Why is business putting up with the Tories?
Monday, August 9th, 2021As the Guardian notes this morning: A letter to Boris Johnson sent a fortnight ago by James Ramsbotham called on the prime minister to save the
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Funding the Green New Deal is possible: persuading people of that is the issue
Saturday, August 7th, 2021My Green New Deal and Finance for the Future colleague Colin Hines has a blog out with the Green Alliance: In the post he describes
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It's time that gas and electricity supplies were nationalised in the interests of all consumers
Friday, August 6th, 2021As the Guardian has reported this morning: Millions of homes will be forced to pay some of the highest energy bills for the past decade
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The UK cannot afford Sunak: he is a massive threat to our well-being
Monday, August 2nd, 2021It was claimed in the Guardian yesterday that Rishi Sunak had written to the prime minister to ask for a relaxation in Covid travel regulations.
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We need a peaceful revolution
Sunday, August 1st, 2021I just posted this as a thread on Twitter: Gary Neville suggested we need a peaceful revolution yesterday. It’s not the usual call for an
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The QuEST for a Green New Deal
Friday, July 30th, 2021Few can now really doubt the environmental mess that our planet is in. The USA is burning, as is Siberia. Germany and the Benelux countries
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The world cannot afford the attitude of companies like Shell
Friday, July 30th, 2021We are living in interesting times. I mentioned yesterday that sentiment on and the understanding of money might be improving, for the better. That’s the good
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Be careful what you ask for
Wednesday, July 28th, 2021On Monday I asked what it was that readers thought I should be writing about as the relatively quiet weeks of summer stretch before me.
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What are the issues I need to be writing about?
Monday, July 26th, 2021It’s summer. The economy is collapsing. Covid is still rampant. The climate crisis is developing rapidly. Democracy is in peril, but what the heck? It’s
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