Funding the Future

The world is still burning.

Ignore Trump for a moment, and all the other calamities going on around the world. Climate change is still the biggest threat to us all, and we are in danger of ignoring it.
 

The UK does not need a trade deal with Trump

According to Washington and London, a US/UK trade deal is coming soon. It is bound to represent a massive loss of freedom for the UK. It's the last thing we need. 

Is Trump about to end democracy in the USA?

Will Trump invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 to enforce his rule, via a militia if need be, ending democracy in the USA in the process?
 Shorts to follow

Trump is right, for all the wrong reasons

Right around the world, economies face the risk of recession due to Trump's irresponsibility. We need interest rate cuts because of him, not because he wants them. 

Scared people do not spend

Scared people do not spend. This is a fact of economic life. Once somebody is worried about their economic future, they begin to save, and that means Trump is heading the US into a recession. 

Trump has failed

Trump has failed, but the world needs to carry on presuming that Trump is the biggest threat it has faced in generations, because a man who's failed in the way he has might turn to violence, and violence will not resolve anything. 

It's time Labour learned to govern

Labour has made a mess of managing British Steel.  It had no strategy and no plan, and hadn't had the foresight to see the consequences of this. It is time it learned to govern.

The UK government can never go bust

The UK government cannot go bust because it is the only organisationwith the ultimate authority required to create the money that’s required tosettle its debts. It really is time politicians understood that.

What happens when the worlds food runs out?

As the recent egg crisis in the USA showed, world food supply chainsare intensely vulnerable and prone to failure as they are dependent uponmonocultures. What will happen if they do fail?

Money is just made up.

People think money is real, mysterious and valuable. They still think goldis involved in the process. It’s actually nothing like that. It’s nothing morethan numbers on bank statements.