And talking boats is really the most simplistic dead cat scheme… But the BBC gives it their all…… Read more
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The budget’s childcare deception
This from the Early Years Alliance: So, as ever, it is a Conservative lie to suggest that additional childcare is somehow imminent… And in any case the Surestart policy rationale for extended childcare, for which demise, incidentally, I’ve regularly and perhaps remarkably, encountered disappointment on the doorstep, used to be about giving all children a… Read more
Isn’t the budget itself an economic misunderstanding fest?
After all, a government that creates its own money doesn’t need a financial budget at all. It might need a budget for resources – such as how many doctors or nurses are required to be trained for the NHS – or how much skilled resources and appropriate materials are available to create more wind and… Read more
Alternative Budget Arise…
These are three slides from the ‘socialist’ alternative budget from the ‘arise’ festival group, garnered from my attendance at a recent zoom talk – in the hope of seeing what was on offer… First, the suggestions as to the problems (click to enlarge): Disastrously we still have the tax funding spending narrative – and this… Read more
Democracy and the BBC are currently rather far apart..
Amid the swirling saga of Gary Lineker the BBC itself states: Lineker was told on Friday he had to apologise for his tweets or would be unable to present Match of the Day at the weekend. When he refused to do so, he was taken off air, triggering an unprecedented wave of walkouts from fellow… Read more
This has become rather impotrtant
I’d suggest: I fear this where we, in the UK, are now…… Read more
Lying about immigration
Is so obviously indicated here: In fact, it seems that levels of people seeking asylum are far below the peak 20 years ago. The current backlog has risen rapidly over the last ten or more years, despite overall arrivals being relatively stable. The system isn’t overwhelmed by numbers. It is rather, completely broken by a… Read more
Food Security
On Monday’s Today programme Henry Dimbleby, who was originally asked by the Conservatives to look into the food system, suggested his surprise that they have not paid any attention to his subsequent report. Me too, it was rather good. But he is now suggesting that, for the supermarkets, the contract is all and although the… Read more
‘Inward’ private investment or real government investment?
This 30 seconds is from Martin Broughton, Chairman of IEA, (parent company of British Airways) on how unattractive investing in Britain is – particularly since Brexit: Similar wariness is on display in this Bloomberg report of an interview with Shell’s CEO: Shell Plc’s new boss said Britain is less attractive as an investment destination than… Read more
Rail Fares increase by 5.9% today
As the Campaign for Better Transport so succinctly comment: What they do not point out is that now that all Cornwall is in Tory hands, today is St Piran’s day. So that is something to celebrate west of the Tamar. Much more importantly, what the Campaign for Better Transport does not mention is that rail… Read more