Monthly Archives: July 2013
INTERLUDE – A MILITARY MATTER
Before I put up my proposed next post entitled ‘What Are We Supposed To Do About It?’, I felt moved to say something about a BBC News item I saw this evening. I know we can’t wind the clock back. However, when I was minded to join the armed forces (in the 1970s) and then […]
PUBLIC DEBT HEADING FOR STRATOSPHERE IF NHS NOT REFORMED
Today Jeremy Warner pointed out in the Daily Telegraph (link below) that unless the National Health Service is reformed, root and branch, then the UK’s national debt will hit 220% of GDP by 2062. It won’t get to that situation, of course, because as the economist Herbert Stein once said, “If something cannot go on forever, […]
OPTIMISM … AT LAST
A GUEST POST I’m delighted to present a guest post today, prepared by Carlos. You may recall that in my previous post (Almost Time to Look to the Positives) I made reference to Carlos and some of the views that he holds which (on the face of it, anyway) are quite contrary to my own. […]