EU politics
BBC: Spain sexual assault: US issues security alert over rise in reported cases
Radical ise in state terror, in fascist activities, and sexual assault. Spain, another showcase EU nation. Read here Getty Images
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EU politics
BBC – Poland election: Governing party claims victory after exit poll
Our author Aleks Szcerbiak explained almost four weeks ago why the PIS party has been so successful here. The answer is simple: anti-austerity by redistributing wealth from the metropolitan professional elite and corporations to lower […]
Climate Crisis
BBC: Britain – Heathrow drone protest: Five arrested over planned disruption
When the police step in in this fashion you know you have hit a nerve. Read here
Corruption
BBC – The Romanian forest that’s disappearing
Romania: Rampant corruption, building cheap cars for Renault, exporting cheap labour to Western Europe, destroying its environment. Another EU success story. Watch here
Corruption
BBC: Romania protests: Thousands hold fresh rallies after clashes
Romania is an EU member state. And yes, these are Social Democrats and Liberals, both considered excessively corrupt, members respectively of the social democratic Party of European Socialists and Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for […]
EU politics
BBC: UK Hauliers in compensation claim for overpriced trucks
We have repeatedly referred to the cartels – An association of companies obtaining the total control over a market. These are nothing less than trans-European monopolies – endemic to the EU. The interesting aspect of […]
Economics
BBC – How Economists Forgot Housework
A good report concerning feminist economics. Listen here
EU politics
Good Journalism – BBC’s Andrew Neil challenges minister to defend Corbyn spy ‘smears
Yes, it still exists: Hard-hitting, persistent, methodic confrontation of politicians by journalists.
Economics
BBC – Shaking the Magic Money Trees
There is a magic money tree! Governments need neither tax nor borrow to spend. They can create money – and lots of it. £435 billion was created for quantitative easing in Britain. Listen here
Finance
BBC: NHS overcharged by millions for key drug, says watchdog
The British authroities said that last year the NHS spent £34m on its drug, liothyronine made by the drug company Concordia, up from about £600,000 in 2006.The amount the NHS paid per pack rose from […]