Why has Rachel Reeves called in bankers to advise on the NHS? Rachel Reeves must think the only job a government has is to balance its books. There can be no other explanation for the insanity of calling in bankers to advise on the NHS.
The extreme financialisation of the economy must be approaching the point where it is no longer sustainable. When that happens the crash will be of a wholly different scale to 2008, or 2020.
Rachel Reeves is making a complete fool of herself begging that Brussels allow the City of London back into Europe whilst she simultaneously refuses to reconsider Brexit. Is there nothing she will not do to keep big finance happy?
There are apparently no labs left in the UK that can test the quality of our drinking water. The consequence is obvious. Who knows if we are now drinking the shit we know is in our rivers. And who is doing anything about it?
Trump and the Republicans want the US state to buy vast quantities of Bitcoin. The only possible explanation is they want to hype its value, which had nothing to support it right now. The result will be a massive boost in wealth for the already wealthy.
The SNPβs Scottish budget, delivered yesterday, was big on one issue. That was, it cared about people in need. The story permeated everything it said. Starmer has no story. His message is the opposite of the SNPβs. He does not care.
The failed coup in SoUtah Korea makes clear just how vulnerable democracies are. With the US tottering in the brink of fascism, are people willing to defend their right to a voice in their own country, or are those days over?
Economic growth? Forget it. Politicians in developed countries are still obsessed with growth without realising that growth is history because as our incomes have grown, we consume fewer material items and more services, and the chance of productivity growth in services is limited, even with AI. The question is, when will politics begin to reflect this new reality?
