I was aware I was being controversial yesterday when I suggested that the Office for National Statistics was lying about the scale of UK national
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The UK’s national debt is not £2 trillion – it’s only £1,270 billion – and there’s nothing exceptional about that, at all
The Office for National Statistics claimed that the so-called UK national debt was £2 trillion this morning. To be candid, I think that’s a politically
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PWC: taking their time is to be welcomed
I was intrigued by an article in the FT which suggested that: PwC UK will delay publishing its annual results until next year as it
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The reality of Covid-19 is already hitting smaller business supply chains and their chances of survival but the government seems wholly unaware of it
I had a fascinating conversation with the manager of a local business yesterday. The discussion was about her stock displays. It was apparent that she
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Who owns the national debt, and does it matter any more?
It’s often said that the UK is in hock. The national debt is, according to some, going to cripple us. I have already made a
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When are we going to get a Green New Deal?
It’s very hard to disagree with this in The Guardian’s editorial this morning: Just over a decade ago, the UN secretary general and others urged a
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The deep seated corruption at the heart of populist government
The FT has reported President Obama as saying last night that: This administration has shown it will tear our democracy down if that’s what it takes to
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Is there a risk from inflation?
Inflation is a difficult subject, so I made a video about it. But what I am really concerned about is the risk of inflation. And
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Real accounting for climate change is something that has to happen
I have already offered a video explanation of sustainable cost accounting this morning, and earlier this week I offered another video explanation of why the
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