To be fair, your average person probably doesn't know that much about BlackRock. Nor will your average person even clock this headline much when there's the more salacious headline of Netanyahu's arrest, or winter fuel, or the farmers. That's the political instinct. Make the dodgy deal while everyone's focused on your current fuck up.
People clued in enough to focus on this headline probably already hate Starmer's Labour anyway.
The political instincts on display here.
Do they just not know that everyone who's not an investment banker hates Blackrock, or do they just not care? Rhetorical question.
To be fair, your average person probably doesn't know that much about BlackRock. Nor will your average person even clock this headline much when there's the more salacious headline of Netanyahu's arrest, or winter fuel, or the farmers. That's the political instinct. Make the dodgy deal while everyone's focused on your current fuck up.
People clued in enough to focus on this headline probably already hate Starmer's Labour anyway.
Maybe I'm way off on that, though.
No one knows BlackRock, but if it's your first example of an average company, we know your politics