Iain Macwhirter
Author and political commentator
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Capitalism – an obituary.
WHEN the obituary of neoliberal capitalism is written – as I’m confident it will be within the next decade or so – Royal Bank of Scotland will merit a chapter all on its own. Up to its neck in sub-prime mortgage lending in the US, it was a major figure in the 2007 financial crash, … Continue reading
Only way to get rid of Trolls is to Mute, Block and Unfollow. And if that fails: stop using Twitter.
I sometimes think Twitter was a demonic experiment dreamed up by a misanthropic psychologist to demonstrate what happens when society breaks down. If we give people licence to say anything they want to people, at random and behind a cloak of anonymity, then we should hardly be surprised that it brings out the worst in … Continue reading
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