Whoops an economy

+Hard working people again. Strivers. They’re going to have to find a few more bob from next year if they travel to work by bus, as Starmer has announced the fare cap is to rise by 50% That could amount to an extra £10 a week, which in a  year will add up to between £300-£400. Is that not effectively a tax rise? Not to worry, Starmer has meanwhile told us that austerity will not return. I can’t wait for tomorrow’s budget to see how he’s figured that one out. I may have to overcome my aversion to daytime television to watch this latest version  of budgetary hoodwinking. As with everything with the science of economics, it’ll all boil down to hard facts and indisputable realities.
 
+The multiple stitch-ups in the Labour party candidate selection processes in the last parliamentary round established new standards of industrial sized political corruption. So I was relieved to find we are not alone in being victims of such shenanigans. An eye-opening account of similar activity comes from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada, where candidates are being chosen for next year’s Federal elections (in which it is predicted PM Trudeau’s Liberals will be trounced). On the face of it, the Liberal party’s candidate was sorted out in three days flat. For those of us who are interested in the actual workings of ‘democracy’ as opposed to its marketing, it’s well worth reading about at https://shrinkslessorsquare.ca