Methinks the lawyers doth protest too much: a reply to David Allen Green
Friday, August 26th, 2022The lawyer and legal commentator David Allen Green (DAG hereafter) has taken exception to the comments I made earlier this week on the behaviour of
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The Bank of England increasing interest rates to 4% - as markets expect - could be enough to bring the whole economy down
Thursday, August 25th, 2022I posted this thread to Twitter this afternoon: The FT noted this morning that “Financial markets are betting the Bank of England will more than
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Bailing out failed energy companies is the worst possible way to deal with the crisis we face this winter
Wednesday, August 24th, 2022I have tweeted this thread this morning: Those close to the government appear to be realising that UK households have no chance of surviving the
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In 2008 we survived, just. Will we this winter? I really am not sure.
Monday, August 22nd, 2022In 2008 I seriously considered the possibility that the UK banking system might fail, and that if that happened the economy of the country might
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What's behind the Treasury idea that GP's should prescribe cash for those in fuel poverty?
Sunday, August 21st, 2022I have posted this thread to Twitter: According to the Guardian ‘GPs could write prescriptions for money off energy bills for the most vulnerable under
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Why aren't politicians talking about the economic meltdown that we are facing this winter?
Tuesday, August 16th, 2022This comes from ‘Surviving 2023’, which I published yesterday. In this section, from Chapter 1, I imagine what will happen if the government does not
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We have a choice. The Tories want economic meltdown. But if we were willing to create some more government money we could avoid that.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2022I just posted this thread on Twitter: The Tory leadership election is offering the party faithful an image of a land about to flow with
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The strangest feeling
Wednesday, August 10th, 2022I had the strangest feeling yesterday afternoon. At round 4pm, when doing academic work, I suddenly realised that for the first time in four weeks
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The Tories are not working
Wednesday, August 10th, 2022If you have made the mistake of following the Tory leadership election then you will, presuming you suspended your disbelief, now know that we are
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