I have published this video this morning. In it, I argue that like almost all economic truths, austerity works in the opposite way to that
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Frozen grannies won’t forgive Reeves
There are 12.6 million pensioners in the UK. Fewer than 1.4 million of them claim pension credit. It is thought that maybe 800,000 people do
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Bank loans create bank deposits
The next video in the Economic Truths series is out this morning, continuing the theme of discussing money, its creation and its consequences. In this
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Why did the Labour front bench all look so frightened?
The Labour front bench looked so excited by the King’s Speech. Yesterday, Rachel Reeves apart, they looked frightened. Reeves had practised her “I’m angry” look,
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Rachel Reeves could not have done worse than this
I published this new video this morning. In it, I argue that if Rachel Reeves wants to go down as one of the worst Chancellors
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Reeves trolled the left, Labour of old, and Keynes as she set out her desire to create a dismal economic nightmare
Rachel Reeves trolled the left in yesterday’s fiscal statement. She unveiled what is obviously going to be her new mantra. Her claim, repeated several times,
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Netanyahu’s attempt to eliminate Palestinians is not just abhorrent; it is also a crime.
Nesrine Malik has a powerful article in the Guardian this morning in which she discusses the normalisation of the genocide in Gaza, as represented by
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Rachel Reeves is going for broke
Rachel Reeves is going to tell parliament today that the UK’s financial situation is far worse than she thought before becoming Chancellor. I wish her
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Pay rises for teachers and the NHS will pay for themselves
I published this video this morning. In it, I argue that while the government will agonise over the cost of paying NHS workers and teachers
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