Funding the Future

I don’t believe in political ‘isms’

I am bored by politicians who pretend that there are ‘isms’ that create political divides in the UK. There aren’t. All our political parties are virtually interchangeable. In that case let’s talk about meeting needs, not political paint scoring.

How to pay for financial education

Everyone but the government seems to agree that young people need a proper education in finance before leaving school, and there is a pot of money available to pay for it.

Trump is saying wrong is right

Trump wants to sanction those working for the International Criminal Court who are seeking to uphold international law. He’s reached the point where he’s saying he has the right to declare what is right to be wrong.

Do drug companies want to cure us?

Curing diseases is not a very profitable activity for drug companies. Managing sick people is. So, do drug companies really want to cure diseases, or do they want us to all be sick for as long as possible?

Can we live with chaos?

Trump is setting out to create chaos. That he’s doing so is not an accident. It’s deliberate. Can we react in time to save anything of value in the world that we’ve known?

Do we need bottom-up thinking?

Top-down thinking tells us what we can’t do because it assumes things aren’t possible, which is exactly what our politicians keep saying. Is it time to liberate ourselves with some bottom-up thinking?

Is Trump going to meltdown?

Trump is bringing financial markets down whilst increasing tensions inside and outside the USA. How long is it before he delivers a meltdown?

Do young people really want a dictatorship in the UK?

Young people are giving up on democracy because our politicians are giving up on them. But it’s not democracy that’s at fault – it is our politicians who are. We need a politics that delivers for young people, or the future is very bleak.

Is Trump threatening development?

The world’s developing countries mainly owe their debts in dollars. Trump is, however, making it harder for them to earn dollars, and is trying to inflate the dollar’s value. The result will be massive poverty.

How do we get competent politicians?

Anyone can become an MP. No training is required, and them they set the rules for everyone else. That’s absurd. All prospective parliamentarians and councillors should have to take an exam to prove their competence.