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recent bookmarks from asterisk2aWhy everyone says Succession is Shakespearean - YouTube2023-05-02T07:59:04+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhGjvlufT1Y
asterisk2aSuccession Shakespeare 1% monarchy Rupert Murdoch Super Rich social cultural culture commentary Politics Trump powerhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a96f402d1184/Tragedy of Scottish Transportation - YouTube2023-04-30T01:36:01+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJRIBUbK1Bo
asterisk2ahistory crime petty poverty British Empire inequality Monarchy welfare state sociology civil society enlightenment politicshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:b77c82ba9e82/The British Monarchy: Tales of Royal Madness - YouTube2022-10-01T15:22:13+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSngJkA_hmw
asterisk2aBritish Monarchy Empire UK Brexithttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:edf61830d4eb/The Observer view on inequality in the UK | Observer editorial | The Guardian2022-06-05T16:58:45+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/05/observer-view-on-inequality-in-uk
asterisk2amonarchy Jubilee inequality poverty child GFC austerity COVID stagflation lost decade Brexithttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:9b478bb73107/BBC Radio 4 - Today, 10/03/2016, Sun Editor defends 'Queen backs Brexit' headline as accurate2016-03-10T10:07:31+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03m3rm7
asterisk2aMonarchy UK Brexithttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:8f19796c569e/So a drive to get more women into top jobs will be led by a man. How insulting | Sophie Walker | Opinion | The Guardian2016-02-09T20:27:20+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/09/campaign-women-top-jobs-man-sir-philip-hampton-business-leaders
asterisk2aTories Conservative Party boys club gender politics pay gap policing child care bias gender-based harassment discrimination inequality tax evasion avoidance nasty No Representation Career Politicians House of Lords Monarchy democracy plutocracy oligarchy Super Rich 1% David Cameron DWP Iain Duncan Smithhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:166d47739cc0/MEG50: Jeremy Paxman, 'Why do we still have a monarchy?' - YouTube2016-01-11T00:57:58+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIc_ZRGXP0U
asterisk2aMonarchy UKhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:6416d2ef2e72/A knighthood for Lynton Crosby: government under fire for political honours | UK news | The Guardian2015-12-31T16:06:10+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/dec/30/knighthood-lynton-crosby-government-under-fire-political-honours
asterisk2a> !!! >> [which involves distracting the public from a politically difficult issue by creating shocking news]. << !!! << Hardly worthy of honouring in this way if at all,” said McDonnell. He said Crosby’s knighthood would make the public think the titles perpetuate “an old boy’s club”. [...] His uncompromising tactics have appalled some of his opponents, with former Liberal Democrat business secretary Vince Cable once referring to him as “an Australian rottweiler”. [...] “getting a reward for services to the Tory party rather than services to the country”. [& got] close links to the tobacco industry.]]>Career Politicians Monarchy House of Lords UK Establishment Toff Privileged meritocracy meritocratic Gini coefficient inequality social mobility income austerity Tories Conservative Party nasty general election 2015 campaign promises PR spin doctor manufactured consent David Cameron George Osborne DWP immigration Iain Duncan Smith Jeremy Hunt NHS political theory folly economy error short-termism Opportunism opportunist lobbyist lobby Lobbying revolving door Policy Makershttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:843576f82758/Grant Shapps resigns over bullying scandal: 'buck stops with me' | Politics | The Guardian2015-11-28T15:51:52+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/nov/28/grant-shapps-resigns-over-bullying-scandal
asterisk2anasty party Tories Conservative David Cameron George Osborne general election 2015 Career Politicians Westminster Toff Privileged Establishment bullying mobbing mental health well being ladder Oxford 1% UK British Empire Monarchy society No Representationhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:9f1b9af8824b/Live Webcast - Social Class in the 21st Century - YouTube2015-11-02T19:27:12+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzCa_qqFBNE
asterisk2aPrecariat Middle Class Sozialer Abstieg Super Rich 1% book warfare fairness babyboomers Generationengerechtigkeit austerity Toff Privileged Establishment minimum wage generationy Polarisation propaganda manufactured consent corporate media Daily Mail state Monarchy 21stcentury British Empire stereotype trope Lügenpresse culture subculture mass sociology society western Gini coefficient inequality income gender health mobility social downward post code lottery celebrity Escapeism Entertainment working class-warfare plutocracy oligarchy distribution tax credit free job security recovery GFC crony capitalism bank bailout welfare evasion avoidance public interest awareness perception opinion debate discourse education policy stigma prejudice judgement snap bias sick population unemployment obesity substance abuse symptom human decency dignity homelessness poverty child food trap label American Dream Political neoliberal trickle-down economics CEO pay meritocracy UK USA populism spin doctorhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:315881568067/BBC Radio 4 - Radio 4 in Four, Will Prince George ever be King?2015-10-20T15:20:08+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p035ql5g
asterisk2aMonarchy UK Establishment national identityhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:2e8d524e4811/Putting money on Indyref 2 - BBC News2015-09-28T11:49:07+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-34313377
asterisk2aScottish Independence referendum Indyref 2 Devolution The Smith Comission SNP Nicola Sturgeon Tories austerity Conservative Party David Cameron George Osborne devo-max Vow Career Politicians No Representation Westminster Holyrood London bank bailout crony capitalism tax avoidance evasion fairness Generationengerechtigkeit underinvestment education policy NHS code inequality child poverty DWP Iain Duncan Jeremy Hunt Toff Establishment Entitlement Privileged Monarchy British Empire general election 2015 PR spin doctor Positioning campaign promises marketing character Hameron Scandalhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:9917811f3ad6/Cameron beware: when the super-rich are scorned, they take supersize revenge | Peter Bradshaw | Comment is free | The Guardian2015-09-26T00:30:36+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/25/cameron-rich-revenge-lord-ashcroft
asterisk2aDaily Mail News Corp. Corporation newscorp Rupert Murdoch David Cameron general election 2020 George Osborne Career Politicians austerity Hameron Scandal Toff Establishment Privileged Entitlement British Empire Monarchy vested interest groups nepotism No Representation democracy corporate media state manufactured consent Polarisation populism 24-hour cycle propaganda conglomerate Wall Street neoliberalism neoliberal crony capitalism UKhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d4833b996c95/”Lobbyismen hotar demokratin” - EFN - Ekonomi- och FinansNyheterna2015-09-25T11:23:48+00:00
http://www.efn.se/2015/09/24/veckomagasinet-owen-jones/
asterisk2aOwen Jones Establishment book Toff Privileged lobbyist lobby Lobbying UK neoliberalism neoliberal GFC Super Rich 1% Career Politicians No Representation social contract political theory Entitlement Policy Makers bank crisis banking transparency accountability democracy Noam Chomsky oversight Freedom of Information Act Lügenpresse corporate state media manufactured consent PR spin doctor populism Polarisation Conservative Party Tories austerity sovereign debt inequality income distribution recovery gender pay gap dot.com corruption bribery society Gesellschaft voter turnout Jeremy Corbyn apathy trickle-down economics neoconservatism neoconservatives tax evasion avoidance Network nepotism Funding Trade Union Workers gag order Secret Courts crony capitalism Wall Street shared economic interest shareholder value profit maximisation election campaign promises European USA Monarchy British Empire dogma ideology groups vested revolving door socialism Labour majority minority constituency faultlines secular stagnahttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:780a78ebbae4/It’s the British establishment that has a problem with democracy | Seumas Milne | Comment is free | The Guardian2015-09-24T02:01:32+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/23/british-establishment-problem-democracy-jeremy-corbyn
asterisk2aToff Establishment Entitlement British Empire Monarchy Career Politicians lobbyist lobby Lobbying revolving door Party Funding political theory social contract No Representation constituency fairness Gini coefficient mobility inequality income society Westminster London Hameron Scandal Privileged UK Politics neoliberalism neoliberal neoconservatism neoconservatives democracy Privatisation transparency oversight accountability Jeremy Corbyn Trade Union Workers Zero Hour precarious work working poor tax credit Conservative Tories David Cameron Hunt Iain Duncan Smith DWP NHS austerity Public Services George Osborne PR spin doctor reframing framing Generationengerechtigkeit babyboomers Millennials GFC recovery dogma ideology bank bailout banking crisishttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:b8c8d299aa37/Osborne And Cameron: Hijinx At Ashford Book (2011) - YouTube2015-09-24T01:18:03+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTyALoXaddg
asterisk2aGeorge Osborne David Cameron Hameron Scandal Toff Establishment Privileged Entitlement Monarchy class warfare British Empire society spin doctor reframing framing PR Tories newscorp News Corp. phone hacking Corporation 24-hour cyclehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c632c4b5827e/Pigs to peerages: Lord Ashcroft’s act of revenge shows British politics at its venal worst | Simon Jenkins | Comment is free | The Guardian2015-09-22T16:17:53+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/22/pigs-peerages-ashcroft-cameron-sell-lords-donors
asterisk2aHameron Scandal House of Lords David Cameron Party Funding Conservative Tories Donors neoliberalism neoliberal nepotism Toff Entitlement Establishment Privileged UK Monarchy British Empire Gini coefficient social mobility income inequality austerity dogma Career Politicians No Representation contract political theory fairness Generationengerechtigkeit constituency general election 2015 campaign promises budget2015 Jeremy Hunt Iain Duncan Smith George Osborne Politics SNP Westminster Scottish Independence referendum straight white male privilege Super Rich 1% tax evasion avoidance double standard Lybia Syrien Syria Assad Muammar Gaddafi presidency barackobama Pentagon military–industrial complex military intervention diplomacy NATO United Nations Security Council Nigeria foreign affairs Aid policy relations Intelligence NSA CIA GCHQ MI5 MI6 ISIS Boko Haram Iraq Afghanistan William Hague Drone Strike Warfarehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:663eaf5662e4/Met police admit mistakes in Westminster paedophile ring inquiry | Society | The Guardian2015-09-21T18:44:13+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/sep/21/met-admits-mistakes-in-westminster-paedophile-ring-inquiry
asterisk2aMet Police Scotland Yard UK Toff Westminster Establishment Privileged pedophilia corruption nepotism bribery history British Empire Margaret Thatcher abuse of power Monarchy Operation Midlandhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:81ea69dbc131/Queen Elizabeth II: The last of Britishness? - Newsnight - YouTube2015-09-09T12:22:00+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq0EvcP3AUA
asterisk2aUK Westminster Toff Privileged Establishment Monarchy Queen Elizabeth II British Empire society class warfarehttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:ce7727b3d146/Revealed: how coalition has helped rich by hitting poor | Politics | The Observer2014-11-16T22:35:28+00:00
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/15/coalition-helped-rich-hitting-poor-george-osborne
asterisk2aausterity working poor squeezed middle class Precariat precarious work Prekariat UK George Osborne fiscal policy monetary tax free income evasion avoidance Super Rich 1% Gini coefficient inequality disposable mobility social downward zombie consumer David Cameron welfare state child poverty in old age food fuel Gerechtigkeit fairness GFC recovery Bailout monarchy UKIP European Election 2014 globalization globalisation flat world Software Is Eating The Future of competitive competitiveness Mobile Creative Creatives Niedriglohn Niedriglohnsektor Lohnzurückhaltung minimum wage coldprogression kalte Progression lohndumping mindestlohn AfD Rechtsruck uncertaintyhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:26fc78fabbc8/John Oliver - Monarchy - YouTube2014-09-15T17:03:05+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCxFf8rOwpw
asterisk2amonarchyhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:bcaa30933f75/Queen tried to use state poverty fund to heat Buckingham Palace - Home News - UK - The Independent2014-05-05T01:10:10+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/queen-tried-to-use-state-poverty-fund-to-heat-buckingham-palace-2088179.html
asterisk2amonarchy uk privilege entitlement realness toffhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c8cea9e2128d/"Spanien spart sich zu Tode" - Dr. Bernd Springer im Gespräch - YouTube2014-03-14T22:38:24+00:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_NHkAMfL4o
asterisk2aSpain austerity PIGS sovereign debt crisis Europe lostgeneration lostdecade greatdepression greatrecession 2013 2014 Career Politicians Euro social-safety-net medical care youth unemployment long-term structural human tragedy mental health illness Depression Staatsversagen Demokratiemüdigkeit Super Rich working poor squeezed middle class Indignados Politics corruption bribery monarchy history economic Cataloniahttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d94918f063ad/Lord Ashdown's powerful response to Lord Carlile's attack on reform, from his former party leader | Mail Online2012-07-08T14:35:00+00:00
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2170358/Lord-Ashdowns-powerful-response-Lord-Carliles-attack-reform-party-leader.html
asterisk2agovernance nickclegg davidcameron monarchy history accountability Willful ignorance unintended consequences society policy folly error politics democracy UK greatrecession GFChttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:9fe328a61f4b/BBC News - Why does the UK love the monarchy?2012-06-28T17:45:54+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18237280
asterisk2areason nationality identification identity 2012 Diamond Jubilee austerity immigration globalisation anxiety culture change society democracy meritocratic meritocracy liberal Britain UK history monarchyhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:2eaeed59ec70/Königliche Hochzeit - Wenn das Herz das Hirn besiegt2011-04-29T16:53:51+00:00
http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/0,1518,759698,00.html
asterisk2amonarchy uk 2011 royalshttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:07589c7cf113/John Berlau: The Entrepreneurs' Princess - WSJ.com2011-04-29T01:31:58+00:00
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704658704576274463296743144.html
asterisk2aentrepreneurship UK katemiddelton monarchy 2011 society studyhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a1123bf081bb/Royaler Frust: Mrchenhochzeit? Alles Quatsch! - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten - Panorama2011-04-27T14:15:00+00:00
http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,759100,00.html
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