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What then are we to become?
What then are we to become? According to Boris Johnson, the economic dislocation which appears to be gathering pace across the UK is merely “a period of adjustment after Brexit.” In Johnson’s formulation, those who would turn the clock back are tacitly in favour of the low-pay and poor working conditions which were encouraged when the UK […]
UK Tells People To Stop “Panic Buying” As “Winter Of Discontent” Fears Emerge
UK Tells People To Stop “Panic Buying” As “Winter Of Discontent” Fears Emerge UK politicians are in utter panic as similarities to the 1970s-style “winter of discontent” of shortages and socio-economic distress could rear its ugly head in the coming months, according to Reuters. A significant driver in what could very well be a hellacious winter […]
BP Prepares To Ration Gas At UK Service Stations Amid Supply Woes
BP Prepares To Ration Gas At UK Service Stations Amid Supply Woes Compounding the ongoing UK energy crisis is BP plc, a multinational oil and gas company, which said it plans to restrict deliveries of gasoline and diesel across its network of service stations in the country amid a truck driver shortage, according to ITV. ITV, citing a […]
UK: Food Shortages ‘Inevitable’ – “The real food crisis for food supplies starts now.”
UK: Food Shortages ‘Inevitable’ – “The real food crisis for food supplies starts now.” Industry experts are warning that food shortages are “inevitable” in the UK as crops rot without reaching retail. Imports of beef from the EU are to be cut 85% under Brexit, leaving Brits asking “Where’s the beef?” and seeing absurdly high […]
EU can shut off power supplies if UK tries to seize control of fish stocks, small print of deal reveals
EU can shut off power supplies if UK tries to seize control of fish stocks, small print of deal reveals Cables under Channel meet 8 per cent of demand – raising threat of higher prices and possible blackouts. The EU has secured the ability to shut off gas and electricity supplies if the UK tries to seize […]
Post-Brexit Agrochemical Apocalypse for the UK?
Post-Brexit Agrochemical Apocalypse for the UK? The British government, regulators and global agrochemical corporations are colluding with each other and are thus engaging in criminal behaviour. That’s the message put forward in a new report written by environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason and sent to the UK Environment Agency. It follows her January 2019 open letter […]
We Can Only Choose One: Our National Economy or Globalization
We Can Only Choose One: Our National Economy or Globalization The servitude of society to a globalized economy is generating extremes of insecurity, powerlessness and inequality. Does our economy serve our society, or does our society serve our economy, and by extension, those few who extract most of the economic benefits? It’s a question worth asking, […]
Finding our common ground and common purpose
Finding our common ground and common purpose We are living in extraordinary, stormy times. In the political sphere, a sixteen-year-old girl speaks truth to powerful global leaders in New York; in the UK, the Supreme Court finds our Government has acted unlawfully in the proroguing of Parliament. In spite of all the promises and declarations, the planet […]
Assange Is The Only One To Abide By The Law
Assange Is The Only One To Abide By The Law On October 21 2019, Brexit became an entirely irrelevant issue. Or perhaps we should say it had already become that, but on that date it was exposed for all to see that it was. The parading into a courtroom of Julian Assange in London was […]
Assange, Varoufakis, Brexit
Assange, Varoufakis, Brexit A friend of mine here in Athens, Greece, named Wayne Hall, who’s of Australian descent but moved here at about the time Napoleon headed for St. Petersburg, and works as a translator and language teacher, sent me a mail a few days ago that I thought was interesting. In particular, Wayne referred […]
Unsettled Weather
Unsettled Weather After leaving the Bahamas for dead, Hurricane Dorian barely grazed the US mainland en route to the Canadian shoals of oblivion, perhaps saving America’s insurance industry. But the steamy west coast of Africa is hurling out a cavalcade of replacements as the high season for Atlantic storms commences, so better keep the plywood […]
New World Order in Meltdown, But Russia Stronger Than Ever
New World Order in Meltdown, But Russia Stronger Than Ever Last week was full of portentous events. Only somebody who has not been awake for the last few years will fail to realize how these at first sight unconnected events are part of the same matrix. There was the ever louder talk in mainstream media […]
Brexit, Britain and the Permanent Crisis in the Gulf
Brexit, Britain and the Permanent Crisis in the Gulf What on Earth were the British politicians and officials thinking who gave the go-ahead for the seizure of the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 off Gibraltar on 4 July? Did they truly believe that the Iranians would not retaliate for what they see as a serious escalation in America’s […]
Politics and Algorithms
Politics and Algorithms It’s a development that has long been evident in continental Europe, and that has now arrived on the shores of the US and UK. It is the somewhat slow but very certain dissolution of long-existing political parties, organizations and groups. That’s what I was seeing during the Robert Mueller clown horror show […]
Blain’s Morning Porridge – 18th June 2019
Blain’s Morning Porridge – 18th June 2019 “Here’s to all the filthy money and where it went..” Happy Birthday David! Apologies for the lack of commentary y’day.. long, dull boring story involving the Isle of Wight Festival, transport hassles and a whiff of pot on a strike slowed train… So much to think and worry […]
