I have noticed that The Spectator and other further-right publications have described the new political party that Jeremy Corbyn, Zarah Sultana, and others might create
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Springsteen, telling it as it is
This is good from Bruce Springsteen, and my thanks to Judith B who sent me the link. This man has passion, and passion matters a
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Why is austerity still on the agenda?
Write to your MP
I have written about this before here, but make no apology for doing so again. Democracy is not a spectator sport. In this video, I
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Scotonomics, next Friday
Government bonds are just savings accounts for the very wealthy
Why UK governments are never dependent on financial markets.
There’s a persistent myth that our government is somehow at the mercy of the financial markets and that it has to dance to their tune.
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A new party? Maybe?
As The Guardian notes this morning: MP Zarah Sultana, suspended from Labour, has announced she is resigning from the party to join Jeremy Corbyn’s Independent
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Unpacking the nonsense being said about interest rates and Reeves
A massive amount of nonsense is currently being said and written about the ‘market’ reaction to Rachel Reeves crying in the Commons on Wednesday following
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