Labour is delivering its sickening messages as fast as it can right now. The one that has its MPs most worried right now is the
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Fascists can be held to account
I took some comfort from this report this morning in The Guardian: The former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has been taken into custody after the
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How much are you worth?
The exponents of wealth taxes claim that they’re a great way of raising additional tax revenue. They forget just how hard it is for anyone
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Borders
I took this picture last week. It was taken from the harbour in Lower Town, Fishguard, in Pembrokeshire. I was looking towards the new port
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Musk’s attack on the USA and Israel’s on the people of Gaza have the same philosophical root
As the Guardian has reported in an email this morning: Israel is to cut off any remaining electricity supplies to Gaza in an apparent attempt to ramp
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The rich don’t change their behaviour because of a bit of additional tax
As the Guardian has noted this morning: Predictions that adding VAT to private school fees would set off a wave of parents moving children to
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Donald Trump is planning to starve the beast
It’s long been a US Republican dream to get rid of the IRS – the US federal tax authority. Now the goal is within their
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Starmer has to make a choice: his ‘policy’ is unsustainable
Right across the political spectrum there is a consensus that Keir Starmer has to make a decision on which side he will support in the
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Conspicuous consumption
Having decided to take photos to illustrate economic themes during the course of a walk by the River Nevern in Newport, Pembrokeshire last week, there
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