Communism
3p per mile
It has been pointed out a few times that the November 2025 budget has many changes to taxes and rates but many don’t come in to effect until after the May elections. Are Labour running [more…]
Economics
Economics
Immigration, unemployment and publicity
When all else has failed, our great leaders and civil servants usually revert to telling us we need immigrants to ‘do the jobs the British won’t do’ (even when those jobs were only advertised abroad, [more…]
Economics
Rachel Reeves. Avoid
“I wasn’t born into this,” wailed Rachel Reeves, as she alternated between blaming misogyny and everyone else for the expectation-management debacle leading up to last Wednesday’s budget. Reeves even held an unprecedented press conference, pointing [more…]
Economics
UK Autumn Budget 2025 Summary
Tax and spend, tax and spend, tax and spend. © Swiss Bob 2025
Economics
“Sometimes, the only winning move is not to play”
This was the conclusion of the assessment of legendary investor Michael Burry regarding the current market conditions. To be precise, his take as recently posted on X, in full, was “Sometimes, we see bubbles. Sometimes, there [more…]
America
Putting Trump’s Proposed Two Thousand Dollar Rebate in Perspective
President Trump has proposed giving “each American” a check for two thousand dollars ($2,000). Well, not “each” American. Top earners will not be included, so instead of each of the three hundred and thirty three [more…]
Economics
Which taxes will go up
The good news is that the brothers and sisters in Labour are going to mount an effort to dislodge Keith. The bad news is that it ain’t gonna work. At least it will give us [more…]
Economics
Gold’s flashing warning: The end is nigh for fiat
Gold’s spectacular performance has drawn a lot of attention and invited endless analyses and commentaries. There are many theories out there as to why the yellow metal is surging like never before in modern memory, [more…]
Economics
Psychotic Political Denial
I have been observing a peculiar political phenomenon manifest itself over the last thirty five years. The deliberate systematic destruction of The West by the political, press & corporate elite. I restrict myself in this [more…]