Introduction One interesting aspect of the unfolding of Brexit has been the emergence of strong voices with a depth of analysis and understanding of the process. There are too many to mention, but these include Prof Chris Grey (Brexit Blog), David Alan Green (FT and Jack of Kent), Prof Richard Murphy (TRUK), Ian Dunt… Read more
Sold down the river…
Thought this final tweet of Paul Mason was informative: Paul MasonVerified account @paulmasonnews 10/ Finally my Tory chums. Try saying the words “stockpile food” to a mum hanging around the out-of-date shelf at Tesco at 5pm, waiting to see if she’s going to feed her kids tonight. If it all goes to shit, that’s the moral… Read more
Food is Healthcare ..
Mentioning the Pioppi Diet to a couple in passing the other day, ‘Well’, they said, pretty much in unison, ‘you know what they say…’ As I didn’t, I thought I’d share the reply: “Food is basically Healthcare, Medicine is certainly not Healthcare, Medicine is Sickcare.” Now we all know – and if we don’t, there… Read more
The failing state: Conservative Britain
This depressing graph from the ONS shows that UK households’ outgoings have surpassed their income for the first time since 1988 (that year was in fact only just in negative territory). These figures show that in 2017 the average household experienced a £900 shortfall. Yet nowhere in the media does this have much prominence and… Read more
If we can do it, surely we can pay for it ?
One of the most confused suggestions of my recent session with Positive Money (PoMo) was their stance in favour of PQE, which they are happy to admit is just printing money without first raising taxes. IE they are spending first. So if they are prepared to justify it on that basis what do they propose… Read more
‘Trafficking in unreality’: Trump takes the US further down the road to authoritarianism
Perhaps understandably the UK media’s daily reporting on Donald Trump was dominated yesterday (Wednesday) by the release of a recording of a conversation between Trump and his (ex) personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. The recording provided irrefutable evidence that Trump has been lying since before the Presidential election about what he did or did not know… Read more
Positive Money thinking
Whilst most people were probably on holiday, I spent much of last weekend at a ‘get together’ in scenic London SE1 with Positive Money. Or PoMo as many of the staff seem to call it. I do think that PoMo is to be admired for – uniquely – promoting grass roots groups throughout the country… Read more
HM Treasury says MMT is correct
It was almost a year ago that I originally wrote to my MP to ask him to enquire of the Chancellor ‘Where does money come from?’ I have, at last, received a reply (click to enlarge): It reads rather as though the writer, John Glen, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, has received intensive training from… Read more
Market failure – fortunately we have the NHS
Market ideologues are a group that believe in the supremacy of the market. Their belief may be based on what they learnt in Economics 101 or on what works best for them. Their problem, and a problem for all of us when market ideologues gain power, is that market ideologues refuse to accept evidence of… Read more
This looks like the final Conservative Brexit plan
(You can ignore the sound – the effect is the same) pic.twitter.com/TD2Adb3T36 — July 19, 2018 I’m sure that the car is travelling in the direction of the cliff edge…… Read more
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