“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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Finance
Aditya Chakrabortty: A basic income for everyone? Yes, Finland shows it really can work
Universal Basic Income is, like Helicopter Money or a Green New Deal, held in contempt by the establishment: not practical, not possible, something for the loony left. In reality it is an idea being increasingly […]
EU politics
Chris Dillow: “The country”
Who is the nation? Chris Dillow, as so often, opens a door that we walk past every day and never ask what is behind it. Read here
EU politics
Thomas Piketty: Re-thinking the capital code
Thomas Piketty on the new French labour laws 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.