An interesting article in the FT (archived by the way – so the link is certainly live – and this is the way I shall link to the FT in future – indeed have been doing for some time…) says: “People then think that being obese is their fault,” Edson [co-founder of NHS-backed weight loss… Read more
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Peter May
The ‘independent’ BoE is not so independent after all
The Bank of England (BoE) is effectively tasked with a function that it cannot possibly fulfill.. That is controlling inflation… Changing interest rates – which is their only ‘tool’ – has, in my view, nothing to do with inflation, unless they wish to increase it… The system would work only if you wished to prevent… Read more
Billionaires B*tch
This is a contribution on Double Down News, from ex Mail journalist, Peter Oborne, who used to work for Johnson. The piece does, I fear, emphasise many of the governmental problems already highlighted in these pages, but he is able to point out, as himself an old-fashioned Conservative, how his party has been transformed –… Read more
The tears of the world are a constant quantity…
…..Let us not then speak ill of our generation, it is not any unhappier than its predecessors. These memorable words are from Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and are not, I suggest, true – they are after all, given to Pozzo, who to me is a sort of controlling self-satisfied capitalist who, lest we forget,… Read more
Labour needs to reset the paradigm
Following a conversation with left leaning friends (hopefully they are even more left leaning now!) it seems to me that Labour have to recognise that a Starmer government repeating New Labour’s idea of managing neoliberalism rather better than the Tories is not enough (and even Gordon Brown seems to accept this now, which must be… Read more
European Court of Human Rights
This is from 2016 but bears repeating if you haven’t seen it before – what was decidedly comedic now turns out to be a straight prophesy: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) was set up in 1949. It is completely separate and has nothing to do with the EU. It was actually set up… Read more
Demolition of the Health Secretary…
Many will not be fans of Wes Streeting , considering him in much the same vein as Jess Phillips. Nonetheless I consider this is a pretty good demolition job of the Health Secretary: He has had an interesting life and it seems to me that we have to take what talent (and I suggest that… Read more
“If the opposition doesn’t start working to fix our ‘democracy’…
Then I much agree, “things are going to be bad for a very long time”: As is suggested in this video of a couple of minutes or so – which is well worth your time, I suggest. The EU’s reply seems likely to be cold and calculating (and who can blame them?) particularly as the… Read more
Why are we using banking?
I think probably we should realise that in effect what was my ‘Treasury Obscurantism’ piece amounts to a similar problem that Richard Murphy has deciphered and which , of course, is technically much better highlighted via an accountancy lens – but I think at least we less specialist lot can reach similar conclusions via the… Read more
Real rail and bus resurrection?
A couple of FT articles seem to hint at this – but I very much fear that they are unlikely to show anywhere near the whole picture, which is unfortunate as their gentle optimism is absolutely vital for transport taking its significant part in the green agenda… One piece on the‘ resurrection of rail?’ seems… Read more