Funding the Future

How long is it before Reform implodes?

Farage's political track record is poor. The moment anyone tries to hold him to account, he runs a mile. How long will it be before Reform falls apart, because he and it will fall out?

Trump wants to stop people thinking

Trump's plans to control films that can be seen in the USA and what can be taught in US universities are all about full-on thought control - a classic fascist propaganda aim.
 

Are the UK's universities failing financially?

40% of the UK's universities are now running deficits. Next year, it is expected that 75% will. How long is it before some begin to go bust as a result of UK government policy? 
 

Is the Labour government collapsing?

Labour ministers admit that Downing Street is so controlling that they can do nothing to manage the country. How long can it last in that case?

Who is really screwing us?

Who is exploiting us? Large companies, banks, and landlords are, and not the people our politicians love to blame.

Neoliberal economics is a work of fiction

Neoliberalism has dominated economics and politics for 45 years, despite being based on nothing more than myths, falsehoods, and fantasies that should have discredited the cult promoting it long ago.

Who owns the world's national debt?

The world has national debt of more than $100 trillion - and the income from that goes to the world's wealthiest people more than anyone else.
 

People, politics and despair

Young people, most especially, are struggling to find reasons for hope in the world neoliberal politics has created, and who can blame them?

A political earthquake?

Labour's been knocked for six. The Tories face oblivion. And Reform are threatening politics as we know it. Did Thursday represent a political earthquake?
 

Stock markets are mad

Despite the madness of Trump, the continuing reality of tariffs and an unsurprising fall in US GDP, stock markets have recovered their losses. This makes no sense at all. What is happening?