The uncertainty about where this country is headed is now very damaging. The new government, having made a promising start, has gone very quiet, not only over where we are going, but solutions to local frustrations like Southern Rail. It is summer we know, but the people did not call the referendum, the government did. Cameron […]
It is a very good thing that the bank of England has at last acted, more especially because a contracting economy worries about a government that does not seem to know what to do. So any action is better than no action. Well, is it? This Blog has a view which is expressed often. Here […]
This might be a moment to stop and consider why it was that from the very beginning Britain was always the outsider inside the Common Market, then the EEC and finally the EU. It is an island, yes, but that cannot be all. One of the reasons British psychology is different is that it is a nation which […]
QE in various forms is now very much part of the economic conversation, especially in following Brexit and the fall in the value of the £. 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, […]
Because no work on an action plan was done by either side before the referendum and because so much of our national daily life is interwoven with the EU, there is no clear way forward now that the country has voted to draw stumps and go. There are what one might call foraging expeditions going on […]
The Honours system is not just falling into disrepute; it has become disreputable and should be scrapped in its present form. Only one Honour should exist; the Order of Merit. This is in the gift of the sovereign and has nothing to do with politicians. It should be awarded to people who have sacrificed their potential […]