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Upcoming British Legislation Could Jail Journos for 14 Years
Upcoming British Legislation Could Jail Journos for 14 Years Business Arrow Policy Planned Espionage Act could jail journos and whistleblowers as spies … Proposals in the UK for a swingeing new Espionage Act that could jail journalists as spies have been developed in haste by legal advisors, The Register has learned. The proposed law update […]
From New World Order to Hazy Global Disorder
From New World Order to Hazy Global Disorder The Donald Trump administration and the Brexit severance of ties between the United Kingdom and the European Union have, in a matter of a little over a half year, changed the world from a post-Cold War «new world order» based on American supremacy to a global «disorder» […]
“The System Simply Isn’t Working” – Hugh Hendry Warns Of 1930s-Style “Dramatic Fulcrum Point” In Europe
“The System Simply Isn’t Working” – Hugh Hendry Warns Of 1930s-Style “Dramatic Fulcrum Point” In Europe Having warned in Q1 of the possibility of a China-devaluation-driven collapse in to a “Mad Max” world, Eclectica’s Hugh Hendry lays out the next steps and catalysts for ‘change’… Via ValueWalk.com, We believe we are approaching a dramatic fulcrum point […]
China Is Cracking Down On Shadow Banking, But One European Country Is Encouraging It
China Is Cracking Down On Shadow Banking, But One European Country Is Encouraging It When you hear about Shadow Banking, most people still associate it with dodgy Chinese schemes where more and more financial transactions were conducted outside of the normal and regulated banking system. In a previous column, we already briefly discussed how the Chinese […]
10 Years (Or Less): Orwell’s Vision Coming True
10 Years (Or Less): Orwell’s Vision Coming True In the wake of all of the Brexit vote, a chilling blurb made headlines and it went largely unnoticed and uncommented upon. The line was couched within comments made by Boris Titov, an economic policy maker for Russia’s Kremlin. Actually all of the following merits attention, but […]
Here We Go Again——August 2007 Redux
Here We Go Again——August 2007 Redux Nearly everywhere on the planet the giant financial bubbles created by the central banks during the last two decades are fracturing. The latest examples are the crashing bank stocks in Italy and elsewhere in Europe and the sudden trading suspensions by three UK commercial property funds. If this is […]
Thoughts on the Media and the EU Referendum 190
Thoughts on the Media and the EU Referendum 190 Al Jazeera’s Listening Post programme on the EU referendum media coverage was just broadcast. They only used about 5% of what they recorded of me, split into four soundbites to fit their format. I think the much more interesting points I made were not used at all. […]
Are We Living In “A Riskless World”, Deutsche Asks
Are We Living In “A Riskless World”, Deutsche Asks Two weeks ago, when looking at the performance of bank stocks, Deutsche Bank’s Oleg Melentyev noticed that the ongoing collapse in US bank stocks relative to the change in the S&P from all time highs was starting to hint at patterns last seen just before the […]
ANALYSIS: Brexit vote a sign U.K. ‘longing for a time and place that never was’
ANALYSIS: Brexit vote a sign U.K. ‘longing for a time and place that never was’ ‘Free movement of people is a major point of European integration,’ says political scientist European Union leaders said Friday that the U.K. should begin the process of leaving the EU as soon as possible. It’s expected that some countries will take […]
The consequences of leaving the party
The consequences of leaving the party The collective decision of the British electorate is to reject the recommendation of its government, excepting those of its few dissenting ministers, that Britain should remain in Europe. It is a signal failure of government policy. Above all, it is a failure that undermines the state’s control over ordinary […]
Another Stern Stock Market Crash Warning Was Just Issued by the IMF
Another Stern Stock Market Crash Warning Was Just Issued by the IMF Another stern stock market crash warning was just issued from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and it’s fueling fear across global markets. The IMF, an organization of 189 countries, is worried about the ripple effects should the United Kingdom vote to leave the European Union […]
NATO Announces War Policy Against Russia
NATO Announces War Policy Against Russia On May 18th, Britain’s Guardian headlined “West and Russia on course for war, says ex-Nato deputy commander” and reported that the former deputy commander of NATO, the former British general Sir Alexander Richard Shirreff (who was Supreme Allied Commander in Europe from 2011-2014), expressed outrage that Britain isn’t urgently preparing for war against Russia, and […]
Gold is the spectre haunting our monetary system
Gold is the spectre haunting our monetary system A scramble for gold has begun as central banks bet against US dollar inflation CREDIT:ALAMY For a century, elites have worked to eliminate monetary gold, both physically and ideologically. This began in 1914, with the UK’s entry into the First World War. The Bank of England wanted […]
UK Oil Industry At The “Edge Of A Chasm”
UK Oil Industry At The “Edge Of A Chasm” Oil production from the North Sea could plummet over the next decade, an outcome that will largely result from the inability of oil companies to invest in upstream exploration today. Oil & Gas UK, an industry trade group, said in a new report that the North Sea is […]
The Public Is Being Looted By Privatization And Deregulation
The Public Is Being Looted By Privatization And Deregulation The privatization movement and the deregulation movement have turned out to be failures. Privatization in Britain under the Thatcher government had its origin in the belief that the absence of incentivized managers and shareholders with a stake in the bottom line resulted in nationalized companies operating […]
