Yesterday was a bit of a day.
There were seven posts here.
I had a comment in the Independent in the morning. That was followed by an article in the Mirror in the evening, which is in today's paper, and was on LBC at 5pm, all on Sunak's tax affairs.
I wrote on the bank base rate increase for AccountingWEB. I recommend reading it as it is my best comment on the day, in my opinion.
I did a lengthy interview on the same subject for the Express.
Danny Blanchflower was on the media during the day on bank rate rises and we spoke several times. We submitted another letter to the FT. It is not there, yet.
After more than five years I got news of major and successful progress on a tax investigation case I have been managing for that long.
And we had a Corporate Accountability Network board meeting to discuss serious progress on the project I am managing there on accounting for what we might politely call shit in rivers, where the case for investing more time clearly exists.
I also wrote a column for The National on what the new First Minister in Scotland should do about GERS (the dire Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland report).
And I turned down Talk Radio later in the evening because I knew I would be too tired to do it. I think that was fair.
And there was quite a lot of tweeting and comment action here too. There were 23,000 reads of the blog and well over 100 new Twitter followers.
During the evening I assisted an MP on an issue.
Not all days are that busy. But that was why I don't imagine retiring. The message is getting out there.
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Much loved and warmth Richard. Well done, really well done – and a very big thank you.
You’re not always known for understatement, Richard, but ‘a bit of a day’ is certainly one of them – on a fairly large scale. The message certainly is getting out there.
Bean’s statement is somewhat revelatory – it reveals a mind-set that suggests a belief in a static supply of money in the economy whichever way you look at it and takes imbecility to a new level. And look at the class bias inherent in his words? It seems from another era – proof if ever that old habits die hard in those calling the fiscal shots.
But I stand by my interpretation of Mattei however – I’m convinced that what we’ve been seeing in this country for long time is austerity based policies.
The result being that the emphasis has been about the process and funding of private acquisition of state functions – not to make them better but to just use them to create wealth for a minority of the population.
Instead we’ve got this.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a misallocation of resources.
Just imagine what would have happened had the equivalent debt created by private buy outs of the public sector had been used to improve services instead – from how we’ve dealt with our rubbish, power supplies, to how we deal with our infrastructure – including decent wages for those delivering the work?
And of course, the attitude is also anti-historic – two world wars led to a better state for society – for the people who sacrificed their lives – and yet now the aim seems to me to negate those gains and see them as a mistake or aberration.
But the thing is, Mattei tells us that the pro-austerity supporters were there right after WW1 and there too at the end of WW2. They were always there because they reflected the entrenched fears of the elite – whether in fascist Italy or class ridden Britain. It’s about being king of the castle and subjugating working people. It’s as simple as that.
Thanks
Your seven pillars of wisdom, unlike Johnson, are telling the truth.
I feel rather inadequate. All I managed were a few observations on a blog!
I am sincerely hoping today is quieter
Clive
Your contributions have been epic and informative – give yourself a deserved break.
Agreed, in the nicest possible way
Hope you balance with quality birding time this weekend!
I will be.
Maybe this afternoon even.
Very gratifying Richard to see you and Danny out there showing that, contra Thatcher, there IS an economic alternative.