David Kauders
@davidkauders.bsky.social
Author of Reinventing Democracy, see sparklingbooks.com/rd.html
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This is one that needs to go viral regularly.
May 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is one that needs to go viral regularly.
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Weirdly, I wrote about yesterday's events in the Oval Office ONE WEEK BEFORE THEY HAPPENED.
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March 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Weirdly, I wrote about yesterday's events in the Oval Office ONE WEEK BEFORE THEY HAPPENED.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/russell-jo...
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30. Co-existence of centralised State and centralised media, lies travel quickly, questionable standards
31. Political donations
32. Infrastructure, e.g. HS2 and the third Heathrow runway
31. Political donations
32. Infrastructure, e.g. HS2 and the third Heathrow runway
February 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
30. Co-existence of centralised State and centralised media, lies travel quickly, questionable standards
31. Political donations
32. Infrastructure, e.g. HS2 and the third Heathrow runway
31. Political donations
32. Infrastructure, e.g. HS2 and the third Heathrow runway
21. The (reduced) commitment to the environment
22. The financial system limit – debt cannot expand to infinity, cost of private sector debt service is now an unrecognised drag on economic growth
23. The coming recession, partly caused by Trump
24. Britain's imperial delusions
22. The financial system limit – debt cannot expand to infinity, cost of private sector debt service is now an unrecognised drag on economic growth
23. The coming recession, partly caused by Trump
24. Britain's imperial delusions
February 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
21. The (reduced) commitment to the environment
22. The financial system limit – debt cannot expand to infinity, cost of private sector debt service is now an unrecognised drag on economic growth
23. The coming recession, partly caused by Trump
24. Britain's imperial delusions
22. The financial system limit – debt cannot expand to infinity, cost of private sector debt service is now an unrecognised drag on economic growth
23. The coming recession, partly caused by Trump
24. Britain's imperial delusions
12. Electorate gets to vote on one major issue every five years:
1997 New start with younger PM
2001/5 Let them carry on
2010 Austerity, but tax favours for the well-off, public service cuts for the many
2015 Aspiration
2017 Do we want radical socialism?
2019 Get Brexit done
2024 Get the Tories out
1997 New start with younger PM
2001/5 Let them carry on
2010 Austerity, but tax favours for the well-off, public service cuts for the many
2015 Aspiration
2017 Do we want radical socialism?
2019 Get Brexit done
2024 Get the Tories out
February 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
12. Electorate gets to vote on one major issue every five years:
1997 New start with younger PM
2001/5 Let them carry on
2010 Austerity, but tax favours for the well-off, public service cuts for the many
2015 Aspiration
2017 Do we want radical socialism?
2019 Get Brexit done
2024 Get the Tories out
1997 New start with younger PM
2001/5 Let them carry on
2010 Austerity, but tax favours for the well-off, public service cuts for the many
2015 Aspiration
2017 Do we want radical socialism?
2019 Get Brexit done
2024 Get the Tories out
This morning I made a hasty list of all that seems to be wrong with British political governance. Here it is, with overlaps and unstructured. Have I missed anything?
1. Mess caused by failed policies of austerity and Brexit
2. Starmer planning next GE around NHS, avoiding Farage in red wall seats
1. Mess caused by failed policies of austerity and Brexit
2. Starmer planning next GE around NHS, avoiding Farage in red wall seats
February 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This morning I made a hasty list of all that seems to be wrong with British political governance. Here it is, with overlaps and unstructured. Have I missed anything?
1. Mess caused by failed policies of austerity and Brexit
2. Starmer planning next GE around NHS, avoiding Farage in red wall seats
1. Mess caused by failed policies of austerity and Brexit
2. Starmer planning next GE around NHS, avoiding Farage in red wall seats
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When a government tells us, within the course of one week, that we can't have new hospitals but must have new runways, you know that it is not working on our behalf, but on behalf of economic power.
January 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When a government tells us, within the course of one week, that we can't have new hospitals but must have new runways, you know that it is not working on our behalf, but on behalf of economic power.
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Trickle-down is a trick.
January 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Trickle-down is a trick.
Labour want to push house prices up and saddle the young with more debt, from the Financial Times
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https://www.ft.com/content/8356a66d-b1ad-4a67-8c7d-e97f4acc0098
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January 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Labour want to push house prices up and saddle the young with more debt, from the Financial Times
t.co/UPCAAGrUEN
t.co/UPCAAGrUEN
Today's market action in NY is a revelation. The story is that a quarter million new jobs means interest rates must stay high.
US Treasury prices stayed steady but share prices fell steeply. If Treasuries stayed steady then they had already discounted an improving economy.
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US Treasury prices stayed steady but share prices fell steeply. If Treasuries stayed steady then they had already discounted an improving economy.
1/4
January 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Today's market action in NY is a revelation. The story is that a quarter million new jobs means interest rates must stay high.
US Treasury prices stayed steady but share prices fell steeply. If Treasuries stayed steady then they had already discounted an improving economy.
1/4
US Treasury prices stayed steady but share prices fell steeply. If Treasuries stayed steady then they had already discounted an improving economy.
1/4
The Bank of England should pause its quantitative tightening operations (selling Gilts to the market) until Gilt prices stabilise. Reeves is supposed to understand these things! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rachel Reeves must handle bond sell-off with care, but this is not a Truss-level event
Unlike 2022, bond markets have not been shocked, but the chancellor will know threat of a doom loop is not far away
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The Bank of England should pause its quantitative tightening operations (selling Gilts to the market) until Gilt prices stabilise. Reeves is supposed to understand these things! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Does BoJo have a secret way of training people? Every Conservative leader that has followed him served in his government and every one of them is utterly useless. E.g. the current leader repeatedly setting traps for herself.
January 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Does BoJo have a secret way of training people? Every Conservative leader that has followed him served in his government and every one of them is utterly useless. E.g. the current leader repeatedly setting traps for herself.
Westminster should be turned into a tourist attraction, like the War Rooms nearby. Federal government for defence, foreign affairs, common standards, in another city. Four nations sovereign in everything else. All parliaments unicameral sitting in round or horseshoe chambers.
January 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Westminster should be turned into a tourist attraction, like the War Rooms nearby. Federal government for defence, foreign affairs, common standards, in another city. Four nations sovereign in everything else. All parliaments unicameral sitting in round or horseshoe chambers.