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Dec 12, 2022 • 6 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
Liars and thieves continue to prop up performative wins when the hard truth is absolute carnage of UK infrastructure on all fronts. #BrexitDisaster
Watchdog reprimands Tories over £800bn post-Brexit trade deals claim theguardian.com/politics/2022/…
Tories will not fess up, Labour will not mitigate the damage with common sense approaches like realigning with the EU. The UK has been kidnapped by disaster capitalists, xenophobes, racists and radical right libertarians under the guise of patriotism. What a fucking mess.
The worst is yet to come, 31st Dec REUL Bill sunsets 4000 EU laws in 1 fell swoop, no country has ever done this in world history. Employment rights, food safety, environmental laws, all protections abolished, transition phase mean corporate fascism for UK
Update! Please read this document from the Employment Lawyers Association, Equality Act under threat, womens equal pay to men abolished, safety in work place, rights to sick leave, holiday + thousands more hanging in balance. This bill is horrific!
bills.parliament.uk/publications/4…
Credit to @karenneemcnally Follow her!
The @ClientEarth doc on REUL Bill's impact on UK regulation of neonicotinoid pesticides that are harmful to food, feed, crops, insect life and by extension human consumption of contaminated produce.
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Update! REUL Bill impact on food safety standards, FSA wants to advise on 800 pieces of REUL to be reformed in this bill eg preserving the precautionary principle re:putting food on market, feed additives, GMOs. Govt want to rush REUL through with little to no scrutiny. #Brexit

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Oct 18
My article on UK Special Economic Zones is free to read on my Substack. Please subscribe and, where possible, make a donation to my online Ko-Fi tip jar.
ko-fi.com/europeanpowell
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I think what’s happening in the UK with free zones represents one of the most significant, and underreported transformations of democratic governance in modern British history.
This is Structural State Capture, Not Policy Failure

The evidence I’ve compiled, combined with Private Eye’s Richard Brooks’ recent 8 page article on his Teesside investigation, reveals a systematic architecture of extraction rather than isolated corruption.
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Oct 6
It is patently clear that if the MSM gave as much attention to Palantir and Blackrock's incursions into the public sector, and the duopoly's nationwide rollout of deregulated free zones as much as they give to Nigel Farage and immigration, we would be seeing outrage directed at these actual seismic issues that are secretly changing Britain into an authoritarian state under a right-wing corporate political model.
Palantir – the surveillance tech giant founded by Peter Thiel with deep ties to intelligence agencies is now embedded in our NHS, our police forces, the Ministry of Defence, and across the public sector, including Coventry City Council.

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is quietly absorbing Britain’s infrastructure and housing stock. And across the country, both major parties are rolling out “investment zones” – deregulated corporate free-for-alls that gut planning laws, environmental protections, and democratic oversight.

This isn’t speculation. It’s happening right now.

BlackRock’s infrastructure grab

Meanwhile, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, with £11 trillion under management, is systematically acquiring British public infrastructure and housing. From water companies to energy networks, the assets built with public money are being converted into profit streams for global investors.
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Oct 5
Blackrock have 677 registered entities at Companies House UK, possibly more, many of the addresses are from the Cayman Islands. Blackrock has 80% ownership in 3 British Freeports, Felixtowe, Harwich, and Thamesport, they are moving into critical public infrastructure.
Blackrock also has 4.7% shares in Palantir.
Palantir have 24 contracts with key UK public institutions, the NHS, the Ministry of Defence, the polices forces, the Cabinet Office, the DLUHC, and Coventry City Council whose contract is the 24th and was arranged by Keir Starmer this year.
The UK is being privatised.
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Starmer's enthusiastic partnership announcement suggests policy capture at the highest levels. This isn't ordinary foreign investment; it's a systematic acquisition of control over the infrastructure backbone of the UK's economy by one the most criminally corrupt shadow banks in the world.Image
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BlackRock's own former ESG chief called it a "dangerous placebo that harms the public interest". Blackrock is embarking on what it calls its Infrastructure Imperative. This represents a serious incursion into the public sector, it is wholly dependent on UK public services collapse.
Blackrock's own documents show they view government financial distress as an "opportunity" - making them a vulture capitalist threat to struggling public finances rather than a genuine partner in national development.
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Oct 3
In June 2025, the Starmer government released the Industrial Strategy Zones Action Plan, which consolidates the Tories' 12 Freeports and 74 SEZs with Labour's new AI Growth Zones (200 applications to date), Defence Growth Zones, University and Food Enterprise Zones.
This represents a fundamental shift toward privatisation across the UK.
Areas outside these designated zones simply cannot compete as millions in public funding is lavished on free zone applicants.
Neither the public nor the Press were consulted about these details due to secondary legislation being embedded in the Tories free zone policy, which Labour lapped up behind the scenes while signing off on these carve-outs.
Keir Starmer’s AI Growth Zones, layered atop 86 deregulated free zones (12 Freeports, 74 SEZs), are wiring the UK into a techno-feudal fiefdom, fueled by Bitcoin’s environmental carnage, automation, and corporate land grabs costing £19.78 billion, with £64 billion more pledged.
These dedicated AI Growth Zones (200 bids on sites so far) are designed to speed up planning permission and provide energy connections needed for AI infrastructure.
gov.uk/government/pub…
Bitcoin’s energy-guzzling mining, water-intensive infrastructure, and lithium extraction threaten landscapes like Dartmoor, while tech lords like BlackRock, Palantir, and libertarian ideologues, Peter Thiel, Nigel Farage, and Balaji Srinivasan, carve nations into corporate sovereignties. This is end-times fascism: billionaires bunkering down in deregulated enclaves, ravaging the planet, and dismantling governments.
The Public Knows Nothing, and The Stakes, Economic, Democratic, and Environmental, are Existential.
europeanpowell.substack.com/p/the-genius-a…
Lithium Mining: Poisoning Dartmoor and Beyond
Bitcoin’s hardware, ASIC miners, relies on lithium-ion batteries and semiconductors, driving extraction. Dartmoor, absorbed into Plymouth’s Freeport, faces lithium mining threats, using 500,000 gallons of water per ton of lithium and risking river pollution with arsenic and heavy metals.
@PlymouthGreens on X warns of “ecological devastation,” with habitats destroyed for crypto tech. Globally, lithium mining for crypto and AI tech emits 15–20 tonnes of CO2 per ton, per a 2024 International Energy Agency report, compounding Bitcoin’s carbon footprint.
In Teesside, Houchen’s blockchain push could import lithium-intensive hardware, indirectly fueling this destruction.
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Sep 20
You need to see what Blackrock are doing with Global Infrastructure Partners in the US.
They are taking public companies that provide critical infrastructure such as water, electricity, data centres, food markets, logistics, land, schools and hospitals, and farmland.
Keir Starmer’s govt has partnered with Blackrock (and Blackstone) plus 700 more corporate lobbyists).
It means the commons is up for grabs and your bills will skyrocket, this is how corporations monopolize critical public infrastructure.
Blackrock in partnership with Keir Starmer’s changed Labour Party are going to privatise the UK.
Watch the video
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In January 2025, Keir Starmer launched AI Growth Zones, 200 bids on sites so far, bidding to remain open indefinitely.
Data centres are key to AI Growth Zones.
Think of them as the physical backbone of the internet and digital services we use daily.

A single large data center can consume as much electricity as a small city. This increased demand on the local power grid can drive up electricity rates for everyone in the area

Many data centers use water-intensive cooling systems, consuming millions of gallons daily. This can strain local water supplies and drive up water costs, particularly problematic in areas already facing water scarcity. Some facilities use “evaporative cooling” where water literally evaporates away and must be constantly replenished.

Residents report increased respiratory issues, bad tasting water, headaches, and sleep problems. These could potentially be linked to electromagnetic fields from the equipment, diesel backup generators that periodically run for testing, or stress from constant noise.

The constant hum of cooling fans, HVAC systems, and backup generators creates persistent noise that can be particularly disruptive at night. Even when facilities meet legal noise limits, the continuous nature of the sound can be genuinely disruptive to quality of life.

The combination of noise, increased utility costs, and concerns about future expansion can make nearby properties less desirable to potential buyers, depressing home values. The industrial nature of these facilities also changes the character of residential neighborhoods.
These concerns highlight the tension between our increasing digital needs and the very real local impacts of the infrastructure required to support them.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Watch the video.

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Sep 20
Peter Thiel funded Próspera.
Próspera is currently suing the Honduran Govt for $11 billion via an ISDS mechanism because their ZEDE/charter city was shut down by the Honduran Supreme Court.
The ISDS mechanism allows foreign investors to bypass domestic courts and take disputes directly to international arbitration panels, which is exactly what Próspera is doing in this case. This has become a significant point of controversy, as critics argue it allows foreign companies to challenge sovereign democratic decisions through international tribunals.
The equivalent ISDS mechanism is the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), this is embedded in all UK free zones.
substack.com/@europeanpowel…
Próspera is backed by multiple investors, including Balaji Srinivasan, Peter Thiel, and Marc Andreessen, through the venture capital firm Pronomos Capital. Próspera - was founded by Patri Friedman (grandson of Milton Friedman) with seed funding from Thiel.
substack.com/@europeanpowel…
A Startup Linked to Peter Thiel Wants to Build the "Next Great City" in Greenland, and Pronomos Capital has raised at least $13.3 million from free-market evangelists including Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen.
Palantir was co-founded by Peter Thiel and Alex Karp has 24 contracts with key UK public institutions, including the NHS, the Ministry of Defence, the police force, the Cabinet Office, the DLUHC, and Coventry City Council.
Louis Mosely is the head of Palantir UK, he is the grandson of British fascist Oswald Mosely.
substack.com/@europeanpowel…
Keir Starmer set up the 24th contract with Palantir for Coventry City Council (@zarahsultana 's constituency.
Palantir with Keir Starmer will continue their capture of UK councils and key UK infrastructure.
This is absolutely connected to Starmer's blind embrace of deregulated AI Growth Zones rollout and Datacentres.
open.substack.com/pub/europeanpo…
When the fuck are the MSM and Independent news outlets such as @novaramedia and @TurnLeftMediaUK going to investigate Zone Fever and the corporate capture of the UK by US techno feudalists, all of which are a direct result of Brexit?
All the articles I've linked to are on my Substack.
Please read, share and subscribe.
I am a volunteer researching the free zone phenomenon. I explain why they are not being reported on and why most people have not heard of them.
I am a member of @thegreenparty
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