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Jun 14
Andy Burnham will just keep being rolled out to by elections until he wins one
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Andy Burnham - Labour will just keep dropping him in seats until he wins one.....
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Doug Scott retweeted
Under capitalism, socialists are free to build socialism.
Under socialism, capitalists aren’t free to build anything.
Nothing stops a group of socialists pooling their money, forming a company, and splitting every wage and every pound of profit perfectly equally.... Or to donate all profit to the government.
It’s legal. It’s easy. Owning the means of production is as simple as setting up a company.
Marx wrote his manifesto before the invention of limited liability companies. Back then “seize the factory” meant seizing it from the handful of families who could afford one.
That argument expired the day anyone could start a company with limited liability, raise investment and hire who they want.
Socialists are free to lead by example and demonstrate their system works. They can out-recruit, out-motivate, out-build and out innovate based on their ideas if they like. It would prove the philosophy works. Capitalism will happily host their experiment.
The fact that nobody does this tells you a lot.
Jun 2
I will soon be introducing a bill to give the public a 50% ownership stake in the largest AI companies in America.
This would guarantee that the trillions created by AI are used to improve the lives of all of us — and block oligarch decisions that harm the American people.
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Doug Scott retweeted
May 30
"We have everyone do work trials so people know what they’re getting into on both sides.
We like candidates to do real work for 1 or several days, often over a weekend.
When they see the office full on a weekend, they quickly learn that we’re not joking around." @nico_laqua
What are your single biggest lessons on how to test the quality of candidates pre-hiring @awxjack @ryanjdaniels @ivanburazin @rronak_
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May 30
"If you are not working 7 days per week, you are going to lose".
Corgi Insurance is the most intense workplace culture in startups.
- The company works 7 days per week.
- Founder (@nico_laqua) lives and sleeps in the office.
- He built a cafe in the office because there was no local cafe that was open 24/7.
- 2/3 of the first 30 team members have the Corgi logo as a tattoo.
Today I went behind the scenes with Nico, who has used this culture to scale the company to a $2.6BN valuation in just two years.
My condensed notes below:
1. If You Are Not Working 7 Days Per Week, You Are Going to Lose:
Whatever you can get done in 5 days, you'll get more done in 6 and 7. If you are trying to solve the world’s hardest problems, a standard 5-day workweek will not cut it.
2. Work Trials Repel the Mediocre:
Corgi forces candidates into mock work trials over the weekend. If seeing a full office on a Saturday scares them, they don't belong. True intensity acts as a natural filter to attract killers and repel clock-watchers.
3. Lead from the Front Lines
You can’t demand 7-day weeks while sitting on a yacht. Nico sleeps 3–4 hours a night on a mattress inside the office. If you want your troops to bleed, you have to be in the trenches with them.
4. Culture Only Means One Thing: Winning
Forget superficial jargon like "hackers" or "ex-founders." Strip away the corporate fluff. A great startup culture is aggressively optimized around one single word: Winning.
5. Lifespan vs. Victories
Building something world-historic requires radical sacrifice. When asked if he'd rather build a trillion-dollar company and die at 50, or fail and live to 80, the answer was easy. "I would rather measure my lifespan in victories."
6. Reject the Comfort of "Quiet Quitting."
If you are operating in a hyper-growth environment and your days off happen to be Saturday and Sunday every single week, you are quiet quitting. To win, you must deliberately bypass the off-ramps of personal comfort and low volatility.
Corgi isn't for everyone—and that’s exactly the point.
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May 1
UK FOUNDERS and the tax on your kids you are unaware of... thelongerlook.com/articles/2…
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The UK keeps coming up with ways to drive wealth creators out of the country thelongerlook.com/articles/2…
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I laughed too, ha ha,
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Doug Scott retweeted
Mar 20
Restore Britain is now an official political party
I have never admired a politician in Britain until I discovered Rupert Lowe
Growing up, I have been subject to a litany of floppy, posh muppets who failed us
I hope my son will see a great revival in the country I love so much
Mar 20
Incredible news. We have just received Electoral Commission confirmation that Restore Britain is now officially registered as a political party.
Our aim is simple - win the next general election and restore our great country.
Join us in that mission.
restorebritain.org.uk/join_u…
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