Monthly Archives: October 2022

Make America Greet Again

Posted on October 30, 2022 by davidsberry

Because of a summer of political discord across the UK, our media has paid its usual scant attention to the imminent Mid-Term elections in the US. Id, as seems likely, the Republicans re-take control in the House. Not only will … Continue reading →

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Desert Island Dosh

Posted on October 24, 2022 by davidsberry

“Offshore is not only a place, an idea, a weapon of the finance industry it is also a process, a race to the bottom to where the rules laws and outward signs of democracy are worn away.”. —Nicholas Shackson This … Continue reading →

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In Truss We God—3

Posted on October 5, 2022 by davidsberry

Not Just Straws—Whole Haystacks in the Wind If Ms Truss believes what she has set out in three short weeks to be her doctrinal destiny, she should consider how deep the swamp of unpopularity is to which it leads:  While … Continue reading →

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In Truss We God—2

Posted on October 4, 2022 by davidsberry

No’ Sae Green As We’re Cabbage-Lookin’ “I have never seen the shine come off a new government as quickly as it has here.” —Channel 4 Political Editor at the Tory Conference, Oct. 3rd 2022 As a measure of the fiscal … Continue reading →

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In Truss We God—1

Posted on October 3, 2022 by davidsberry

The late Queen’s last state act in seven decades of many state acts was to ask Liz Truss to (re)form a Conservative government. While Boris managed to have a high international profile (and not always for the right reasons), Liz … Continue reading →

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Union Myth-take 1

Posted on October 2, 2022 by davidsberry

(This bog was originally published in June, but for reasons best known to WordPress, has since disappeared.) “UK Has the Fastest Growth in the G7.” —Prime Minister Boris Johnson Brexit bred much uncertainty, adding to the constraints of life under … Continue reading →

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