Funding the Future

Politicians need to be people with convictions

Neoliberalism has killed conviction based politics. 

How long will Labour's honeymoon last?

Labour will only have months to keep the electorate happy after the general election, and if they don't, the backlash could be severe and long-lasting. 
 

Every action has a reaction

Every politician should understand double entry. If they did, they might work out the consequences of their actions and the ridiculousness of many of the claims that they make about government spending. 

Why aren't we talking about independence?

Why is it that the English-based parties are ignoring the issue of independence for three of the four countries that make up the UK during this election campaign as if that is a matter of inconsequence when, in truth, the whole nature of this supposed country is open to question? Could they be cooperating in a conspiracy of silence?

How many Tory MPs will quit their party today?

Today is the last day when people can be nominated as candidates in the general election. Rumour has it some right wing Tory MPs will quit the party this afternoon and become Reform candidates, leaving the Tories no time to replace them. Could a perverse coup of this sort be on the cards today? 

Critisising Labour is the right thing to do

Criticising Labour has nothing to do with wanting it or any other party in power. It has everything to do with wanting Labour to deliver for the people of this country when it really does not look like it will at present.

Keir Starmer wants to maximize wealth in the UK or so it seems

If government can influence the distribution of wealth in an economy - and we know that is a possibility because tax can redistribute both income and wealth, and does - then what? What should government be doing when it exercises that power? 
Should it, as Keir Starmer has now said, be intensely relaxed about people getting wealthy?
Or is it its job to say we are on the side of those who are poorest in society, and it is their wealth that we want to increase?

Schools are killing creativity

Suppose we had an education system that told people ‘you can do that’ rather than saying ‘these are the rules that you must follow’? What might happen if we allowed all the resulting creativity to flow? 

Keir Starmer wants to increase wealth inequality

Keir Starmer has said the Labour Party's goal is to increase wealth, which, given the structure of the UK, means the wealth of the already wealthy. Is that really what a so-called Labour Party should really be all about? And what does it say about his economics?

Financial Capital is not scarce

If money is not scarce, and is created costlessly by banks, why are we paying so much for it? Is doing so completely contrary to our well-being? Lord Keynes certainly thought so.