Debate: Is there any merit to Labour’s ‘financial totalitarianism’ plans to tackle climate change? Q: Is there any merit to Labour’s ‘financial totalitarianism’ plans to tackle climate change? Yes – Angus Satow is co-founder of Labour for a Green New Deal. The free market is failing us. Despite enjoying free rein following Margaret Thatcher’s deregulation programme, the UK’s financial system has been completely unable to tackle the climate crisis. [...]
It’s Europe that will push for a conciliatory Brexit – because Britain holds all the aces A strong case can be made that the UK economy is in a unique position within the European Economic Area (EEA). Unique, because its membership is to the categorical financial benefit of all other members. Other countries gain either through exports to or via businesses located within Britain. Were the UK to be sent outside the [...]