<![CDATA[As you will have noticed I'm not keen on Doug Gurr (who has just moved from interim to confirmed head of the Competition &amp; Markets Authority) who spent much of his previous career running Amazon UK.]]>As you will have noticed I'm not keen on Doug Gurr (who has just moved from interim to confirmed head of the Competition & Markets Authority) who spent much of his previous career running Amazon UK.

The problem as @openDemocracy point out, he is only one of a cadre of ex-Amazon top executive have moved into regulatory positions.

Even if the recuse themselves when there are direct conflicts of interest, the bigger problem is their Amazon mindset!


https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/doug-gurr-amazon-competition-market-authority-tech-regulation-watchdog-natural-history-museum/

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and behind it all the malign influence of McKinsey

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/ChrisMayLA6/statuses/116328191404029287https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/ChrisMayLA6/statuses/116328191404029287Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:08:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to As you will have noticed I'm not keen on Doug Gurr (who has just moved from interim to confirmed head of the Competition &amp; Markets Authority) who spent much of his previous career running Amazon UK. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:25:50 GMT]]>@ChrisMayLA6 @openDemocracy BBC to Google, CMA to Amazon, NHS to Palantir, you Brits are certainly on your way to full independence...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115996297066904978/statuses/116328022050928561https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115996297066904978/statuses/116328022050928561Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:25:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to As you will have noticed I'm not keen on Doug Gurr (who has just moved from interim to confirmed head of the Competition &amp; Markets Authority) who spent much of his previous career running Amazon UK. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:38:45 GMT]]>@ChrisMayLA6 @openDemocracy Well, you've got to hand it to them, the Neoliberals certainly know how to play a long game...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/ap/users/116205550634530685/statuses/116325949443541146https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/ap/users/116205550634530685/statuses/116325949443541146Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:38:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to As you will have noticed I'm not keen on Doug Gurr (who has just moved from interim to confirmed head of the Competition &amp; Markets Authority) who spent much of his previous career running Amazon UK. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:19:41 GMT]]>@ChrisMayLA6 @openDemocracy and their Amazon stock

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