Economics
OTF (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Twelve
Introduction Debt means many things. You can owe money, or it can be to help out in the future in thanks when next required, for a favour now. Either way you are beholden to someone [more…]
Politics
Economics
The British people are politically homeless – Part II
Claudio Grass (CG): With everything that’s been going on, it could be argued that very few of Liz Truss’s predecessors had worse luck in their first month in office. The Queen’s death dominated international mainstream [more…]
Economics
OTF (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Eleven
After watching events over the last week – there is a case of doing away with voting and going straight to red-hot pokers. However, as a better people, we will endure to change the system [more…]
Economics
The Missing Factor in Liz Truss’ Economic Recovery Plan
Despite much anticipation the economic recovery plan proposed by Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, is missing one key ingredient that will ensure its failure–spending cuts. The new “temporary budget” presented by her Chancellor of [more…]
Economics
The British people are politically homeless – Part I
A lot has been said and written about Britain’s political and economic woes since Brexit, and even more so over the last two years. Overwhelmingly, mainstream media coverage has been negative and many of the [more…]
Health
Coronavirus – the first thousand days
The earliest stats on the coronavirus that I can find – numbers of cases and deaths – were recorded by John Hopkins university on 19th January 2020, with 204 cases and 3 deaths. There are [more…]
20th Century
Inquest on Aachen
On 27 October, 1944 my uncle John Alldridge reported from Aaachen for the Manchester Evening News. Six days previously, Aachen had become the first German city to be captured by the Western Allies. – Jerry [more…]
Democracy
OTF (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Ten
Introduction This article is a self-confessed flight of fancy and almost certainly impossible, but maybe can be a springboard to spark other ideas. We already have intellectual property rights for music etc etc. I propose [more…]
Authoritarianism
Evil beyond measure
Mrs R and I have a mutual friend of many years who knows both of us extremely well. For the sake of brevity, let us call her “A”. This came home when we were having [more…]