Apparently Johnson’s speech to the Conservative Party conference on Tuesday was a full 25 minutes of puffery. Someone has found a use for a shorter version:… Read more
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Johnson’s government proves the truth of ‘perfidious albion’
This tweet from the BBC’s Europe correspondent provides another possible reason for Johnson’s Internal Market Bill: Katya Adler@BBCkatyaadler Opinion amongst EU diplomats is broadly that IF PM is talking about EU threatening integrity of UK endangering peace in NIreland etc IN ORDER to eventually sell idea to Tory party that doing a trade deal with… Read more
MMT – technique exposes purpose
Thinking about the two recent reviews of The Deficit Myth, I am coming to the view that these rather lightweight critiques are simply designed to sow seeds of doubt in readers minds. But there is no very serious argument against the facts of the case. When Jessop says that if something seems too good to… Read more
Eye test in progress…
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