The Bank of England has been doing less than believed to rescue the gilts market. But stil not a good look.
Read more...As other nations return to state-led investment, Truss and Kwarteng act to weaken the democracy, economy and rights of Britain.
Read more...A recent Al Jazeera documentary shows how British Labour Party officials worked alongside the media against the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn. With Starmer’s Labour Party now leading in the polls, the British media have little appetite to cover their own role in undoing the Corbyn leadership.
Read more...The Modi government has demonstrated that it wants to take its fight against the Khalistan movement to the international sphere and has punished the Canadian higher education sector for the Canadian government’s stance on the issue.
Read more...How so-called free trade has often brought large scale death, sometimes by design.
Read more...How Liz Truss’ defense budget math does not work…or does really well if the point is to roll social support back to Victorian workhouses.
Read more...Tory policy and legislation on Gypsies and Travellers deprives them of a place to live and targets them with criminal penalties.
Read more...A long sweep of Elizabeth II’s reign.
Read more...New Prime Minister Liz Truss is aleady managing to underperform the low expectations for her.
Read more...Peace in Ukraine is a worthy aim. But the West can’t bring itself to offer what Russia might accept.
Read more...The government of Boris Johnson has undermined democracy in the UK in a number of ways, making it more difficult to vote, speak out, or protest. This legacy will continue to benefit the Tories even as Johnson is replaced by Liz Truss.
Read more...Liz Truss looks set to shaft ordinary Britons when the UK is already reeling from a cost of living crisis.
Read more...A remedy for the UK/EU energy price shock is changing price rules. But can those fixes be implemented soon enough?
Read more...Europe has succeeded in hurting itself to hurt Russia, to the degree that a full bore economic and financial crisis seems inevitable.
Read more...The Bank of England is in “Burn the village to save it” mode via interest rate increases which do little to address the causes of inflation.
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