EU politics
Eurointelligence: Greece to expand golden visa business
First we had tweet from Yanis Varoufakis this morning: Then this article. What has become of Syriza? Read here
EU politics
EU politics
Andrew Dowling – The late arrival of right-wing populism to Catalonia and Spain
Spain appears to be in the midst of a major political transition and important political anniversaries are ante portas. After this article was written, there has been a meeting between the head of the social […]
EU politics
Politics Theory Other – Tom Mills on reforming the UK media
Tom Mills joins Politics Theory Other to discuss the problems of the UK media, the Labour Party leadership’s proposals for media reform, and the media class’s aversion to workplace democracy. Listen here
EU politics
Simon Wren-Lewis: Jeremy Corbyn and Balance
Simon Wren-Lewis who is not a corbynite, has long been an astute critic of British media. Once again he turns to his attention to how the British media incessantly trashes the Labour Party leader. Read […]
Corruption
Reuters: EU plan on bank money laundering pushes back action to next year
Once again the EU political elite demostrates its fealty to banks and corporations and protects their criminal activities. Read here
EU politics
Corporate Europe Observatory – Selmayrgate: Or why the Secretary-General job matters
As its authority in Brussels is being threatened, Germany is consolidating its control over the EU. Three of the EU´s four leading civil servants are now German. Angela Merkel has declared that a German, the […]
Austerity
Thiemo Fetzer – Had austerity not happened, Leave support could have been up to 10% lower
The UK’s coalition government, which entered power in 2010, adopted a policy of spending cuts in the aftermath of the financial crisis. As Thiemo Fetzer writes, the resulting ‘austerity shock’ had a clear political impact, […]
Economics
Geoff Tily: Working families aren’t ‘just about managing’ – they’re in danger of going under
Theresa May has achieved the extraordinary feat of turning UK households into deficit borrowers. Read here
EU politics
Yiannis Βaboulias: “Orientalising” Greece in the international press and how we’re missing the coming threat.
This is a pan-European problem, unfortunatley reported in a national perspective. Read here
Economics
Owen Jones: The mood has shifted – now Corbyn really can transform the economy
Encouraging after the political disgrace, which was the “anti-semitism in the Labour Party” is how the British public has reacted – in the polls and its ability to determine the poltical discourse. Being able to […]