"The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, said: “The largest single group of modern slavery victims under the referral system last year were British children " 🤔
"Despite Braverman’s claims of people “gaming” the system, 97% of all modern slavery referrals concluded in the first half of this year were confirmed as genuine by the authorities."
"Kerry Smith, chief executive of the Helen Bamber Foundation, said: “Many of our clients have been detained by the Home Office only to be released again.."
"“Gender inequality leaves half the world behind, keeps women and girls from leading healthy and productive lives, and keeps the foundation from achieving our mission,” said Sarah Hendriks, director, gender equality at the Gates Foundation." forbes.com/sites/bonniech…
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So let me get this straight..
All of those A-listers ☝️involved with the Helen Bramber Foundation knew about the Epstein-Weinstein thing and..
And the chief executive of the Helen Bramber Foundation is a fan of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.. She was with Plan International for 5 years prior..
Before we get back to that Guardian article about the ever increasing trafficking problem with their 'it's all the fault of the Tories' spiel..
Let's take a mo to peek at the list of CORAM trustees..
CORAM Chair (since 2015)
SIR DAVID BELL
Other trusteeships:
> THE INSTITUTE FOR WAR AND PEACE REPORTING (IWPR)
> MEDIA STANDARDS TRUST
> THE TRUST FOR THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
Wait... who was chair before that?
*I mean Helen Bamber Foundation
2013 : "Row over sacking of Foundling Museum trustees"
theguardian.com/culture/2013/j…
"Trustees including the Turner prizewinner Jeremy Deller have been pushed out of the Foundling Museum in a manner that Deller described as "feeling like a hostile takeover of a well run organisation"
"The sackings were instituted by the children's charity Coram, whose chief executive is Carol Homden, a former director of public affairs at the British Museum. Coram's board-level interventions were made possible because it is the sole member of the museum, ..
Cherie Blair was a director at the Coram Children's Legal Centre?
That's very interesting .. anyhoo...
Needs it's own thread..👇 So, back to article..
"The sackings were made by written notice ... The notice came from the Coram board via the chair of the Foundling, Bill Gore, who was appointed by the Coram board after his predecessor, Andrew Fane, was summarily sacked along with another trustee in a previous boardroom coup ..
Bill chaired the Council at Essex University for 5 years and is currently on the Governing body of Coram, .. and the Foundling Museum. Bill also sits on the University of Essex Knowledge Gateway Board..
Bill aka William Hornby GORE was a director at
CORAM CHILDREN'S LEGAL CENTRE LIMITED
"The Labour MP Frank Dobson, a former governor of Coram who helped set up the Foundling in 2001 ..to safeguard Coram's collection of artworks, said the sackings were "a smack in the chops for the people who have been doing a good job..
"Stephen Deuchar, chief executive of the Art Fund, ..said: "As a charity and funder of the museum, we're deeply concerned about the apparent goings on. We want to know what Coram's motivations are behind the sacking of the museum's independent trustees..
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☝️Hunt will take us back to Colchester and the #HampsteadCase
But that's for another time
"According to Lars Tharp, a former director of the museum, difficulties between the two charities are not new. He described it as "a Jarndyce and Jarndyce situation"." stevebeeston.co.uk/blog/2011/02/a…
"The internet entrepreneur and former Amazon general manager Spencer Hyman, one of the sacked trustees, said: "The Coram is a children's charity. It has no business running a museum, .."
GG : "The 2019 MoD initiative to recruit specialists for cognitive warfare aligns with GCHQ's move to Manchester by signaling a shift toward integrating behavioral science into military and intelligence operations. ..
While GCHQ historically used Palantir software to manage mass intelligence data, the timeline of 2019 serves as a critical bridge between the Ministry of Defence behavioral science expansion, the creation of the National Cyber Force (NCF), and the data-driven response to COVID"
The friction between academic freedom and military integration highlights a fundamental shift in how the UK state projects power. "..
In his former role as The Prince of Wales, His Majesty was the patron of the UK intelligence services and will receive several briefings from GCHQ’s mission teams. gchq.gov.uk/news/king-visi…
The agency’s presence in the North West is expected to continue to grow with the National Cyber Force’s new HQ to be located in Samlesbury , cementing the North-West region’s position as the cyber centre of the UK."..
GG : " Heron House has housed GCHQ's high-tech operations in the North West since 2019. Following his appointment as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham established the No. 10 North outpost within the same highly secure facility ..
to decentralize political decision-making from Westminster." 🎶
Future Plans: The government's northern headquarters will temporarily operate from Heron House until a permanent Manchester Digital Campus is constructed in the Ancoats area, scheduled for completion in 2032 "🎶
Miatta Fahnbulleh was the Head of Cities at the Cabinet Office from 2011 to 2013; the director of policy and research at the IPPR from December 2016 to November 2017; and the Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation between November 2017 and December 2023.
The New Economics Foundation (NEF) and economist Mariana Mazzucato share strong ideological alignments and frequently cross paths through shared policy advocacy, joint open letters, and mutual citations.
Joint Advocacy: NEF and Mazzucato (via the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose) have co-signed expert interventions, such as open letters urging the Bank of England to adopt stronger climate-1.5°C decarbonization powers."
GG : "The connection between Hikvision and Israel centers on massive public surveillance deployment, integration into military check-points, and high-stakes geopolitical cyber warfare
Much like its expansion into the UK public sector, Hikvision leveraged its highly competitive pricing and advanced AI to establish a staggering presence in Israel, which has subsequently drawn immense scrutiny from human rights organizations and cyber-intelligence agencies"
Hikvision is deeply entrenched within Israel's core municipal and law enforcement systems.
The "Hawk Eye" System: The Israel Police utilizes Hikvision technology as part of its automated "Hawk Eye" project—a massive license plate recognition and traffic enforcement network.
May’s Wuhan visit was intended to promote advanced UK tech & open post-Brexit supply chains.. this era of aggressive trade optimization and open-door tech partnerships is precisely what allowed Hikvision to quietly entrench itself across the UK’s public sector infrastructure.
While Theresa May’s 2018 Wuhan trip specifically advanced education and high-tech corporate pacts, the underlying strategy under both her and Liz Truss championed a "Golden Era" of UK-China relations."..
Hikvision capitalized on this open policy to quietly become the dominant provider of surveillance technology throughout the country: 1. The Low-Cost Procurement BoomDuring the mid-2010s, public bodies like local councils, the NHS, and education authorities were under severe