We have heard little about the facts and analysis supporting staying or going since this campaign began. Instead there is an endless refrain from both sides complaining about some person somewhere expressing a preference for the opposite view, when they are supposed to be impartial. This advances the cause of neither, while at the same time […]
Harsh though this is, closing the borders and stopping the flow of migrants is an essential first step in helping those in need to find refuge, for to continue as before will eventually cause so much public anxiety and backlash that serious damage will be done the whole structure of Europe, asylum, human rights and decency. […]
Following the latest contests it is realistically a fight between Trump and Cruz. Trump is ahead on delegates but by fewer than a hundred. Cruz is very right wing, against abortion etc. and would tear up the deal with Iran over nuclear weapons which is not only imbecile but would isolate America internationally without a […]
The news that a top EDF executive has resigned over this mess is hardly surprising. What is the more astonishing is that this project is still officially ongoing. The hardware is of an unreliable design, difficult to maintain and much more expensive to build and the electricity price guarantee given by the government to persuade them […]
Cabinet Ministers opposing the policy of the government of which they are members are complaining that scaremongering is rife and that there will be a price to pay when the referendum is over in the form of disunity both in the government and the Tory party. The truth is that the Tory party may well […]
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 […]
Calling US elections this far out is a mug’s game and this blog will not go that far. Nevertheless after sweeping victories in Super Tuesday contests both Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton are in commanding positions going forward. Mrs Clinton the more so because her field has narrowed to Bernie Sanders as the only contender […]
We have a Government, a Tory one. There has been a re-negotiation of our membership deal with the EU and the Prime Minister has announced a previously promised referendum in which government official policy is to back the deal and campaign for Britain to remain in the EU. Five Cabinet ministers have decided to oppose […]
The West and especially the UK never looses an opportunity to blame, pour scorn on or needle the Russians. Moreover there is never anything nuanced or thoughtful coming out of the political elements of either the foreign office or the defence ministry, who pedal the notion that they are not only right but righteous. Yet […]
The nation will be surprised to learn, many will be aghast, that Osborne is planning more cuts. This Blog did warn after the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement that it was based upon forecasts likely to be wrong. As indeed they are. The admission that the ‘economy is smaller than we thought’ is a show stopper, because […]