Trump. One word says it all.

+I have written on this blog (1st April) about the possibility of issuing bonds to help local economies. But they could help internationally too, so I’ve signed a letter to Angela Merkel which is doing the rounds ( https://openlettertomerkel.com/ ). I still remain a European whatever the Brexiteers think and there’s no reason to stop new ways of financing things (preferably green things) merely by asserting that they must be tied to just one existing institutional basis. If we have indeed left the EU then it’s time to start searching for new ways of co-operating with our closest neighbours.
 
+I listened to Trump this morning saying that disinfectant could be injected in people to stop Coronavirus. I wonder who I need to contact so that I can donate a litre bottle of Domestos for the President’s personal use. No need to inject, just drink it neat.
 
+I enjoy the occasional cigar, which makes me very bourgeois I know. I’m compensating for that by following David Harvey’s excellent lectures on Karl Marx’s Capital online. Lecture One has been watched over 900,000 times. I wonder if that’s the number of unique viewers, or repeat viewings by people who didn’t grasp it first time round, like Socialist Worker Party members. Anyway, back to the cigar. The last one took on the appearance of Jesus, so I think I should simply count my blessings. I had to smoke Him though. Which reminds me: some research is now being undertaken to see if smoking helps stem the virus. According to the Daily Record “Nicotine patches could be tested on patients and frontline workers after a study suggests that smokers could be less likely to catch  coronavirus.” Check out ‘smoking and coronavirus’ on Google. We’ll have to follow the science. I can’t wait for a similar story on alcohol.

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