Vic Grout
@vicgrout.bsky.social
Technology Ethics Professor; Futurist/Futurologist; Author: 'Conscious' http://vicgrout.net/the-book; Socialist; WokeAF; Vegan; Husband; Dad; Grandad. Views may or may not be my own: can't always remember these days.
I assume I’m entitled to back pay?
December 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I assume I’m entitled to back pay?
Not planned, and didn’t see the link until afterwards!
November 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Not planned, and didn’t see the link until afterwards!
I bet they proof read that a few times!
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I bet they proof read that a few times!
He’s there on the list
A lot more than twice.
It’s clear to us all
He hasn’t been nice
Orange Man is going to go down
A lot more than twice.
It’s clear to us all
He hasn’t been nice
Orange Man is going to go down
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
He’s there on the list
A lot more than twice.
It’s clear to us all
He hasn’t been nice
Orange Man is going to go down
A lot more than twice.
It’s clear to us all
He hasn’t been nice
Orange Man is going to go down
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A London family wants £180k a year tutor for one-year old child to help him become an English gentleman.
Tutor must have gone to "the right kinds of schools", knowledge of horse riding, skiing, the arts and music.
This is the real island of strangers where class wars are inculcated at young age.
Tutor must have gone to "the right kinds of schools", knowledge of horse riding, skiing, the arts and music.
This is the real island of strangers where class wars are inculcated at young age.
Tutor sought for £180k job to teach baby to become a 'gentleman'
The advert seeks
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
A London family wants £180k a year tutor for one-year old child to help him become an English gentleman.
Tutor must have gone to "the right kinds of schools", knowledge of horse riding, skiing, the arts and music.
This is the real island of strangers where class wars are inculcated at young age.
Tutor must have gone to "the right kinds of schools", knowledge of horse riding, skiing, the arts and music.
This is the real island of strangers where class wars are inculcated at young age.
Is there published rota for Southampton managers? I’ll need a few months’ notice when it’s my turn.
November 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Is there published rota for Southampton managers? I’ll need a few months’ notice when it’s my turn.
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Santander urges ministers to intervene in UK car loan compensation scheme.
Resents compensating victims.
No one forced banks to sell another dud product to boost profits and exec pay, not tell customers of secret commissions.
Directors should personally bear some of the cost.
Resents compensating victims.
No one forced banks to sell another dud product to boost profits and exec pay, not tell customers of secret commissions.
Directors should personally bear some of the cost.
Santander urges ministers to intervene in UK car finance compensation scheme
Lender’s chief executive says redress proposals could affect jobs, supply chains and broader UK economy
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Santander urges ministers to intervene in UK car loan compensation scheme.
Resents compensating victims.
No one forced banks to sell another dud product to boost profits and exec pay, not tell customers of secret commissions.
Directors should personally bear some of the cost.
Resents compensating victims.
No one forced banks to sell another dud product to boost profits and exec pay, not tell customers of secret commissions.
Directors should personally bear some of the cost.
‘Breakfast’ is such a great word. Only the English could present the concept of going to bed and sleeping as abstinence!
October 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
‘Breakfast’ is such a great word. Only the English could present the concept of going to bed and sleeping as abstinence!
The inability of domestic animals to deal with such a simple concept as the clocks changing never fails to astonish me.
October 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The inability of domestic animals to deal with such a simple concept as the clocks changing never fails to astonish me.
There is nothing whatsoever left to the UK government except optics - and they don't even do that well.
October 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
There is nothing whatsoever left to the UK government except optics - and they don't even do that well.
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Andrew is a sort of non-prince now, a… well, I’m sure there’s some sort of portmanteau word that would describe him well.
October 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Andrew is a sort of non-prince now, a… well, I’m sure there’s some sort of portmanteau word that would describe him well.
Wow! It turns out there’s a yoga position I can do! (Although I call it something different.)
October 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Wow! It turns out there’s a yoga position I can do! (Although I call it something different.)
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Most Norwegians I know want to be a fly on the wall when he's told 😜
Who could have guessed that Trump's "Give me the peace prize now or I'll go to war with you" strategy wouldn't work out?
October 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Most Norwegians I know want to be a fly on the wall when he's told 😜
I’m no historian but wouldn’t outlawing opposition to fascism have had some effect on the outcome of WW2?
October 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I’m no historian but wouldn’t outlawing opposition to fascism have had some effect on the outcome of WW2?
Just discovered that a ‘phone ringing off the hook’ doesn’t mean much to Gen Z!
October 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Just discovered that a ‘phone ringing off the hook’ doesn’t mean much to Gen Z!
I wrote this 8 or 9 years ago. It’s towards the end of the ‘Conscious’ novel. Not exactly spot on yet but who knows?
October 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I wrote this 8 or 9 years ago. It’s towards the end of the ‘Conscious’ novel. Not exactly spot on yet but who knows?
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If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.
September 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM
If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.
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The King has just entertained the only man in the world who can save Gaza and stop Israel annexing Palestine. What use is all the journalism in the world if government-imposed famine and genocide continue while we sit down to dinner? ✍️Mike Joseph
Messages from a journalist trapped in Gaza: Sami can't think for the hunger
Mike Joseph is a Welsh Jewish journalist and filmmaker who was brought up in Cardiff and lives in Pembrokeshire. More than 40 of his relatives from Germany were murdered by the Nazis and later his unc...
nation.cymru
September 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The King has just entertained the only man in the world who can save Gaza and stop Israel annexing Palestine. What use is all the journalism in the world if government-imposed famine and genocide continue while we sit down to dinner? ✍️Mike Joseph
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Revolving doors.
Thames Water paid £1m+ to corporate lobbyists part-owned by Starmer adviser.
The aim is to reach policymakers, keep TW private.
TW pays £200m a year to various advisers, cost borne by customers.
Public ownership would end this chicanery. No need to pay dividends, lobbyists.
Thames Water paid £1m+ to corporate lobbyists part-owned by Starmer adviser.
The aim is to reach policymakers, keep TW private.
TW pays £200m a year to various advisers, cost borne by customers.
Public ownership would end this chicanery. No need to pay dividends, lobbyists.
Thames Water paid £1m-plus to corporate spooks firm part-owned by Starmer adviser
Exclusive: Hakluyt – formerly run by Varun Chandra – has been advising utilities company as it tries to avoid renationalisation
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Revolving doors.
Thames Water paid £1m+ to corporate lobbyists part-owned by Starmer adviser.
The aim is to reach policymakers, keep TW private.
TW pays £200m a year to various advisers, cost borne by customers.
Public ownership would end this chicanery. No need to pay dividends, lobbyists.
Thames Water paid £1m+ to corporate lobbyists part-owned by Starmer adviser.
The aim is to reach policymakers, keep TW private.
TW pays £200m a year to various advisers, cost borne by customers.
Public ownership would end this chicanery. No need to pay dividends, lobbyists.
Political parties very much like buses?
September 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Political parties very much like buses?
Should striking a contrast with Reform really be so much of a problem for a Labour government?
September 2, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Should striking a contrast with Reform really be so much of a problem for a Labour government?
But he's been there years! He was on TV!! You elected him FFS!!!
August 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
But he's been there years! He was on TV!! You elected him FFS!!!