Funding the Future

The National Audit Office has issued a report this morning that says: The UK food supply chain faces a wide range of risks that can cause disruption. These include 'acute risks' - events requiring an emergency response - such as extreme weather, cyber-att

I received an email from energy expert Mike Parr this week that should worry anyone concerned about Europe's political future. Mike, of course, comments here regularly. He told me: Natural Gas price @ Rotterdam TTF right now: €73/MWh. It was in the range

The FT reported this morning that: Nigel Farage has been implicated in an undercover sting that alleges that his Reform UK party knowingly sought illegal funding from overseas. They added: Channel 4 News broadcast a 30-minute film on Thursday night, with

October has an extraordinary history of sudden financial crashes. Six of the eight largest falls in Dow Jones history happened in October, including 1929, 1987, 1997 and 2008. Couple that fact with Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey warning this week

Yesterday and this morning, I noted the FT's view that the poorest in our society must suffer an income loss to fund the interest they think is rightfully due to savers during these stressful times for the wealthy. This morning, The Telegraph notes that K

I read an interesting Substack this morning by Stephen Kinsella, a professor of economics at the University of Limerick. He argues that AI wealth is beginning to reshape philanthropy, but it may also reshape economics. The argument is that the resources n

I feel like I should apologise for the absence of both new infographics and Debate Ammunition on videos this week, and offer an explanation. We have been working like fury. Tom is taking some holiday next week, and the consequence is that we have been mak

Today marks the 87th anniversary of World War II's outbreak. Personally, I remember 3 September for a different reason, since I was not around, unlike many in this country - most of whom support either Reform or Restore - who seem to think they were, in 1

Why should pensioners and people dependent on social security pay the price when bond investors demand higher returns? That is the question raised by the latest turmoil in government bond markets. The Financial Times argues that governments should heed th

The Telegraph says in an email this morning that: Andy Burnham's Commons debut as Prime Minister yesterday was overshadowed by a market rout that sent borrowing costs to their highest in decades. This, of course, is not true. The rise in interest rates wa