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The story is very familiar: millennials are struggling, and it is the fault of the Baby Boomers. As Yvonne Roberts put it in The Guardian, “The post-war generation, now retiring […]

Many people have the sense that our current system just isn’t working. The urgency of tackling climate change is becoming ever more obvious. Most people are poorer now than they […]

Brexit is complicated. There are only three options – no Brexit (Remain), Brexit with a deal and no-deal Brexit – but each option is flawed. Remain has economic attractions, but […]

Here is Mark E Thomas being interviewed by TalkRADIO’s Paul Ross. Paul found the book, “Fascinating and Inspirational”  

Opinions clearly vary. Professor Philip Alston, United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty commented of the UK, “14 million people, a fifth of the population, live in poverty. Four million […]

Even to ask the question seems absurd. We all know the answer: we have heard it so many times. As David Cameron put it, “To every mother, father, grandparent, uncle, […]

Boris Johnson has promised to usher in a new Golden Age. The UK, he says, will be “clean, green, prosperous, united, confident and ambitious.” The period from 1945-1980 was the […]

Our new Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is a big advocate of positive thinking. Indeed its power is at the heart of his plan to deliver Brexit, unite the country, defeat […]

Business guru Peter Fisk has posted this article about 99% on his Genius Works website.  It is a very good summary of what we are all about, so a great […]

The government is delighted with recent figures for employment. Employment Minister Alok Sharma commented, “Our pro-business policies have helped boost private sector employment by 3.8 million since 2010, and as […]