Tag: china
-
The French used Madame Guillotine; you have got the 25th Amendment.
Let’s start with something depressing: he, being Donald J Trump, has 3 more years of his presidency unless an act of God intervenes. I do not believe in an interventionist God or, for that matter, in a God; however, 90% of deluded white evangelical Christians will be praying hard for him. Here are some reasons,…
-
Apologies, My End-of-Year Rant 2025
Once again, another embarrassing and tragic year for our species has passed. Firstly, let us start off with the genocide in Gaza, where the death toll passed 70,000, which includes 20,000 children and not yet counted the many thousands who remain under 50,000 tonnes of rubble. We have a ceasefire where all the October 7…
-
Kemi Kaze: taking a dive
Kemi Badenoch was supposed to be the next Maggie, though why you would appoint a new party leader to look and sound like a relic from political history is beyond me. She was elected largely because she was a breath of fresh air, which she delivered in that she has been full of fresh hot…
-
Economic vandalism or Insider Trading on a global scale?
It is clear there is a case to revisit globalisation, a system of trade that was underpinned by the desire of consumers in developed economies for cheap products like the £2.00 T-shirt and industrial products like steel. Investors saw the opportunity that cheaper labour costs meant more corporate profits, more corporate profits meant more dividends,…
-
The End Of Year Rant 2024
We leave 2024 with the world in turmoil and an unpredictable geo-political environment. We have the second coming in the form of the Donald, the arrival of Keir, whose lack of political antennae is worrying, Macron in trouble, unable to keep the right or the left content, and the upcoming German Federal election, which will…
The Gob 