We struggle to think of anything analogous in the history of the automotive industry, in which a brand has lost so much value so quickly,” wrote JP Morgan analysts this week. They were describing the reputation crisis facing Tesla, one of the world’s leading electric vehicle manufacturers. The problem for Tesla is straightforward: their CEO, Elon Musk, has embraced hard-right politics. He has supported the neo-Nazi-friendly AfD party in Germany and even made a gesture that looked an awful lot like a Nazi salute at Donald Trump’s inauguration. (Nazis were certainly thrilled by it.) Musk has a leading role in a presidential administration that is waging war on the civil service and gutting climate and environmental policies.
Geopolitics
John Mearsheimer – Who caused the Ukraine war?
A question that won’t go away. Posted on John Mearsheimer’s Substack. Read the article HERE.
Climate Crisis
DW: Austria deals first blow to EU-Mercosur trade pact
Austrian lawmakers have rejected an EU-Mercosur trade deal, putting the fate of project in question. Several European states have raised concerns about the South American trade agreement and the environment. Read here
EU politics
BBC – Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell arrested in SNP finance probe
The murky world of SNP finances, where money is collected from the general public on the basis it will be spent specifically on a new independence campaign, and then is allegedly used on routine SNP […]
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