The SNP needs leaders who do not embrace neoliberalism taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/0… The new SNP leadership's dedication to profoundly conventional, neoliberal, thinking would be a major cause of concern for anyone who wants that country to move towards independence - because that…

Why we need to nationalise water youtu.be/80RqCyVqZIs?si… via YouTube Labour has now recognised it needs to nationalise railways. The case for nationalising water is even stronger.

Richard Murphy: Forbes or Swinney? Neither shows leadership on the economy thenational.scot/politics/24294… Scotland deserves something better than neoliberal politicians who want to balance the books.

Richard Murphy Currently 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿is short of 8000 GPs yet there are unemployed GPs

20% cut in GP Practice funding £/patient since 2016
Average 2016~£153 now £165/patient/year covering all services
2024 just a 2% ‘increase’ £3/patient

GPs leaving, unemployed, Practices closing, patients losing out

There is going to be no growth in the UK. Welcome to a world of Labour austerity and the resulting downward spiral of gloom and failure. taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/0…

Would you like to see your GP, or know that the government is restricting your access using cast-iron fiscal rules? taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/0… Thousands of former NHS GPs are now unemployed because the government says it cannot afford to pay them. Meanwhile, there is a massive…

Advertising is designed to make you miserable youtu.be/k8dh05aryZ4?si… It is intended to make us doubt our self-worth. Subtly, but persuasively, it tries to put us in debt. And all too often, what it's promoting does nothing for our well-being. So, shouldn't we be taking steps to…

Pragmatic approaches to taxing income from wealth more can always raise more money than a wealth tax taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/0… Wealth taxes seem like a great idea to those who have never had to work out how to collect them. Those who have done so know they are a potential…

Labour Party? Pull the other one…. taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/0… It's Workers Day, and so news has leaked that Labour is planning to backtrack on its plans to reinforce worker's rights. Labour's aim is to appease the business community. This really is now a Labour Party In Name Only…

Inflation always goes away youtu.be/WGv8BCrFWbM?si… If the Bank of England was to be believed the only reason inflation has gone away is because they have taken action to control it. But data since 1200 (that's 800+ years ago) shows that after a bout of inflation, prices always…

The US is tottering on the brink of becoming a fascist state taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/0… Trump has been fined for being in contempt of court, but that is his plan. He wants to bring US courts under his direct control, ending any veneer of democracy. Is the world ready for a fascist…

What if Labour win? taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/0… Labour’s only plan is to win the election. But, if it does so with a big majority, as expected, that is exactly when its problems will begin, and when left-of-centre ideas will be needed to get it out of the mess it might be in.

Tax does not pay for government spending youtu.be/xnYhGD7xNig?si… via YouTube

Why monopolies are harmful youtu.be/w9BDH-qS6NA?si… via YouTube Monopolies exist when one or a very few companies or organizations control a market and can exploit consumers as a result. The modern economy is riddled with monopolies, many of which are very powerful. Until…

Pensions are 'unsustainable', the NHS is 'unsustainable' and now disability benefits are 'unsustainable', or so we are told. What's really unsustainable is this Tory government.

Why monopolies are harmful youtu.be/w9BDH-qS6NA?si… via YouTube Monopolies exist when one or a very few companies or organizations control a market and can exploit consumers as a result. The modern economy is riddled with monopolies, many of which are very powerful. Until…

The mess that the SNP is in might be an opportunity for the independence movement to get its act together, but it might take time for that to become apparent taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/3… The Scottish independence cause was always going to be a long game. The SNP’s problems, as it…

Tax does not pay for government spending youtu.be/xnYhGD7xNig?si… via YouTube

Nationalising Thames Water will not in any way threaten the stability of UK financial markets taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/2… Treasury sourced rumours that financial markets that nationalising Thames Water might cause massive upset in UK financial markets are deliberate misinformation…

It really is time that politicians took note of modern monetary theory taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/04/2… Modern monetary theory is the only credible alternative economic theory challenging the neoliberal consensus right now. When that neoliberal consensus has so obviously failed, why…