the poor man’s quincy

a few weeks ago I spotted a press release referring to operation nightshade which appeared to be a request from the MOD for uk industry to create a parts bin special mid range ballistic missile in a very short timescale and with an ability to ramp up production very quickly made only with UK parts

this article inadvertently explains why everyone around starmer just doesn’t understand what people were expecting from labour and why we are so angry 😡

chuggers as they are known down here - charity muggers

freedom of movement is the key I had hoped labour would make the blindingly obvious argument that a worker should not be restricted in where they can work while a billionaire hops from one tax boundary to another at their whim

the economy is still at zero growth last headline some while back when it “grew “ by the same margin was just as misleading

when you go to the 40 year graph you’ll see that the problem originates with the move to a service economy ordinary “wealth “ acquisition is no primarily a housing bubble that the next generation will inherit and only the single child family will benefit

put another way it’s been wriggling around inside its margin of error either side of zero the real story is that we haven’t had growth since the Brexit mongers took us out of the single market and customs union

everyone gets into power and realises that the lords are a great pile of excuses they can deploy at will