The economy as it stands is a house of cards built on promises no one keeps but enough people believe.
I have never claimed to be an expert on anything but the moment you let the fate of something rest on the guess of how much it will cost if everything goes the way you think it will, when the other half of the room hope it goes the other way seems mad.
I am liking the BBC playing the large orange pant shitter at his own game and him hating it.
I hold all news outlets in the same regard, they sensationalise or ignore when it suits them and are there as Ad space more than anything for the most part. Clickbait. Clickbait. Clickbait. Traffic, Ads, REVENUE.
The cycle has kinda put me off most news sites/feeds.
I’m not seeing anything to go with the title there. Maybe OP missed a bit or we just don’t see what they see.
The government would have to take the hit and substitute the shares for bonds of equal or greater value. They should never lose value at least going forward.
They will run out of money altogether inside a year and cannot attract new investment at the moment.
They should not be paying any of the top level management at all, let alone paying them bonuses.
Nationalise the water, gas and electricity suppliers. Nationalise public transport, railways and buses especially. Sod shareholders and make the bloody things work properly and stay working.
When the founding fathers were around there were not a lot of people making it to those ages. Nature took care of it.
Not shown, the two homeless guys arguing over a bin bag of plastic bottles they want to cash in.
Bikes don’t stop for anyone in Amsterdam, the trams are great for getting around but as soon as you get off one you are in bike town and you need to pay attention to what’s going on around you.