We have a choice. We can support lawyers who support justice: the woke ones, that is. Or we can support lawyers who promote injustice. Our government supports the wrong ones.
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: I am fed up with Tory attacks on lawyers who defend people against injustice, discrimination, abuse and
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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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Companies are paying inflation busting dividends at cost to the rest of the economy, including their employees
Saturday, August 20th, 2022Having taken a quiet Friday afternoon I posted this thread to Twitter this morning: We are continually being told by Tory politicians and the Bank
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Ofgem director resigns, confirming that it is on the side of profit exploiting companies
Thursday, August 18th, 2022As the Guardian note today: A director at energy regulator Ofgem has resigned, accusing it of favouring businesses over consumers with a rule change that will add
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Inflation is a passing phase: what we need is help to get through it rather than pain to punish us for it
Thursday, August 18th, 2022Danny Blanchflower had a longish discussion yesterday in which we agreed that the inflation that is dominating economic discussion about our economy at present is
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Of course banks are not putting up savings rates: they really do not want or even need savers’ money
Wednesday, August 17th, 2022As The Guardian has noted: Millions of people are being short-changed on savings rates, with banks and building societies failing to pass on this month’s
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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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Why are energy companies queuing up for state aid?
Tuesday, August 16th, 2022As the Guardian notes this morning: Two of the UK’s biggest energy suppliers have thrown their weight behind a plan being debated in the industry
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Surviving 2023: How to manage the coming economic crisis
Monday, August 15th, 2022I posted this Twitter thread this morning. The plan to which it refers might be one of the more important things I have written: I
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