Beneath the Bluster, Boris Johnson’s ‘New Deal’ Offers Nothing New
Boris Johnson’s effort at a New Deal Big Lie goes splat.
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Some Basic Lessons for the Governor of the Bank of England, Who Seems to be in Dire Need of Them
The Governor of the Bank of England had a major “put foot in mouth and chew” episode.
Read more...Grenfell Tower Fire: Third-Year Anniversary (Non-)Progress Report
Some progress on Grenfell Tower: Remediating apartment blocks, ongoing inquiries, regulatory proposals. But not nearly enough. And then there’s the potential IT boondoggle. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy…
Read more...The Bank of England Votes for More QE – But This Is a Road That Will Run Out
Yves here. Richard Murphy’s observations about QE hitting its limits are clearly relevant to the US. Sadly, things will have to get worse before ideas like a job guarantee or Green New Deal-type work schemes even get a hearing. By Richard Murphy, a chartered accountant and a political economist. He has been described by the Guardian […]
Read more...Coronavirus Recovery: Why Local Markets are Key to Reviving Our Locked Down Town Centres
Local markets, not supermarkets, are a key part of reviving city centres as the UK emerges from its coronavirus lockdown.
Read more...Food Security: UN Warns People Are Vulnerable to Shortages as the COVID-19 Pandemic Continues
United Nations warns about food security, particularly for the world’s poorest, as the COVID-19 recession overwhelms the globe.
Read more...Revealed: Nearly 400,000 British Companies Evade Anti-Money Laundering Checks
David Cameron promised to stop scammers and kleptocrats hiding behind British shell companies. But almost one in ten UK firms still do not declare ‘persons of significant control’
Read more...EU Stimulus Fakery as Brexit Stumbles Forward
The news on the EU and UK fronts is less than promising. It looks good only compared to rampaging cops on this side of the pond.
Read more...Craig Murray Documents Abuse of Process, aka Kangaroo Court, via Butchered Indictment
The UK court is play so dirty with Craig Murray that it might make our FISA court look good.
Read more...Brexit: Posturing and Impasse
More Brexit chest-thumping.
Read more...Storks Hatch in UK for First Time in 600 Years – Why That’s Great News for British Wildlife
In this time of worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, stork chicks hatch in the United Kingdom for the first time in 600 years.
Read more...Brexit: Yet More Chicken
The same bad Brexit dynamics are very much in place.
Read more...Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread: Coronavirus and Food Security
UN warns about coronavirus and food shortages. Will the crisis revive policies to encourage regional and national food self-sufficiency?
Read more...Brexit: Pawing and Snorting
In theory, Brexit negotiations are moving forward, but they sure don’t look like it.
Read more...Housing Insecurity, Homelessness, and Populism: Evidence from the UK
Cutting subsidies for private rental housing did not do much to reduce overall spending or lower rents but caused a lot of pain.
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