hancock’s £23m NHS data deal with Palantir https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/weve-won-our-lawsuit-over-matt-hancocks-23m-nhs-data-deal-with-palantir/ Exclusive: NHS hospitals told to share patient data with US ‘spy-tech’ firm https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/palantir-peter-thiel-nhs-england-foundry-faster-data-flows/ THE NHS FEDERATED DATA PLATFORM AND PALANTIR 7 KEY RISKS https://www.politico.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/16/Foxglove-Palantir-report.pdf This video was back in march! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rKkAnMVnUHA You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

One in three private renters have been forced to borrow money to pay their rent in the space of a month, shocking new figures show. Over two million people have turned to credit cards, overdrafts, family members or even payday loans to meet landlords’ demands. The finding comes as housing charities warn that private tenants are facing “a crisis like never before”. The Independent revealed last month that renters are now paying four times as much of their incomes as homeowners on housing as the situation worsens. And another investigation discovered that the majority of local councils had failed to build a single home in the past five years despite 1.2 million people on waiting lists. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rent-increases-borrow-money-b2396775.html You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

Almost all adults are unclear as to the timeline is for phasing out gas boilers in homes, polling has revealed, prompting fears that a lack of clear strategy could threaten the UK’s net zero targets. The Government previously pledged to end the use of gas boilers in new-build homes by 2025, and phase them out entirely by 2035, as part of the drive to reach net zero emissions. But new polling, seen by i, indicates 97 per cent of people do not know when the phase out will begin. https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/gas-boiler-ban-date-government-law-change-poll-2570621 You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

“Big Oil is Paying Out Years of Dividends in One Day”, ran one Bloomberg headline last year, as rising energy prices continued to cripple consumers. In November, the financial news organisation Barron’s noted that “Oil Companies Lift Their Dividends as Cash Rolls In”, while a few months later, Reuters reported “Bumper profits fuel surge in dividends, buybacks at oil firms”. The bonanza continued as a number of oil firms recorded profits for the last quarter of 2022. And in February 2023, Forbes led with the headline “We’ve Struck Oil: 3 Energy Plays Yielding Up To 11% in Dividends.” Oil company dividends should be, according to market logic, negatively influenced by several factors, including the shifting energy balance towards renewables, increasing regulatory pressure to reduce emissions, and the rise of divestment campaigns. Indeed these shifts towards a low-carbon economy led many to expect a decline in demand for fossil fuels, with investors expected to become increasingly concerned about the long-term sustainability of oil companies. However, oil companies continue to make record cash payouts to their shareholders, the campaign group Corporate Watch says in a new report. https://bylinetimes.com/2023/08/22/bp-and-shell-dish-out-bonanza-payouts-to-shareholders-as-climate-crisis-rages/ You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite

The number of people in the UK waiting for a decision on their asylum claims has risen to a record high, latest Home Office figures show. More than 175,000 people were waiting for a decision on whether they will be granted refugee status at the end of June 2023 - up 44% from last year. In December 2022, PM Rishi Sunak set a target of clearing the so-called legacy backlog by the end of the year. Officials have cleared on average 2,061 cases a month since then. With 67,870 cases remaining, the Home Office will have to process 11,311 cases per month if it is to meet its target. The legacy backlog refers to the asylum applications lodged before June 2022. The number of cases awaiting decision refers to main claimants, while the number of people also includes any family members or other dependents. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66603767 You can catch Myself & Lee Corne every Wednesday 9PM UK Time on The Snowflake Show https://www.youtube.com/@TheSnowflakeShow https://linktr.ee/reganelite https://discord.gg/xCjFtYdSJp https://www.patreon.com/Reganelite https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Reganelite