The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #1142
Carl, Beau, and Steven discuss how everyone wants to nationalise Scunthorpe's steel, why Birmingham is awful, and the invasion continues.
Reading List
Govt: Saving British Steel for national security, thousands of jobs
China’s longest coal railway moves 200 million tons annually
Port Talbot steelworks in Wales not protected like Scunthorpe
Steven Woolfe: How can they claim to save it with sky-high energy costs?
Daily Express: Labour only acted due to fear of Reform UK/Nigel Farage
Socialist Action: UK being pulled into a US-led new cold war with China
Gen Sir Roly Walker: Army must double lethality, prepare for conflict by 2027
Pissing away billions on contractors - Diginomica
2023 Sued by woke women over equal pay claims - The Guardian
2023 birmingham bankrupt - BBC
Bankruptcy timeline - The Guardian
Jaw dropping bad report - BBC
283m spent on pensions - The Telegraph
2.1m Wasted money on cars - Daily Mail
2016 and birmingham council is going down the tubes - The Guardian
2017 binman strike - The Guardian
2017 council leader quits over strike - The Guardian
2019 binman strike - BBC
2022 maladministation - Housing Ombudsman
Why are they striking now? - Sky News
Wasting billions on agencies - Unite the Union
Refuse to negotiate - ITV
The man behind the strike gets his rubbish collected - The Sun
BBC - BBC
656 in 11 boats on Saturday alone. 8,064 this year - Telegraph
Mail - Daily Mail
Sky - Sky News
Guardian - The Guardian
Standard - Evening Standard
More figures - CMEPUK1 - Twitter
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