Swedish businessman Carl Lundstrom, one of the co-founders and early financial backers of legendary file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, has died after his light aircraft crashed in Slovenia. Millions of British kids enjoyed limitless free MP3s of Dr DRE and copies of Tomb Raider thanks in part to Lundstrom’s site…
Lundstrom was jailed for his role in setting up the copyright-dodging enterprise, but later released on appeal. He later joined Swedish nationalist party Alternative For Sweden. An early pioneer of the free internet, back in the days when Ofcom could only dream of regulating it…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”