Funding the Future

Government debt is your wealth

Every pound of so-called “government debt” is a private financial asset. When the government spends, it creates money that becomes your wealth. Yet politicians pretend debt is a burden. In this video, I explain how our politicians' dangerous ignorance about the real nature of government debt drives austerity, destroys prosperity, and keeps Britain poor.
 

Why do I still do this at 67?

People keep asking why I still make these videos every day at the age of 67. The truth is simple: our economy is still deeply unfair. I’ve seen inequality, prejudice, and the injustice created by privilege all my life — and I can’t stay silent.
This is why I keep going: because another world is possible.

When will the Trump bubble burst?

Donald Trump has built his entire political project on hype and delusion — the same ingredients that fuel every economic bubble. But belief cannot defy reality forever. When cruelty replaces competence and lies replace truth, collapse follows. In this video, I explain why Trump’s political and economic bubble is unsustainable, how tariffs and speculation are destroying US livelihoods, and why the far-right worldwide will fall with him.
Watch to the end — because when the bubble bursts, we’ll need to rebuild democracy, truth, and care.

Why have we got rubbish politicians?

Why are Britain’s politicians so hopeless? From Tory fantasists to Labour deniers, Westminster has driven out the talented, the imaginative and the honest. The Conservative Party destroyed itself with Brexit and a cult of property and privilege. Labour has buried its belief in care, collective purpose and truth under Treasury orthodoxy. Both parties repel intelligence in different ways, one by demanding belief in the impossible, the other by denying what’s obviously true.
In this video, I explain how mediocrity became the political norm, why ideology now drives out ability, and how belief in truth and public purpose could still renew our democracy.

The great British housing illusion

Britain’s housing market has become a Ponzi scheme — built not on value, but on debt, illusion and exclusion. Successive governments have turned homes into speculative assets, trapping generations in rent, despair and insecurity. In this video, I explain how tax breaks, financialisation and political cowardice created a housing system that rewards luck and age, not effort — and what must now be done to rebuild homes, communities and hope.

Crypto vs AI — which bubble bursts first?

AI doesn’t think. Crypto isn’t money.
Both claim to be revolutionary, but both are built on fantasy.
In this video, I unpack the shared myth that code can replace care, that hype can replace real value, and that speculation can replace society.
From the greed driving crypto to the fear driving AI, I argue that both reflect a deeper crisis in capitalism itself.

What comes after neoliberalism?

Neoliberalism promised prosperity but delivered austerity, insecurity, and despair. It hollowed out our public services, undermined democracy, and left wealth in the hands of the few. In this video, I ask "What comes next?"
A new economics must put people before markets, care before profit, and truth before fear.
This is about rebuilding democracy from the ground up — and it begins by admitting neoliberalism has failed.

Why do people protest?

Around the world, people are marching: against Trump’s authoritarianism in the USA, Macron’s failures in France, and the cruelty of Gaza policy in the UK. Everywhere, governments are asking how to stop protest? when they should be asking why people feel the need to protest?.
In this video, I argue that protest is a democratic safety valve — a sign that governments are failing to meet basic human needs like food, housing, warmth, dignity, and justice. When people protest, it’s because they have been ignored.
Governments that suppress protest aren’t defending democracy; they are betraying it.
The real question is not how to silence dissent, but how to listen and act on what it tells us.
Watch now to explore why protest is essential to democratic life — and what it tells us about political failure and the possibility of renewal.

Can the economy survive?

The Financial Times asked whether the global economy can survive another shock. I think it’s the question of our time. Debt, war and climate change are pushing us to breaking point and yet our governments still pretend that markets will save us.
In this video, I explain why that’s a dangerous illusion, how neoliberal policy has made us fragile, and why only courageous governments, ready to act in the public interest, can prevent systemic collapse.

The inequality lie

Right-wing commentators claim inequality in Britain is falling. It isn’t.
The Office for National Statistics says the Gini coefficient has improved — but the truth is that it ignores capital gains, wealth accumulation, debt, and inflation that hits the poor hardest.
In this video, I expose the real story behind Britain’s growing inequality and why official data is misleading, as well as suggesting what we need to do to tackle this issue.