'The "first buddy" role that Keir Starmer just handed over to Jeff Bezos is, in every way, more generous than the first buddy deal Trump gave Elon Musk.
Starmer's government claims they're doing this for "growth" but #Amazon isn't a force for #growth it's force for extraction. It is a notorious underpayer of its labour force, a notorious tax-cheat, and a world-beating destroyer of local economies, local jobs, and local tax bases.'
https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/22/autocrats-of-trade/#dingo-babysitter
@pluralistic is spot on here