Funding the Future

Are the Tories lost in space?

The Tories were once the party of reliable, uncontentious and boring middle England. Now Kemi Badenoch claims they are the saviours of a form of Western civilisation that is a figment of her imagination. What hope have they in that unaccustomed role?

20% are fascist, but 80% aren’t

The far right have doubled their support in Germany. But, they’re no more popular than the left, and 80% did not vote for fascists. What are the lessons to learn, especially in the UK?

Words matter

Unless politicians mean what they say we get a world where nothing can be relied on and chaos rules. Trump’s disdain for the truth is profoundly harmful in that case.

Our rules of thumb are broken

Trump is trying to break government, the USA, world peace and much more. We could despair, or we could, as happened in WW2, plan for a better future. I suggest this is the time to plan.

How to pay for defence

If we need to pay more for defence the last people who should pay for it are those most dependent on the state. It’s the richest who should be covering the cost.

King Donald needs to learn from history

Donald Trump has declared himself King in the USA. He should take a lesson from history. King Canute of England, Denmark and Norway knew there were limitations on regal power. Trump does not. That’s why he’s bound to fail.

Hands off ISAs, I say

The City wants an end to cash ISAs, and that would be a mistake

Elon Musk is wrong

Elon Musk might think he’s very smart, but his management style – which is controversial in the private sector – is totally alien to the state sector because it relies on the acceptability of failure and governments must never fail.

Who are we defending in the UK?

Who and what are we defending in the UK? It’s a question in need of an answer. As politicians and politicians demand more defence spending, whose rights are we defending, and so who should pick up the bill?

When will the MAGA give up on Trump?

The MAGA put Trump back in the White House, but like Biden before him, nothing he’s doing is going to make ordinary Americans feel better off, and we know what they did to the Democrats as a result.