The Saudis footed the bill for most of that $44bn - most is only out of pocket about $10bn of it iirc.

Fwiw he didn’t actually intend to buy it, he was shitposting and got nailed by the SEC, only THEN did he try to work out what to do with it.

Unfortunately the “what” turned out to be destroying democracy and helping Trump turn the US into a feudal state

Got the captcha endless wave yesterday using freetube on linux until I changed VPN nodes. I don’t think it’s proxying (not checked though)

Original S had the free supercharging attached to the vehicle and therefore transferable, they killed that around 2017 or 2018 iirc, everything after that was non transferrable.

Yes, the Tory plan for the NHS is a sibling of the American “starve the beast” model where you make it hard for a public service to function effectively then go “see it doesn’t work, it needs to be got rid of” when it inevitably has issues.

The end game is to privatise it, making money for tory mates in the process and removing yet another social benefit paid out of tax revenue.

The problem for the Tories is that even Tory voters love the NHS, so they can’t just privatise straight out it like they did everything else. They need to make a case for why, they need to break the British attachment, or at least get people to care less.

Be aware, if you’re not, that stealth privatisation has already been done through outsourcing mandates. This increases costs (because the outsourcer wants to make profits) rather than saving it, helping accelerate their case.