Category Archives: economics

News round up

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Knives out for Rayner

So the right wing media’s latest obsession is that Angela Rayner once owned a council flat! And that she might have profited from its sale and possibly maybe didn’t pay about £1-2k of capital gains taxes (but who needs evidence … Continue reading

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Grumpy old men

A couple of weeks back Daily show host Jon Steward got himself into hot water by asking questions about whether Joe Biden might be too old to be president (Biden will be 82 on election day and 86 when he … Continue reading

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Labour’s Jamaican switch

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Something is rotten in the state of Illinois

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Farmer protests and the dangers of conservatism

Recently there’s been a number of farmers protests ongoing in France, and other parts of Europe, that I think warrant’s commenting on. Notably because the brexiters are sticking their noses in…oh the irony! In fact Fishy Ri$hi showed up to … Continue reading

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The downfall of Boeing

The fallout from the blow out of a door on a Boeing 737-Max plane is a bit more serious than I think many realise. Firstly, it appears that the fault was down to poor build quality by Boeing and its … Continue reading

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The closure of Port Talbot is due to brexit, not net zero

Tata, the owners of the steel works at Port Talbot in Wales, recently announced they were shutting down this historic plant, with the immediate loss of 3000 jobs. This will be devastating to the local community, as this is the … Continue reading

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What the post office scandal says about Britain

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Post Christmas news

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