I was talking to a friend about my post on Donald Trump, and his attack on European civilisation, made earlier today. The thought that kept
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Starmer is the NHS’s problem
The Guardian notes this morning that: Keir Starmer has said it is “frankly beyond belief” that resident doctors would strike during the NHS’s worst moment
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Is Trump at war with Europe?
Has Donald Trump effectively declared war on Europe? His recent statements suggest exactly that. In this video, I explore how Trump’s racist rhetoric, his support
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The end of growth
The Office for National Statistics has published new GDP data this morning. As they put it: Main points In the three months to October 2025,
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Inequality is a political choice – and the UK keeps choosing it
The World Inequality Report 2026 opens with a sentence that should trouble anyone who cares about democracy or economic justice: Inequality is a political choice.
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Economic questions: the James Tobin question
This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been,
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Trump’s war on Europe is all about racism
The Guardian reported yesterday that Donald Trump has once again been grossly derogatory about the impact of immigrants on European countries. Doing so, he is claiming
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This is not a way to run an economy
After a night where I spent more time awake than asleep, a few thoughts on an article that caught my attention as my nose and
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Why are people are frightened?
I think people are frightened at the prospect of another crash, which is looking ever more likely. Yesterday’s video has had 156,000 views so far,
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