There's certainly something about having an economy with the capacity to anticipate and adapt to change, but that's not easily captured in a sound bite and probably involves more, rather than less, international cooperation and diversification of supply chains.
Matt Goodwin In some parallel universe Britain is not hindering but helping America and Israel ensure that mad Islamists do not get nuclear weapons, is banning the Islamic Revolutionary Guards (and Muslim Brotherhood), is dramatically increasing spending on national defence, is shutting down pro-Iran vigils on British streets & university campuses, is refusing to hand our own territory to a close ally of China, is helping a growing international coalition tilt the Middle East back toward sanity, is putting our national interest ahead of Labour's woke sectarian interests, and is actually grasping the civilisational moment that we are in. Instead, we have Starmer, Hermer, and a Labour government that are openly betraying our closest allies, humiliating us on the world stage, and presiding over one of the biggest foreign policy blunders in history.
Matt's off on one. I'm getting really confused because I thought Trump claimed to have destroyed Iran's nuclear capabilities last June. And "woke sectarian interests" sound really bad 😬
That always seemed to me to be the problem with securonomics - you just can't insulate the economy from all shocks, nor is it clear that you should. If oil prices rise then we need to use less oil and preventing that delays the adjustment. Obvs there's a debate about how much is temporary/permanent
CFTC?
He continues to get an extraordinary amount of attention from the media, presumably because he can be relied on to say something stupid and/or outrageous.
It led to the breakdown of the post war Keynesian economic consensus and the rise of neoliberalism.
The name for this unfortunate condition is 'podcast brain'.
Governments are always unwise to pledge to do things that lie outside their control.
Rogue states can't be trusted with military power, especially things like nuclear weapons, because they may decide to use force irrationally - erratic leaders lashing out in a fit of pique.
WE can be trusted, we tell ourselves, because WE have regular processes to prevent such things.
That I don’t know but the unwillingness of the Republicans to constrain him suggests he could go quite a way. And there’s also the possibility that he simply declares them as unreliable and attempts to ignore them. This is the man behind January 6th.
By rigging them, if not finding a way to cancel them.
Today in words have no meaning
Sadly they’re not. It’s why I had to buy the magazine to convince myself that I wasn’t hallucinating. Unfortunately, I wasn’t.
I think that his behaviour gives a very strong signal about how he’s going to approach the mid term elections. At some point the Republicans are going to have to face up to the monster they’ve created before it consumes them as well. Perhaps they ought to look at the French Revolution 🤔
There is literally no limit to how much damage Trump could inflict on the global economy. He is driven by motives that are completely disconnected from the wellbeing of his own country, let alone the rest of the world. If he thinks it will help in November, he will bankrupt us all.
I keep going back to 1973/74 and the lasting impact that had on the world economy and politics in Britain. As now, people were initially quite sanguine that the fall out could be managed.
Full piece here
I’m ashamed of myself for helping fund Oakshott’s lifestyle ☹️
Reminds me of a comment that a Select Committee Chair made about one of my former bosses along the lines of “I’d suggest there was a conspiracy but knowing the official involved it was a cockup”
That’s one of the problems with Bluesky threads.
Game plan Trump is rapidly dismantling Xi's anti-America coalition GEOFFREY CAIN
It’s part of a masterplan which, unfortunately, also includes dismantling the pro America coalition built up since WW2. But 🤷♂️
Laws are for little people.
Using migration as a geo political tool is a form of hybrid warfare.
Certainly for Putin and US oil and fracking companies.
How did they get copyright clearance from all the studios? If they did, that’s almost more worrying than if they didn’t and went ahead anyway.
I think it is.
Sorry what now?
Of course. I don’t think we’re disagreeing. All I’m saying is that moving faster in one areas has implications elsewhere.
Which is why I’ve also combined insecurity with a lack of self confidence 🤷♂️
