Saturday, June 22, 2019

Economics and Corruption related links 062219


          
Citizens in Distress: The mental strain of a no-deal Brexit

Both right and left should fear the justified rage of Remainers: Pro-Europeans find themselves derided or ignored even as their numbers swell

Sixteen Million Rising - The UK's First "Grassroots" Pro-European Radio Show!  "You write the songs! You make the news! And we will be with EU, whatever..!"

Brexit would be a crying shame, says D-Day veteran

U.S. Requiring Social Media Information From Visa Applicants

Big tobacco secretly bankrolling anti-NHS think tank whose bosses donate thousands to Tory leadership contenders, an investigation reveals: British American Tobacco is funding the Institute of Economic Affairs, which has called for the NHS to be abolished, while previous funders include sugar and soft drinks companies

Denmark Moves to the Left as Nationalists Suffer Deep Losses

Collaborations, not tax breaks, are better for growth

Carole Cadwalladr keynote speech

pet hates toys

How Brexit Broke Britain and Revealed a Country at War With Itself

Britain’s wartime generation are almost as pro-EU as millennials

Workers With Disabilities Are Making Cents Per Hour — and It’s Legal

America's Real Economy: It Isn't Booming

Eight reasons Tory MPs keep getting it wrong: When it comes to Brexit, poor cognition is the curse of Britain’s governing class

Reaganomics killed America's middle class: This country's fate was sealed when our government slashed taxes on the rich back in 1980

Permission granted: 50s Women win historic case to judicial review on pension rights

Tory leadership: Jeremy Hunt's bid to be new party leader

EU view of Tory leadership candidates deeply critical, say sources: Boris Johnson viewed as Trump-like figure while Dominic Raab accused of ‘making things up’

TRUMP’S SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS US WILL INTERVENE TO STOP CORBYN BECOMING UK PRIME MINISTER, LEAKED TAPE REVEALS

Michel Barnier warns Tory leadership hopefuls that EU will never renegotiate Brexit agreement

Don't start pining for Theresa May: she was unspeakably dire and this disaster's on her

Brexit: Labour announce bid to block new Tory PM from suspending parliament to force through no-deal

ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ SAYS BIRTH CONTROL FOR WOMEN SHOULD BE FREE AND SOLD OVER-THE-COUNTER

More merry pranksters take the Tories' Electric Fool-Aid Acid Test: Andrea Leadsom, Mark Harper and Rory Stewart all trip up as they launch their leadership campaigns

UK suffers from shortage of seasonal fruit pickers this summer

Parliament faces 'mortal retribution' from voters if Brexit is blocked -Johnson

Boris Johnson Brexit plan difficult or impossible, says Philip Hammond: Chancellor casts doubt on viability of Tory leadership favourite’s promises

Clarke and Dawe - The Front Fell Off

Brexit: Leaked cabinet note admits UK not ready for no-deal exit on October 31, blowing hole in Boris Johnson leadership pledge: Building up adequate stockpiles of medicines for a no-deal Brexit will take ‘six to eight months’, leaked cabinet note says

High Time: Judy Wicks launches statewide nonprofit devoted to keeping hemp and cannabis local

Letter, 6/8: Medicaid delays defy voters' will

The Spectator

Think Corbyn is a ‘danger to Britain’? Here’s how you’ve been brainwashed

OK, everyone. I think it’s time I told my Boris Johnson story. It’s a story about the time as foreign secretary where Johnson committed a straightforward resigning offence, got caught out, then got away with it.

Bumboys, hot totty and piccaninnies: Boris Johnson's long record of sexist, homophobic and racist comments

Senior doctors accuse Government of deliberately underfunding NHS to accelerate privatisation plans: Department of Health says motion passed by BMA has ‘no relationship with reality’

Rory Bremner gave a hilariously accurate impression of Boris Johnson's campaign launch speech

Brexit: MPs may have missed last chance to stop future PM forcing through no deal, says senior Tory
‘I have really struggled very hard to think of every available opportunity and I can’t currently think of any more’

Levaquin Cipro Avelox Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic Toxicity FDA Pharmaceutical

Rory Stewart vows to ‘bring down’ Tory leadership rival Boris Johnson over no-deal Brexit threat: The international development secretary said MPs would set up parliament outside the Palace of Westminster if the frontrunner for PM tried to lock them out

Revealed: Climate change denier makes big donations to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt.  Tory hopefuls under fire for accepting cash from company linked to major ‘climate science denial’ group. Johnson has yet to declare the funding, ‘raising questions about who else is bankrolling him’.

The race to wield the no-deal scalpel

Boris Johnson is the Howard Hughes of this Tory leadership race: Courtiers are keeping Johnson from his subjects like a porphyric king they daren’t parade in public

Exclusive: Activists Threaten Wildcat Strikes If Boris Johnson Commits To No-Deal Brexit As PM.  "We will make the country ungovernable," say coalition of left-wing campaigners.

No deal is 'extremely serious' for Northern Ireland, warns Tory MP
Chair of MPs’ committee hears concerns from locals about Brexit and return to violence

Bernie Sanders Proposes New Economic Bill of Rights

Armed forces veterans are demand a second People's Vote on Brexit

Divided, pessimistic, angry: survey reveals bleak mood of pre-Brexit UK: ‘I can’t recall such despair,’ says top pollster, and 72% of population fear divisions will get worse

“If I said I had been a convict the British would probably have given me more respect” – a retired EU official reflects on Brexit, his relationship to the UK, and the future of Europe

Kenneth Clarke: ‘If there’s no other way you’ve got to bring the government down’: The Tory veteran talks of his dismay at the ‘fantasies’ of the leadership race and his fears if Boris Johnson becomes PM

New foreclosure crisis hitting after shady lenders targeted black seniors for reverse mortgages

Silence is golden as Boris's lectern wins Tory televised debate: Rory Stewart’s calculated weakness played to viewers at home, but the elephant in the room won the day

Private firms raking in millions as people forced to pay ‘extortionate’ fees to apply for UK status.  Exclusive: Immigration lawyers warn people eligible for UK status risk being ‘thrown into the hostile environment’ after visa system outsourced to French firm Sopra Steria

Flood of hard Brexiteers aims to change face of Tory party: Cabinet ministers who voted ‘remain’ have seen Eurosceptic membership increase in their constituencies

Have we learned nothing?

Travelling with your pet abroad will change after Brexit - these are the rules you should be aware of: A no-deal Brexit could cause chaos for pet owners

U.S. Debt Clock

Rededication of Chaplains Memorial in Medal of Honor Grove

CEO of JPMorgan — Which Gets $14B a Year in Handouts — Rails Against Socialism

Melinda Gates: Capitalism needs work, but it beats socialism and the US is ‘lucky’ to have it

'Shameful' Milestone: Congress Goes Record 3,615 Days Without Raising Federal Minimum Wage: "The federal minimum wage of $7.25/hr is a starvation wage. Every worker deserves a living wage of at least $15 an hour," tweeted Sen. Bernie Sanders

Amazon Led a Tax Rebellion. A Year Later, Seattle Is Gridlocked

West Virginia Republicans Are Still Trying to Punish Striking Teachers

London rough sleeping hits record high with 18% rise in 2018-19: Sadiq Khan blames crisis on welfare reforms and lack of investment in social housing

Bank of England keeps rates unchanged as it cuts growth forecast to zero: Prospect of no-deal Brexit blamed for dragging back UK economy as rate left at 0.75%

I know all about death warrants from my extensive training in the army, confirms Mark Francois

Dark side of reverse mortgage industry: Predatory lending hits seniors

July 11-13, 2019: Philadelphia

The Battle Between West Virginia Teachers and Republicans Is About to Get Ugly

Here's how Finland solved its homelessness problem

Only in America: Bankruptcy Due to Health Care Costs

Luxembourg Becomes First Country to Make All Public Transit Free

8-year-old living in homeless shelter wins New York chess championship: 'I want to be the youngest grandmaster'

The myth of a 10-year grace period, Brexit and trade talks with the EU: Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg was wrong about this but he’s never corrected his mistake, and the myth persists. What is the claim and why is it wrong?

New PM faces losing Commons confidence, Tory MPs warn: Recall of Chris Davies leaves Conservatives with working majority of just three MPs

ANALYSIS: How today’s Tory chaos could leave Boris Johnson without a majority as Prime Minister.  With one by-election guaranteed and potentially another on the cards, the Tories’ loosening hold on power could be removed altogether by the time their new leader is elected.

Brexit: Carney rejects Boris Johnson's no-deal trade claim: Bank of England governor says UK would be hit automatically by tariffs on exports to EU

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