which I’d certainly suggest is an image for the adrift from Europe amongst us but it seems to me – for the cloud cuckoo landers too. … Read more
Black Rock calls for ‘Corporate Welfare’ shock
There is an interesting article by the usually not to be admired (I find) Merryn Somerset Webb, in the FT. Black Rock has, it seems, urged the European Central Bank to stimulate the eurozone economy by printing money and using it to buy equities. She says: Global elites have a full-on meltdown every time the… Read more
Brexit Party run out of road?
Is that the country I can see under it?… Read more
Bozo the clown is not so stupid
It is somehow fitting that there was a mass brawl on the P&O ship Britannia which occured after “patriotic” partying on deck and, allegedly, an argument over a clown. The country itself now has its own clown in charge and the current cabinet looks so unwholesome that Open Democracy has called it the government of… Read more
Making almost three quarters of UK trading more difficult
This is an interesting map showing what trade agreements the EU has around the world and those that are still in negotiation (click to enlarge): The approximate quantity of trade that Britain conducts with the EU and with EU negotiated trade agreement countries is: EU 44%, USA 13%, Switzerland 5%, Hong Kong 2%, Turkey… Read more
A message from Caroline Lucas
I think it is worth highlighting this very statesmanlike address from Caroline Lucas: It is a great pity that she is not giving it on the steps of Downing Street…. Read more
Both the deficit and borrowing are clearly important for the Tories
If not in the way we usually think. Just look at these counterintuitive figures: Plus we now know that the ‘debt’ has increased under Conservative governments from £759 billion to £1.7 trillion. But nobody ever mentions it – presumably because this keeps the financial sector happy. Yet the government ‘deficit’ – often referred to as… Read more
The United King…whatever
In case you missed her: Perhaps if Donald sent her to the G20 more often she’d get to know which countries were which…… Read more
Basic Income as a Common Dividend
Having, at last, read the report by Professor Guy Standing on ‘Basic Income as Common Dividends’ for John McDonnell, I have to say it is a very impressive document and no wonder John McDonnell has said Labour would institute trials. It is a really comprehensive review of everything about a basic income (and even why… Read more
And the New Leader of the Tory Party is: Boris Johnson
Introduction Even the most ardent Brexiters concede that things are not going very well. This however is a chronicle of a failure foretold. Once Brexit crystallized into solid form it was clear that any Brexit would leave the UK in a worse place than before. My own thinking pre-referendum was most informed by J C… Read more
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