Labour could make business publish what it pays
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024This morning’s ‘Labour could’ video has now been published. In it, I argue that big business pays a large proportion of the UK’s taxes. They
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Labour should be capping rent increases
Monday, July 22nd, 2024I have published this video this morning. In it, I argue that millions of people living in private rented accommodation are still facing well over
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Welcome to the Labour pension con-trick, coming your way at considerable increased cost to your pocket, very soon
Sunday, July 21st, 2024I was on LBC this morning talking about pensions in the light of a Rachel Reeves media onslaught on the subject scheduled for this morning.
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Crypto: the route to serfdom
Thursday, July 18th, 2024The Guardian has reported this morning that: The co-founders of Silicon Valley’s most prominent venture capital firm have announced their support for Donald Trump’s bid
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We have to redistribute income or wealth or face fascism: that is the choice before us
Wednesday, July 17th, 2024I dictated this yesterday when trying out a new microphone system that we intend to use (the Rode Wireless Pro system). I then transcribed this
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Much of the remaining inflationary pressure in our economy has been created by the Bank of England
Wednesday, July 17th, 2024It is a monthly requirement to comment on the Office for National Statistics announcement on inflation. This is what they had to say: There is
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Fascism: the choice
Tuesday, July 16th, 2024I posted this in Twitter this afternoon, summarising a conversation I had today: I think this is the choice that we as a society now
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MMT’s Leeds conference and disinvitations
Tuesday, July 16th, 2024I have spent a night reflecting on whether to comment on a post Steve Keen made yesterday on his being uninvited from a modern monetary
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We need ISA reform, but not of the sort the finance industry is demanding
Tuesday, July 16th, 2024There was an article in the FT yesterday that said: What the ‘markets’ want is a single ISA scheme now, with which I have no
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