Tag: Economy

  • Margaret Thatcher and the Comfort of Relief

    Part I: – What Changed – and Why It Felt Right Britain did not arrive at the end of the 1970s on the brink of collapse. It arrived tired, frustrated, and increasingly doubtful of itself. Inflation had become part of everyday life, eroding wages in ways that were visible week by week rather than year…

  • The next 20–50 years: what the post-American-assumption world probably looks like

    If you zoom out far enough, the argument about whether this is “just Trump” stops being the central question. The deeper issue is that the post-1945 settlement depended on one condition: a US political class willing to pay to run the system (security, sea lanes, alliances, monetary architecture) because it judged the returns worth it.…

  • Why Britain Always Spends the Future

    North Sea oil was not a one-off mistake. It was a rehearsal. Once a country learns that windfalls can be consumed without obvious immediate penalty, the behaviour repeats. Britain’s modern history is a sequence of moments where capital was treated as income, and the future quietly paid the bill. This pattern predates oil and continues…

  • Britain: A Multi-Trillion-Pound Business Run by Amateurs

    How a once-serious nation became a masterclass in short-termism and mismanagement Introduction — Systemic, Cross-Party Failure The UK’s political crisis isn’t ideological — it’s operational. Every major party has taken turns running the country, and every one of them has left the same underlying problems untouched. The system isn’t failing because the “wrong team” won;…

  • Complex Sales vs Commodity Sales: Why They’re Two Different Worlds

    Most people think “sales is sales.” It isn’t.Selling a complex solution and selling a commodity are fundamentally different disciplines — different skills, timelines, psychology, and governance. Confusing the two is one of the biggest reasons otherwise promising businesses burn through cash and credibility. Commodity Sales: Linear and Price-Led In a commodity sale, the customer already…

  • The UK Ltd Accounts: Why Politics Barely Matters in the Balance Sheet

    Imagine if the UK were a private company. Each March it would publish its annual accounts, just like Tesco or BP. Analysts would pore over the numbers, investors (you and me, the taxpayers) would worry about the bottom line, and the board (the government of the day) would try to spin the story of “sustainable…

  • Stop the Boats? Sure. Just Tell Me What Happens Next.

    We hear it on repeat: “Stop the boats.” And on the surface, it makes sense. Who wouldn’t want borders under control? Who wouldn’t question a system that sees tens of thousands entering illegally while taxpayers fund the consequences? But here’s the part no one wants to talk about: What exactly do you expect to happen…

  • The Illusion of Affordability:

    How Cheap Money Created a False Economy Across the developed world, house prices have soared, consumer debt has exploded, and governments have spent as if tomorrow doesn’t matter. The result? A modern economy built not on productivity or savings, but on the illusion of affordability — powered by artificially low interest rates and the quiet…

  • The Growing Demand for Caregivers in South Africa

    South Africa faces a rapidly growing demand for trained caregivers due to an ageing population, rising chronic illness rates, and an underdeveloped formal care economy. This presents a significant opportunity for scalable, socially impactful caregiver training and placement models. The gap between available services and national needs is both urgent and expanding. Key Demand Drivers…