merridew

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[–] merridew@feddit.uk 10 points 1 year ago

Unless they crash the economy and start enslaving people, they've got a way to go before they hit the bottom.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sea_Company

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

£10.6 billion to the UK government in North Sea revenue for 22/23 v. £2.6 billion for 21/22.

  • Equinor (Rosebank majority owner) revenues for 22: $75 billion

  • Ithaca (Rosebank minority owner) revenues for 22: $1.9 billion

  • BP (formerly state-owned; majority privatisation under Thatcher, from 1979) revenues for 22: $241 billion, for record profit of $28 billion (£23 billion)

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

Not just any attorney. She was the Attorney General for England and Wales from 2021-2022, the chief legal advisor to the Sovereign and the Government.

And got roundly criticised by the Bar Council for her actions undertaken in the role.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

The perfect is the enemy of the good. If people are going to use -- and some are -- harm reduction seems like a no-brainer.

Yes, it would be great if people weren't shooting up at all... but you can't quit if you're dead.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 34 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Well

only one in 10 council planning departments are fully staffed, with 13% operating with fewer than three-quarters of posts filled

with

80% [of local authorities] reporting they did not have enough officers to carry out their workload

because

long-term cuts to funding have had a visible impact on planning departments’ ability to retain staff... there has been a 43% fall in resources to the planning system from local authorities since 2009-10.

https://www.lgcplus.com/services/regeneration-and-planning/planning-people-go-from-council-to-council-chasing-the-money-17-05-2023/

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A fun game of spot the difference, but apparently there's more going on that you can't see -- eg the planned underground carpark just not being built at all, and them building a carpark over the garden instead.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago

Then stop disseminating this information online. For now.

You say you're taking legal action. Hand all of this to your lawyer, and follow your lawyer's advice. I am very confident they will advise you to stop posting this in a public forum.

In the meantime, I strongly urge you to talk to a trusted family member, friend, or medical professional. It sounds like you are highly stressed. In the short term, forget any perceived public health emergency. Take care of your own health first.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then sincerely hope that doesn't impact any investigation by the authorities.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Maybe not. Ample time to make an independent judgement whether to downvote.

OP, if you suspect financial crimes are being committed, you should not be tipping off those involved by publicising this.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago

Is anyone able to screenshot the modmail receipts? I can't actually see them, and without them OP's story seems... rather thin.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

10 minutes is a long time on the internet.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

"Authentic engagement"? It's been a matter of minutes since you accused people on Lemmy of being sockpuppets...

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