The Bank of England – off-the-leash and now off-the-wall as well

From Global Britain website

Global Britain has published a pamphlet written by Lyddon Consulting on how recent events have moved the Bank of England beyond any democratic control. The Bank’s ‘Britcoin’ project – for the introduction of a UK Central Bank Digital Currency – demonstrates the Bank of England independence – from us and from our […]

Digital payment failures – we need a viable face-to-face banking model

Our recent research paper on Britcoin examined several of the failures in the digital payments industry that have gone unresolved.

The paper is entitled ‘CAPTURE – BigTech and Digital Payment Giants dominate the committees evaluating the replacement of physical cash with ‘Britcoin’ – a UK ‘Central Bank Digital Currency’’.You can find a click-through to the full paper here:http://www.lyddonconsulting.com/capture-a-major-new-paper-on-the-committees-considering-a-uk-central-bank-digital-currency/

The digital payments industry seems to enjoy the […]

Plans for a UK-crypto, just when real crypto is dying, show a coup d’état has occurred

Introduction

Plans to introduce Britcoin, a UK Central Bank Digital Currency or CBDC, must continue apace, according to the nation’s second-in-command, Deputy Governor Sir Jon Cunliffe from the Bank of England. The awkward death of real crypto cannot be permitted to upset the Bank’s applecart, and reality and the opinions of the population do not matter […]

Mr Sunak’s ‘Spring Statement’ – a man without a fallback

Government announcement of the Spring Statement CASHBACK

Mr Sunak’s Spring Statement was far less impressive than his rhetoric has made it appear. Once again a senior member of this administration reaches a Gold Standard in rhetoric, but at best a Bronze one in achievement. The claim does not stand up to examination that these were the […]

There’s a cost-of-living crisis but hey, let’s save football clubs at taxpayers’ expense?!?

First published on brexit-watch.org

Doubts have recently been raised about the financial competence of those who manage the national finances on behalf of all of us. The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has – belatedly some would say – come under fire for the losses to fraud through his Bounce Back Loans scheme: the losses have been estimated […]