@rbrooks45.bsky.social
Private Eye hack, author of Post Mortem (@privateeyenews.bsky.social), Bean Counters (Atlantic, 2018), The Great Tax Robbery (OneWorld, 2013). Co-founder @taxwatch.bsky.social.
@privateeyenews.bsky.socialReposted by @rbrooks45.bsky.socialJUST ANNOUNCED. Post Mortem: The Post Office Horizon IT Scandal - in conversation with Private Eye’s @rbrooks45.bsky.social
Wilton's Music Hall, London E1
Tue 12 Jan 2027, 7.30pm
➡️ More info: wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/pos...
@rbrooks45.bsky.socialReposted by @rbrooks45.bsky.socialBusinessman in the Eye - new @privateeyenews.bsky.social profile of Jim Ratcliffe - the multibillion pound petrochemical empire built on natural assets and low interests rates, the ultra low tax rate engineered offshore and of course the epic whinging. Buy the mag for the details!
@rbrooks45.bsky.socialBusinessman in the Eye - new @privateeyenews.bsky.social profile of Jim Ratcliffe - the multibillion pound petrochemical empire built on natural assets and low interests rates, the ultra low tax rate engineered offshore and of course the epic whinging. Buy the mag for the details!
@privateeyenews.bsky.socialReposted by @rbrooks45.bsky.socialMan City in cheating shock The new Private Eye is out now.
@privateeyenews.bsky.socialReposted by @rbrooks45.bsky.socialIT’S PRIVATE EYE WEEK! £2.99 in shops, £2 for subscribers, and only 20p for Emirati sponsors of Man City… Sheikh Mansour will cover the rest.
@mediadan.bsky.socialReposted by @rbrooks45.bsky.socialIt is an absolute disgrace that Fujitsu to this day haven’t compensated Post Office victims and their families. The company is now trying to push AI “business decision making” software. Frightening. global.fujitsu/en-global/pr...
@rbrooks45.bsky.socialThe scandal that doesn’t go away. Another financial year will pass without Fujitsu putting its hand in its very deep pockets over the Post Office Horizon IT scandal. Full story in @privateeyenews.bsky.social - issue on sale for one more day.
@jeaniefinlay.comReposted by @rbrooks45.bsky.socialTuesday, screening of ALL RIVERS SPILL THEIR STORIES TO THE SEA AT Kiln cinema, London. Q&A with me & @rbrooks45.bsky.social from @privateeyenews.bsky.social.
Richard has written extensively about the Teesside shenanigans for the last few years.
@rbrooks45.bsky.socialThanks!
@rbrooks45.bsky.socialQuick plug for my book Post Mortem based on latest 5 star reviews on a certain website -
- “Really important book”
- “An absorbing read”
- “Arrived in immaculate condition”
@privateeyenews.bsky.socialReposted by @rbrooks45.bsky.socialChip-maker Nvidia’s founder and chief executive Jensen Huang responded to calls from Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman for a slowdown and other controlling steps by saying AI companies should “run as fast as you can”.
@privateeyenews.bsky.socialReposted by @rbrooks45.bsky.socialBillionaire Chris Rokos must be hoping he gets better advice on his offshore flit to Greece than he has on previous tax ruses.
@rbrooks45.bsky.socialAs Labour promises fresh welfare clampdown, at the other end of the spectrum it’s already relaxing rules on fat cat boardroom pay. Full details in @privateeyenews.bsky.social In the Money…
@privateeyenews.bsky.socialReposted by @rbrooks45.bsky.socialRokos has been at loggerheads with HM Revenue & Customs. In the mid-2000s he’d invested in two film companies that government lawyers said were “finance schemes that were intended to generate losses in their first year of trading”.
@privateeyenews.bsky.socialReposted by @rbrooks45.bsky.socialFull story by ‘Gold Digger’ online and in the latest issue: www.private-eye.co.uk/in-the-back
You can contact Gold Digger with financial stories at: [email protected]
@privateeyenews.bsky.socialReposted by @rbrooks45.bsky.socialNumber crunching: AI safety From the new Private Eye, out now.
@privateeyenews.bsky.socialReposted by @rbrooks45.bsky.socialNothing says “AI bubble” like the industry’s biggest player opposing the caution that others agree on in the interests of, er, human survival.
@rbrooks45.bsky.socialCurrent @privateeyenews.bsky.social In the Money: how disqualification is no disqualification in UK’s wild west insolvency game; the bubbly signals on Nvidia’s balance sheet; how tier 1 investor visa system was scammed; and much more.. still on sale…
@rbrooks45.bsky.socialAfter horrific events in Teesside, mayor Ben Houchen blamed “drugs trade”. Yet he gave the security contract at Teesside freeport to a co whose “managing director” was still serving 11 year sentence for organised drugs crime - despite having been told this- see @privateeyenews.bsky.social for story
@privateeyenews.bsky.socialReposted by @rbrooks45.bsky.socialAs PM-in-waiting in mid-July, Andy Burnham reportedly told Labour MPs Britain had become an “outsourced state with little accountability” and he wanted to see more “insourcing”.
