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Can government afford debts? Try credit creation
“All money is debt” says Ann Pettifor in an interesting talk with Paul Mason and Molly Scott-Cato, economists all, on XRTV. And yes the XR is the XR we know – and mostly love. I have to say I think Gail Bradbrook, even if she may not consider this her core skill, does a much… Read more
The perfect excuse to remain…
So Johnson is being looked after by a member of the medical profession who is here as the veritable result of EU ‘freedom of movement’: For the avoidance of doubt he is an NHS doctor at Guy’s and St Thomas’. As David Graeber has said “Boris Johnson is a heartless bastard but I’m not, so… Read more
Why Coronovirus is so problematic…
This suggests that Coronavirus is very, very, infectious and also has a rather higher death rate than flu. So by keeping down the transmission rate we really do save lives……. Read more
Covid-19: A test of leadership
It is difficult to write about Covid-19 because, above all, this is a human tragedy – behind every statistic are a manifold of individual human stories. Still the statistics are very important, because they may help us to learn how to save lives in the future. At the level of government, Covid-19 is a test… Read more
One graph – the most important graph in the history of Humanity!
I realise that I am a bit odd. The fact is that I love graphs. Graphs make me happy, and sometimes sad. A good graph speaks to me like a Da Vinci painting or a Tolstoy novel. A good graph tells a story and there is no need for words. But I realise that graphs… Read more
Steve Bullock’s Album: One Thousand Days
We don’t normally do plugs at Progressive Pulse, but this is for an excellent cause and Steve Bullock has done so much to promote the “Remainer” cause over the past few years with his many articles ane the excellent CakeWatch podcast…. Read more
Investigation of Vote Leave seeking legal advice from CPS
It is, I think, worth highlighting that Open Democracy has just disclosed that: After nearly 16 months of investigating Vote Leave, the Metropolitan Police Service handed a file of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service last month. The initial formal referral by the police means they are now seeking legal advice from the Crown Prosecution… Read more
‘Public’ schools
Foreigners are puzzled why citizens in the UK have to pay to attend a ‘public’ school. I tell them, it is the same reason why you need to use a knife and fork to eat a banana! Melissa Benn has written in the Guardian today that our ‘public’ school system is “morally rotten”. I might… Read more
You’ve been Trumped! (the shaming of the G7)
So, six of the G7 leaders finally learn that it doesn’t matter how much you fawn over and suck up to Donald Trump the man has no respect for anyone other than himself, Putin and various other strong men/dictators. Furthermore, having fallen into tolerating Trumps daily lies and distortions and much more, they now find… Read more