A little (but unfortunately only a little) levity for the weekend: This quote surely is designed for economists who seem to be quite unaware how money fits in or even where it actually comes from. Then there is this suitcase – which is probably far more important: Looks to be fine for going to the… Read more
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Jolyon Maugham speaks to Owen Jones
I thought this interesting 17 minutes well worth it – in which Jolyon Maugham outlines his incredulity at the corrupt government practices he discovered and what he and the Good Law Project are trying to do about it: Jolyon Maugham explains things simply and well – and in the current situation his Good Law Project… Read more
The advantage of ‘Lovely weather’
This is worth giving more airing – a ‘lovely’ and compelling poem to make that legitimate criticism hit home by Brian Bilston:… Read more
Endemic health
Amid worrying news of Cyprus discovering a new Covid variant that appears to combine Delta and Omicron characteristics, we have a regular array of Conservative MP’s saying that Covid will become ‘endemic’, as though that somehow means it’s all okay and we can relax and switch off. What it really means is that it is… Read more
UK Rail is overpriced – and even the Daily Mail thinks so
This is their rough guide: That even the Daily Mail finds this objectionable is almost comforting… Of course the government persists in its desire to increase rail fares: Ticket prices are due to go up by 3.8 per cent from March 1, the sharpest increase since 2013. Even campaigners say cutting fares here could work… Read more
Best wishes for 2022
I’m sure we will need every single one of them… We have Brexit customs controls (imposed on ourselves!) coming fully into force tomorrow, 1 January, energy prices rising 40% and straining to be released from the energy ‘cap’, and seemingly ever more diverse Covid variants… The new farming regime as part of Brexit, is properly… Read more
Borderline psychotic…
The FT reports that ‘Nightingale’ hospitals are to return (in fact they’ve not entirely left – both Manchester and Exeter are still using them – but ironically not for Covid purposes. I suspect their managements have taken the money and run…) Still, let us be grateful that, after Javid said there was a worldwide shortage… Read more
Proper Covid protection also relies on understanding money…
This, I consider, to be an excellent and reflective thread on the future both of, and probably with, Covid. The writer is American but much of his conclusion is based on British data – but in a way none of that matters. It is after all, a world problem. That is the difficulty. The utter… Read more
“Our suffocated reality is no longer sustainable”
This is a quote from a recent Owen Jones Guardian article, with which I tend to agree. Not because I agree with the Covid Recovery Group – I certainly don’t, but because we have to use other ways to prevent infection. We owe this to our youth, who have so far, been in charge of… Read more
Sick Pay is yet another Covid problem
I thought this commentary from Clive Lewis very instructive. He draws attention to the systematic underfunding of the NHS, the crazily inadequate and very concerning sick pay level of £96.35 per WEEK, which will never ensure ‘isolation’ – together with Javid blaming the unvaccinated for the lack of NHS beds (which of course, the Conservatives… Read more