Neoliberalism has failed, but the Labour government is wedded to it. No wonder they’re so frightened. They realise that we might rumble that they, too,
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It’s time for a reset, and Reeves won’t be doing it
When you have watched the economy for as long as I have, you have seen a stock market crisis or two along the way. I
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Speaking truth to power
I decided to call Donald Trump a fascist when I was on BBC Radio 5 Live this morning. That was a conscious, preordained choice. I
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On the Nicky Campbell show on BBC Radio 5 Live this morning
I was on BBC Radio 5 Live this morning, talking on Nicky Campbell’s show, with whom I seem to be popular. The question that Nicky
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The world needs to realise that we are at war with a fascist tyrant in the USA
As Heather Cox Richardson has noted in her Letter from an American this morning: The plan, as Vice President J.D. Vance explained in a 2021
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The neoliberal thinking that underpins Trump’s tariffs is a form of madness
I have already noted this morning that we need to be rid of neoliberalism if we are to have politics that cares about the well-being
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We must get rid of neoliberalism
I want to see the end of neoliberalism and everything it stands for because until we do, we won’t live in a world where people
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How many countries will Trump bankrupt with his tariffs?
I have yet to see any comment in the media about one vital dimension to the new tariffs that Trump is imposing on many countries
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Are UK cars going to be subject to a 25% tariff in the USA?
Keir Starmer appears to have been celebrating today because USA has said that it will only charge a 10% tariff on exports from this country
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