Published on 21 September 2026
Introduction
It has become a new article-of-faith in the EU that Europe needs to reduce its dependence on Visa and Mastercard. This is justified in geo-political terms, on the supposed threat that the US President might decide to cut Europe off from the Visa and Mastercard systems.
The reverberation of this argument through […]
Published on 10th August 2026, reproducing an article written on 2nd April 2025
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Background
The enemy of the political Right is the nomenklatura – the extensive network of leftists appointed (by one another) for their political views, not for their competence, into the empire of patronage positions.
This is an […]
Published on 9th August 2026 and as previously published by Global Britain on 30th July 2026
Introduction
One of Keir Starmer’s final acts as Prime Minister was to commit the UK to participate in the EU’s €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan scheme. This is part of Labour’s EU Re-set – another part not mentioned in their General […]
Published on 5th August 2026
Have you noticed the new crop of financial institutions driving forward with headlong expansion in the North and Scotland under Labour, just as they did between 1997 and 2007?
From 1997 to 2007 it was the non-London banks and the major building societies, showing the sleepy laggards in the City how to […]
Published on 4th June 2026
Introduction
The John Lewis pension scheme was hit with major losses in 2022. This was largely due to its exposure to Liability-driven investments, or LDIs. Covering the losses sucked in all of its listed investments, leaving the fund essentially as a betting vehicle – will the residual assets return the discount rate […]
Published on 3rd June 2026
Introduction
Banner headlines on 28th-29th May announced a major milestone towards the creation of an EU Capital Markets Union.
Unfortunately it is little more than a statement of intent, and it will take years to complete even the small steps outlined.
Announcement
Euronews’ version was typical of the way in which events were reported:
https://www.euronews.com/business/2026/05/29/eus-six-largest-economies-push-for-capital-markets-union
The press […]
Published on 2nd June 2026
The consolidated scoresheet deriving from the analysis
Introduction
I recently made a presentation to a private business group in London entitled ‘Payment systems, the currencies they serve, and the prospects for de-dollarization’.
You can download the presentation here.
This was occasioned by various events and commentary: that several countries including Russia, China and India were […]
Likely ouput of the Rokos School
Published on 14 May 2026, and as previously published on 12 May 2026 by Conservative Post
Introduction
Cambridge University recently announced a donation of £190 million for the establishment of ‘The Rokos School of Government’.
Its published aims are to ‘prepare future leaders to be able to navigate the ever-more-challenging demands of both […]
Published on 21st April 2026
Introduction
The UK’s EU Rejoiners have been quick to celebrate the landslide victory of Peter Magyar’s Tisza Party in the recent Hungarian election, displacing Viktor Orban, his EU-sceptic predecessor and bête noire of all progressive humanity.
This celebration is part of the chorus line encouraging the current UK government to rejoin the EU, […]
Published on 16 April 2026
This is my letter published in the Daily Telegraph on 14 April 2026, about the Labour Party’s plans for the so-called ‘Reset’ of the UK’s relations with the EU.
The number of subjects involved in this Reset is so large, and the degree of movement back towards the terms applicable to EU […]