“As another vote looms amid the pantomime of Westminster, the core issues behind leave’s win have been ignored. ”
The lessons of austerity and neo-liberalism is being forcefully ignored by those who profit from it.
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Economics
Ashoka Mody: The euro area’s deepening political divide
An excellent analysis of what is currently going wrong in the Eurozone – about which the Euro-elite is in denial. Reality is however catching up with them as Ashoka Mody explains. Read here
EU politics
Herman Michiel: The European Left and Brexit
Hermann Michiel asks why the so-called leftist parties in the EU parliament are so close to the leading neo-liberals in their vision of Brexit. Read here
Economics
Positive Money: UK consumer credit approaches 2008 peak
We have been here before. To keep the economy too much money has been leant to those who cannot repay their debts. It does not take much imagination to guess what follows. Read here
A magnificent commentary.
Second referendum? Just watch the Labour vote tank as the betrayal hits home, leaving the field for another disgusting Tory victory. The Labour Party is a cowardly disgrace. Playing political games just to pander to the Parliamentary Party and Metropolitan young meritocrats is an insult to ordinary working people. Let’s take the straightforward option (rightly favoured by Redwood, even if his overall politics is somewhat clinical and objectionable): get out cleanly and get on with fighting for the things that matter to real lives, including the one that threatens everyone – climate catastrophe.