Politics

The Full Funding Rule

1 month ago
Since 1981, UK governments have followed an obscure Treasury rule that converts democratic spending decisions into private profit. The Full Funding Rule isn't legally binding, but it's constrained every Chancellor since Thatcher. What is it, why does it exist, and could we simply... stop following it?

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Your Country's Transformation Needs You!

2 months ago
Hands up who was aware of the UK National emergency briefing recently? Transformational change is required apparently!

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Why there's politics on a travel blog

3 months ago
Currently I'm reading a lot about degrowth, modern monetary theory, and how our current economic thinking has led us down some very wrong paths. So I thought I'd process all that by writing about it.

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Monumental Discoveries

2 years ago
The Bulgarians do like a monument, and they like them huge, concrete and on top of a very large hill!

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