[PDF file]: […] would have departed. They are there because it is unregulated. It is one of the great political ironies that Remain lost the Brexit referendum even though PM Cameron had done a deal with the EU which protected the City from EU regulation. The dominance of the City is one of two important ‘hidden histories’ […]
[…] well understood that the EU’s neoliberal rules rendered such a return to social democracy impossible.51 I didn’t pay much attention to the Brexit referendum: like Prime Minister Cameron, I assumed ‘Remain’ would win comfortably. Influenced by Larry Elliot at the Guardian, I voted ‘Leave’ for the reason expressed in the last sentence above: the […]
[PDF file]: […] civil servants try to give him advice he doesn’t want to hear. All of this is merely by way of an introduction to the debacle of David Cameron: glib, entitled and, against advice from most of his colleagues, prepared to take irresponsible gambles with referenda. What he doesn’t address is the long-term impact on […]
[…] well understood that the EU’s neoliberal rules rendered such a return to social democracy impossible.51 I didn’t pay much attention to the Brexit referendum: like Prime Minister Cameron, I assumed ‘Remain’ would win comfortably. Influenced by Larry Elliot at the Guardian, I voted ‘Leave’ for the reason expressed in the last sentence above: the […]
[PDF file]: […] How 67 See Gerald Colby, Thy Will Be Done, the Conquest of the Amazon (1995) which describes the activities of Nelson Rockefeller and his sponsorship of William Cameron Townsend of the Wycliffe Bible Translators, using missionary activity to support his business and political agenda. See also Rubem Alves, Protestantism and Repression (1985) for an […]
[PDF file]: A view from the bridge Robin Ramsay As always, thanks to Nick Must and Garrick Alder for editorial and proof-reading help with Lobster All Trussed up On the day that Prime Minister Truss made her announcement about dealing with the energy crisis here, The Times (8 September) briefly mentioned (on p. 39) that the Chancellor […]
[PDF file]: […] the world is an English piece of self-aggrandisement. But is it? Could it be the case that UK political figures, from Blair to Corbyn via Farage and Cameron, don’t actually understand any of this? Perhaps it’s reasonable to assume that they wouldn’t have the time to read through huge amounts of economic data and […]
[PDF file]: […] of Thatcherism: taxes should be low and the state should be small (but must bail out the banks whenever their gambling backfires).73 ‘The posh boys’ – David Cameron, George Osborne and Nick Clegg, who led the coalition government from 2010 to 2015 – simply followed the kind of policies the IMF would have imposed […]
[PDF file]: […] to one of 4.3 per cent in 2010, before settling at a rate of between 2.5 and 3 per cent in subsequent years.3 British Prime Minister David Cameron hailed a ‘golden era’ in Anglo-Chinese relations, announcing in 2015 a ‘global comprehensive strategic partnership’ and trade deals worth £40 billion.4 Chinese investment became a common […]
[PDF file]: […] ominous? The recent decision of the new Conservative government to vigorously pursue allowing only English MPs to vote on laws affecting England (the important stuff) automatically gives Cameron a majority of one hundred and four. It will surely usher in a lengthy era of free market economics, low spending, low taxation and limited public […]
