There are two women candidates for prime minister fighting it out to gain the votes of an ageing Tory membership, which we know largely voted for Brexit. One candidate, May, was for lukewarm Remain, the other, Leadsom, for enthusiastic Brexit. Tory MPs, the majority of whom backed Remain, have expressed overwhelming preference for Theresa May and […]
There is no doubt than the men have failed their country, plunging it into political chaos at the worst possible moment. So this Blog is firmly of the view that the time has come for a handbag. Both Teresa May and Andrea Leadsom have the potential to be formidable handbaggers and whoever wins will need […]
QE in various forms is now very much part of the economic conversation, especially in connection with recent market turmoil. Dynamic Quantitative Easing (also called Peoples Quantitative Easing) remains under government, not bank, control and targets specific investment projects without borrowing, interest or repayments. It can reboot the economy, boost manufacturing and exports and enable […]
The one ingredient indispensable to re-balancing the economy to achieve sustained growth for the benefit of everybody, a falling pound, is in place. But the things to make it work in our favour are not. This Blog believes that sustained growth in which imports fall, home industry prospers and exports expand, require a pound sterling […]
This blog has always proposed that in the event that a governing party changes its leader and therefore the country’s prime minister, only MPs should vote, so as to ensure a quick resolution to the crisis. With the pound now at $1.29 and no plan of action to take advantage of this silver lining, it […]
Turn Left To Power is an explosive dissertation in book form offering a fundamental redirection for Labour’s return to power, with bold ideas for a new economic and social settlement, including economic and taxation reform, restoration of responsibility in government and a renewal of democracy. Full of detailed information, hard facts and the results of thorough research and […]
This Blog has some sympathy for central bankers generally. They are non-political yet they have to carry out political orders and deal with financial consequences of political mistakes and miscalculations. Most of them know that the current structure of free market globalization is failing ordinary people and is therefore in decline. In the UK, in […]
Jeremy Corbyn has the overwhelming backing of Labour Party members and is winning back the millions of votes lost to Labour since it abandoned the working classes and re-invented itself as a Social Democratic party of the centre left. When the Tories were undetectable it gained power and held onto it, but when the Tories recovered their equilibrium, they […]
QE in various forms is now very much part of the economic conversation, especially in connection with recent market turmoil. Dynamic Quantitative Easing (also called Peoples Quantitative Easing) remains under government, not bank, control and targets specific investment projects without borrowing, interest or repayments. It can reboot the economy, boost manufacturing and exports and enable sustained growth […]
WAYS FORWARD will be a new Series which examines ideas to bring the UK through the self imposed hazard of leaving the EU and will focus on the very real changes demanded by the magnitude of that decision. It will not explore the reasons for, or wisdom of, the decision itself, which this Blog opposed, but accept it […]