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Re:UK Fell into Recession in 2023 by Lio on Thursday February 15, 2024 @08:41AM (#39382560)
No but I can blame them for profiteering during covid.

Michelle Mone clearly wasn't the only one punting over-priced, poor quality PPE via the special Tory VIP system.

Cumulatively, how much have Tory VIPs taken out of the economy since they came to power?

Even Sunak seems to be in on it. Like the wink-wink "you outsource your IT services to Infosys and we give you new sweetheart oil contracts" deal that BP and Shell got.

I think we have a right to be angry about this. It's corruption.

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Re:UK Fell into Recession in 2023 by ilikerashers on Thursday February 15, 2024 @09:44AM (#39383249)
The Michelle Mone story is insane. Her husband sold illegal tax schemes to IT contractors and escaped without serious repercussions.

UK government is outsourcing everything and it's not just Infosys. They set low salary levels and flooded the market with offshore devs in the last few years.

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Re:UK Fell into Recession in 2023 by pjc50 on Thursday February 15, 2024 @10:46AM (#39384109)
> The Michelle Mone story is insane. Her husband sold illegal tax schemes to IT contractors and escaped without serious repercussions.

And she got a peerage out of it! Presumably by knowing the right people and paying them.

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