Dave Lewis, still boss of Tesco until October, has had interesting things to say on the food market. So interesting, in fact, that I feel compelled to quote verbatim from the European Supermarket Magazine article. “We face the worst public health crisis in generations. Economic contraction threatens the livelihoods of millions. And the point of… Read more
Who is our economy for?
So the ‘I’ submits that Sunak needs us all to go out and spend into the economy in order to get the economy going. Yet by doing so we might encourage the distribution of a sometimes fatal virus… This is an elected representative of ours suggesting we have to have regard to the economy as… Read more
Green Transport for Goods
As in a past life I used to run a transport fleet of refrigerated goods vehicles, I’ve always retained an interest in how road transport distribution could be made greener. ‘My fleet’ was only about 40 in total but lorries were thinly scattered and based nationwide, which was often challenging. So I was interested to… Read more
Basic Brexit killer question
To which Gove – other than excessive politeness has no answer whatsoever: This suggests, I very much fear, that Gove is conning us to suggest that all is well – when it absolutely isn’t. I hope he goes to Stirling and that Alyn Smith holds him to account…. Read more
Proper messaging
Clever communication – and from the US! – though with Trump trying to overturn every detail of safety first it seems most unfortunately, to have done little good…… Read more
What have we done to our future?
The consequences of Brexit look at least as disastrous as Project Fear. I suggest that that has indeed actually turned out to be Project Reality. Not that that makes its imminence any easier to stomach. Ian Dunt of Politics Home is of a similar opinion- he suggests that, What was treasonable metropolitan hogwash is now… Read more
The Brexit train:
Money is our Pharaoh
Every society has the illusion that its economic system is a law of nature. We no longer think that we should work for a Pharaoh, as did the ancient Egyptians, because Pharaoh was a God. In twenty first century Britain we consider we work for money. That means Money is power. Money is our Pharaoh…. Read more
Empiring ourselves
I am impressed with the latest Marina Hyde article – as I often am – but this particular one has a lovely conclusion: The difference is that we’ve brought it all home now. Having run out of other countries to do it to, Britain is now British empiring itself. Do read if you don’t know… Read more
Why furlough should be available permanently
Germany has had a partial unemployment or short time working scheme since the 1900s. According to the FT: The tool is Kurzarbeit, or shorter work-time, a policy that has been copied by so many other countries that one economist called it one of Germany’s “most successful exports”. Under the scheme, companies hit by a downturn… Read more
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