Free markets....now
Andy Burnham, the UK’s new Prime Minister, is travelling the country examining the cost of living crisis.
Jonty’s Jottings
Economics, politics, trade and Brexit, not necessarily in that order but the dog always comes first.
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Dropping Doris.... the Trump way.
American aircraft carriers are in the news at the moment.
New bestie
One of the biggest problems with Donald Trump is not that he is petty and thin skinned (although he is dangerously touchy), it is that, unlike say Nixon, who would rant and scream about every possible snub imagined or not; it is that he will act on that pettiness.
The three unwise monkeys
Forest fires, houses burnt to the ground, train derailments, three or is it four heatwaves, hose pipe bans and a Government warning on using BBQs, fireworks and the rest; but be calm because it is nothing to do with climate change.
Excellent news
I have awoken here in the UK to the excellent news that Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform, has been re-elected in a by-election in Clacton.
What's the plan?
I have very little to say about Trump and the food van, except to say I remember a short story once where a dictator became impossible to overthrow because he could tele-transport himself and his immediate family and entourage out of harms way, instantly.
Time for Logan?
In America there has been a specific law for over 2 centuries which forbids anyone but the government negotiating with foreign powers.
What guarantee?
I came across an old book the other day that I was thinking of re-reading and found I had written something on the fly-leaf many years ago.
Homes are not enough
The death throes of the Tory party are almost painful to watch, as it ties itself in knots trying to outmanoeuvre Reform on the right, where there are few votes and very few rational policies that the majority of British voters would have anything to do with.
It is more than forest fires.
The scale of the change to the climate and the environment of Europe is so huge and so varied and so rapid that we are obviously failing to keep pace with the news, let alone the disasters unfolding.