The Guardian has this headline this morning: The story begins by saying: The Labour faction influencing Downing Street’s pitch to Reform UK voters has urged
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Should big tech be allowed to issue crypto?
If big tech can issue their own currencies for use around the world, what chance is there that macroeconomic control of the national economies of
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Labour’s going to make another fine mess of things today
As The Guardian notes this morning: The core of the story is that today’s Defence Review will unveil a plan for increased defence spending by
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God bless America, because they need all the help they can get right now
As the Financial Times has reported: [US] Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has insisted the US would never default on its debt as he sought to
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Fauna
In this second part of my posts on this weekend’s photos, I turn to wildlife. The heron family were out in force. This is the
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Flora
It was a good weekend for walking, bird watching, photography and being in nature. I took a lot of photos. Most have been discarded, but
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Does Starmer want a war?
Starmer appears to be telling anyone who will listen this morning that we should be, and maybe are, preparing for war. War is always the
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When will Starmer realise that Trump is his problem?
As the Financial Times notes: Donald Trump said he would double tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from 25 per cent to 50 per cent
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The money Rachel Reeves needs is readily available. All that is lacking is the understanding on how to use it
Andrew Rawnsley wrote this in The Observer this morning: Nigel Farage can promise the moon on a stick. Sir Ed Davey can oppose every tax
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