I have looked at at a BBC Factcheck on Covid -19 testing, which is certainly interesting, and seems to put Britain near the top in Europe – for testing. Fine, for Britain, which, as the cradle of Public Health, unsurprisingly it should be. The originator of the industrial revolution really should know all about it……. Read more
Category:
UK
Frictionless trade for the future?
Oh dear – the Conservatives’ ‘easiest trade deal in history’ has turned out to be a little more difficult. We can of course, export but will the regulations allow us to export as a previous PM used to say – “without friction”? As anyone who knows about trade deals – friction is the word. Reducing… Read more
The 3.5 per cent
Nothing to do with that other percent – the 1 or less – but this time, the academic, Erica Chenoweth, (who name sounds very Cornish, but she is an American) is the source of these 3.5% figures that keep cropping up everywhere – often just chalked up as in a park here: This concerns the… Read more
Russia report surely represents prima facie Johnson’s Misconduct in Public Office
Or how the Tories have completely broken the already shaky, British democratic system. I was aware some time ago that French television had filmed people in Aaron Banks ‘Go Skippy’ insurance (now prominent in offering European Health Insurance for next year’s holidays, as there’s no opportunity like one you’ve prepared for yourself) ringing people up… Read more
Your aeroplane, Prime Minister
So this is the £980k paint job painted on to an Airbus A330, which as I understand it is assembled in France, fitted out in Spain and powered by Rolls Royce engines – a pretty good example of European cooperation in fact! And it seems likely that all the British wing assembly will not survive… Read more
Victorian values return
Even the Telegraph considers this government less than optimum; “We see only a ship of fools, and a plague ship at that.” Others have suggested that it is a brains trust of the intellectually challenged. Yet Johnson in the Commons, opined that the British taxpayer has the right to expect that we will achieve maximum… Read more
Care homes and UK Mortality Figures
Introduction The total official mortality figure for the UK has passed 11,000 and the UK could well be on track to be the worst affected country in Europe. The real figure could be far worse as the headline UK figures only count people who have tested positive for Covid-19 and have died in hospital. The… Read more
Spanish UBI may well be forthcoming
The Spanish (Socialist coalition) government is looking to roll out a Universal Basic Income (UBI) it seems. Although the British Prime Minister may be in intensive care, importantly, so too are the lives and livelihoods of many of the rest of the British. Radical measures are needed. So it seems entirely logical that the Spanish… Read more
‘One Nation’ or Local Control?
Amidst all the talk of Johnson being a one nation Conservative we have the admission, it seems, of a complete break from the EU on WTO terms. That puts both Industry and Local Authorities in an unbelievably difficult position. See, for example, Claire Wright’s speech in Devon County Council’s recent session, which means they have… Read more
Authoritarian Capitalism
CoronaVirus could possibly, spell the end for some Eurozone banks as by pushing the Eurozone ito recession it could make their lives very difficult. It is certainly true that the German economy particularly, export orientated as it is, has suffered since the Chinese downturn and CoronaVirus cannot be helpful. I would not be surprised if… Read more