Why Badenoch is dangerous
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Why Badenoch is dangerous
I wanted to summarise what Kemi Badenoch is all about and why I think she is so dangerous, but during her party leadership campaign, she kept very ...
 I only have to read what Badenoch has said of her own political views to realise that she is a threat to almost everything of value in our society and to more vulnerable groups mostly especially.
Is Ozempic a wonder drug? Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro are claimed to be wonder drugs that will solve the problems of modern living, like obesity, diabetes and dementia. But there are better ways to do that, like going for a walk and stopping eating ultra-processed food. So are they really just mechanisms to perpetuate the profits of Big Pharma, at cost to us all?
The economics of small business Small businesses do not work as microeconomic theory suggests. They don’t maximise profit. Most, at best, provide their owners with a fair wage. That’s why if you hit them hard – as Rachel Reeves has done – the economic impacts can be really serious.
We are going to pay a high price for Rachel Reeves’ incompetence
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We are going to pay a high price for Rachel Reeves’ incompetence
Before Rachel Reeves even delivered her Budget, I wrote this: I was right. That is where the backlash is. I added in that post: Where wi...
 Before Rachel Reeves even delivered her Budget I said that the employer’s NIC hike would be its undoing, and so it is proving to be. Her failure to prepare for the backlash is almost as alarming. If I could see this, why couldn’t she and the Treasury do so? Is she really not up to the job?
The IMF is worried about a low growth future when that’s exactly what we need via @npub1m3vq...9xp3 The IMF says it is worried about the world having a low growth, high debt future when in reality we need low growth to manage climate change and high levels of government money creation to fund the services that will be the basis of future prosperity. They’ve got their whole logic wrong.
The Budget and climate change: do they really care?
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The Budget and climate change: do they really care?
Listening to Budget reaction in the media this morning, one would think that the Budget was a disaster not because it did not do enough but because...
 Hundreds of billions of investment is required to manage climate change in this country, much of it by the government. We got £7.8 billion over two years. It's as if they really do not care.
What did not happen in the Budget
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What did not happen in the Budget
These things did not happen in the Budget: Green investment or anything to tackle the effect of climate change A new economic settlement fo...
 It‘s always best to view a Budget in terms of what it does not do, instead of looking at what it does claim to deliver. That way you really understand what the Chancellor thinks is unimportant. Doing so it is very apparent that this Budget was a massive missed opportunity for which we will pay very dearly.
There was not a hint of social or economic justice in this budget
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There was not a hint of social or economic justice in this budget
There are so many Budget summaries available on the web these days and in newspapers that for me to summarise all the budget proposals here makes n...
 Labour claimed those with the broadest shoulders would pay the most for sorting out the economy bit Rachel Reeves has delivered a budget where the exact opposite is the case. This was a budget for the wealthy with those on lowest pay, the young and small businesses paying the highest price.
What am I looking for in the Budget?
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What am I looking for in the Budget?
As I mentioned earlier this week, this is an unusual Budget day for me. I will be at a funeral and will not be able to comment until much later in ...
 I don’t have high hopes for today. These are some of the things I will be looking for.
Trump scares me rigid Trump is a fascist. Of course that scares me. But it scares me even more because I don’t think that Labour will do anything to stop the threat of fascism growing in the UK.