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The Scottish Currency Group Q&A. All the answers you need. The Quick Guide to the new Scottish Currency. taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2021/09/1…
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It is bust! Just tell the whole lot they lost their money.
That shoddy deal belongs in the bin.
It’s barely changed from the deal ministers already rejected: creditors pay £1bn to dodge sewage and leakage fines until 2030, then cash out on the stock market.
Nothing screams ‘neoliberalism’ like privatised water. Thames Water is the key ng water back into public ownership.
Don’t fudge this.
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I remember when I lived in #Gaza just how devastating the rains were each November - and that was without almost an entire population sheltering in tents and under flimsy plastic sheeting!
Israel’s obstruction of all forms of shelter and aid is an atrocity!
Israel’s obstruction of all forms of shelter and aid is an atrocity!
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The very definition of bloody-mindedness. Central Banks are, so far, and so deep, into this orthodoxy that they can not step back and evaluate the evidence. Raising interest rates to tackle rising commodity prices fails every logical and analytical test.
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Bank of England RAISES rates to 4% for first time in 3 years
8-1 vote (with 1 vote for 0.5% rise)
Q3 GDP growth now forecast at 0.7%
Inflation set for 4.9% in spring
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Tim Rideout retweeted
The Bank of England has raised interest rates to 4%, supposedly to tackle inflation.
There is just one problem with this decision. The Bank knows that much of the inflation we are suffering is being driven by rising oil and energy prices, largely resulting from conflict in the Middle East.
It also knows that raising interest rates cannot reduce those prices.
So why is it doing this?
The answer is that the Bank believes it must suppress demand elsewhere in the economy to compensate for rising energy costs.
In other words, it is deliberately making mortgages more expensive, increasing business borrowing costs, discouraging investment and reducing household spending power.
And all this when people are already struggling with higher energy bills. That is problem number one.
There is, however, another problem. Higher interest rates increase costs for businesses, which can then feed through into higher prices. They can, in that case, add to inflation rather than reduce it.
The Bank is imposing economic pain to address a problem its chosen policy cannot directly solve.
That is not sound economic management. It is the consequence of an economic dogma that refuses to recognise the difference between inflation caused by excessive demand and inflation caused by supply shocks.
When will we learn?
There is just one problem with this decision. The Bank knows that much of the inflation we are suffering is being driven by rising oil and energy prices, largely resulting from conflict in the Middle East.
It also knows that raising interest rates cannot reduce those prices.
So why is it doing this?
The answer is that the Bank believes it must suppress demand elsewhere in the economy to compensate for rising energy costs.
In other words, it is deliberately making mortgages more expensive, increasing business borrowing costs, discouraging investment and reducing household spending power.
And all this when people are already struggling with higher energy bills. That is problem number one.
There is, however, another problem. Higher interest rates increase costs for businesses, which can then feed through into higher prices. They can, in that case, add to inflation rather than reduce it.
The Bank is imposing economic pain to address a problem its chosen policy cannot directly solve.
That is not sound economic management. It is the consequence of an economic dogma that refuses to recognise the difference between inflation caused by excessive demand and inflation caused by supply shocks.
When will we learn?
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Tells us a lot when @metpoliceuk post this as if it's something to be proud of! Mass arresting the old, blind & disabled how embarrassing! 🤦🏻♀️
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The extent to which Britain is willing to trash its legal system, international credibility, municipal governance systems, and reputation as a place of academic freedom — all the protect Israel’s genocide and suppress opposition towards that genocide, well, it still shocks me.
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The BBC interviewer asks Malm if he was "planning on expressing support for Palestine Action" -- I'm sorry, EVEN IF THAT WAS THE CASE, and we accept the law as it is, then are we denying entry for "imagined crime that might happen" – are we living in minority report?
"Where does it end?"
Andreas Malm is an academic & one of the world’s leading climate scholars. The Labour govt has just banned him from coming to the UK to speak at a public event and academic conference. Outrageous.
And we're still being told that Burnham represents change.
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Space feels a little emptier tonight.
For so many of us, Sir Patrick Stewart was the captain we grew up trusting. When Jean-Luc Picard stood up to speak, you listened. He could face down a warship, defend a stranger’s humanity or quietly admit he was wrong—and make every moment ar Trek its conscience as much as its commanding voice. Through Picard, he showed us that intelligence, compassion and courage belonged together in the captain’s chair.
And there was something rather special about a Yorkshire lad taking the bridge of the Enterprise and making the universe listen.
Thank you for the adventures, Sir Patrick. For the dignity, the warmth, and the belief that humanity might yet become something better.
The bridge is yours, Number One. Our captain has earned his rest.
Goodnight, Sir Patrick. And thank you. 🖖
For so many of us, Sir Patrick Stewart was the captain we grew up trusting. When Jean-Luc Picard stood up to speak, you listened. He could face down a warship, defend a stranger’s humanity or quietly admit he was wrong—and make every moment ar Trek its conscience as much as its commanding voice. Through Picard, he showed us that intelligence, compassion and courage belonged together in the captain’s chair.
And there was something rather special about a Yorkshire lad taking the bridge of the Enterprise and making the universe listen.
Thank you for the adventures, Sir Patrick. For the dignity, the warmth, and the belief that humanity might yet become something better.
The bridge is yours, Number One. Our captain has earned his rest.
Goodnight, Sir Patrick. And thank you. 🖖
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That is where the US constitution is hopeless. Impeachment means nothing as it is merely the prelude to a trial in the Senate. The whole process could take years.
If this is true, if the president plans to restart the war against Iran after the midterm elections, it is 100% an impeachable offense if it is not preceded by a direct authorization from Congress, or a congressional declaration of war against Iran.
Of course, President Trump has already done that twice, so he is already at grave risk of impeachment, with or without a Democratic majority in the House and Senate after next Tuesday’s election.
But I can categorically state that militarily, there is no chance that a renewed conflict could achieve any positive outcome for the United States, and almost certainly would lead to our devastation financially, militarily, and diplomatically.
President Trump will richly deserve impeachment and removal from office if he condemns us to this course of action.
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Chancellor John Healey just handed Ukraine another £10bn while British households are still choosing between heating and eating. Zelensky said it made his day. Millions of people across Britain who are struggling with the cost of living crisis are still waiting for theirs.
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Perhaps you should read the Laurentjoye Report before you show us all you are an ignorant idiot?
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It is never a problem to find money for wars!
If my math is correct @JohnHealey_MP and @andyburnham could have given every UK household £344 in cash this winter using the funds they've set aside to flush into the abyss that is Ukraine.
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Just out of interest for all the folk that think the UK is such a safe ship and not at all like the Titanic:
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Scottish independence could transform mortgages and pensions in Scotland thenational.scot/politics/26668… Me in the @ScotNational this morning.
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SNP would be extremely foolish to ignore a report by currency expert, Professor Thibault Laurentjoye, which recommends Scotland should use it’s own currency on day one of independence. #ScottishCurrency #JohnSwinney #SNP #Scotland #Politics #News4Scotland #TheScotlandChannel
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That is the Scottish Currency Group Conference 2026 with over 100 attendees now registered. Prof Laurentjoye and I are about to collect the Reports (160 pages) from the printer. …ference-2026-tickets.eventbrite.co.uk
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Report on the Scottish Currency Group Conference on the Scotland Channel. youtube.com/shorts/dgJbS3Z…
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There is still time to get a ticket for the SCG Conference 2026 in Dunfermline on Saturday 24th October. …ference-2026-tickets.eventbrite.co.uk
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