{"id":93133,"date":"2026-06-11T14:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=93133"},"modified":"2026-06-11T14:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:29:09","slug":"its-all-falling-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2026\/06\/11\/its-all-falling-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s all falling apart"},"content":{"rendered":"

My sense of foreboding is not lifting.<\/p>\n

First, the totally unnecessary interest rates that will presage and then compound the recession the world is going to face have begun:<\/p>\n

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And then Keir Starmer's government is falling apart, very fast:<\/p>\n

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The first is heralding a disaster. Those who think they know are seeking to crash out economies.\u00a0 I said they would.<\/p>\n

The second is no loss to anyone. Healey is a lame war-monger of little brain who no one will miss, except his defence industry paymasters. Not once did he ever hear him say what he thought he was defending.<\/p>\n

Can we imagine a nice job is lined up? Give it time.... of course, but post ministerial careers in defence are not surprising<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My sense of foreboding is not lifting. First, the totally unnecessary interest rates that will presage and then compound the recession the world is going
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