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Raw breakdowns. Dark comedy. The kind of truth corporate media avoids like fire.

Uncensored and uncompromising content - built to cut through the noise and leave an imprint.

No industry talk, no safe takes, no need to explain.

• Clarity, perspective, and firepower for your mind.

• This isn’t self-improvement advice. It’s cognitive warfare.

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Double standards, incompetence, or both?

How is the furlough scheme funded?

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This week, I was one of many people across England who, after 5 weeks of waiting to get paid by the government, were told that the furlough is not coming.

Double standards, incompetence, or both?

How is the furlough scheme funded?