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Labour’s New Data Law is a ‘Blank Cheque’ for Farage to DOGE Britain (www.desmog.com)
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[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 15 points 3 weeks ago

They keep making these big deals with tech companies saying they'll add more money to the economy despite these businesses like Google being nothing but extractive and pulling money out of the markets they operate in and putting it into the hands of the tech-bros while simultaneously eroding the basic freedoms and qualities of living in the UK.

Google paid just £50M in tax last year on £1.8B an effective tax rate of 0.28%.

Stop sucking the genitalia of big tech companies, they're literally the worst.

[–] casmael@mander.xyz 10 points 3 weeks ago

Are they stupid? Yes. Are they intentionally making bad decisions? Also probably yes.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

The divide between the people and who makes the decision those people have to live with are what is causing this latent resentment. The only solution that will see actual change is attacking the institutional power, the House of Lords and the aristocracy for being out of touch and forcing the rest of Britain to be compliant.

It could be the left. It could be the right. But whoever makes these changes and stops Britons from living under dumb fucking rules will seize the popular vote.

[–] s12@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

I wonder if Kier and Farage are working together.