As will be apparent from this morning\u2019s posts, few of them relate to the events unfolding in the world right now.<\/p>\n
I have not speculated further on what might happen if Donald Trump continues his war with Iran, as he is obviously doing.<\/p>\n
Nor am I spending too much time wondering whether Ed Miliband or Wes Streeting might become the new Chancellor under Prime Minister Andy Burnham because, to be candid, I do not think that is going to make a lot of difference to Labour\u2019s prospects at present. Neither is likely to transform the neoliberal model from which we currently suffer, or the framework for macroeconomic management that the Treasury imposes with an iron fist on this country, and which has been so destructive.<\/p>\n
Instead, and perhaps because I have had an enforced week away from news-watching as a consequence of my illness, after what was a previous week away from much of my normal blog and video activity whilst working on the development of both, I have concentrated on a much more difficult task.<\/p>\n
Time and again, people on this blog have asked me not to answer the question of what has gone wrong, but what we should do about it. It might be a temporary phenomenon, because the last week has made me feel both vulnerable and decidedly mortal, but my current sentiment is that this is the much bigger and more important task I should be tackling at present, rather than analysing the tittle-tattle and the demise of New Labour. There are others who can look at that, Trump, the follies of neoliberalism, and the rise of neo-fascism as well as I can, but without blowing my own trumpet, I think it is fair to say that many fewer can offer answers as to what we should do next better than I am able to provide.<\/p>\n
I may, however, be wrong in setting this as a priority for my work. As a consequence, I am seeking your opinion. What do you think?<\/p>\n
Rest assured, I will not be able to resist some current commentary, and the View On series, in the format I now propose, should provide a robust economic background for much of what I now wish to say, but what should my primary focus now be on?<\/p>\n