By Steve Parkhurst, Senior Editor, USDR.
Looking at the news and opinion out of London each day.
11-17-19
Boris: ‘Every Tory election candidate has pledged to back my Brexit deal’
Boris Johnson today reveals that every Conservative parliamentary candidate has personally pledged to vote his Brexit deal through the House of Commons if he wins a majority.
Socialism in the UK
Yesterday I pointed out that borrowing too much, spending too much and nationalising too much had wrecked the current day Venezuelan economy. Some wrote in to say it would be different in the UK if a Labour government tried the same here.
11-16-19
How Corbyn got his broadband nationalisation numbers wrong – by a factor of three
John McDonnell today explained that the broadband nationalisation plans are perfectly affordable – upkeep costs would just be £230m a year. This was based on a report from the National Infrastructure Commission.
11-14-19
More jobs and lower inflation
This week has brought good news that unemployment is at a 45 year low. Although slowing, the economy is still generating additional new full time jobs. Pay is rising at 3.6%, usefully faster than price rises at 1.5%.
11-13-19
The reason Jews are scared of a Corbyn government
Over the last four years evidence of Labour’s institutional racism has been overwhelming.
11-12-19
Public and private sectors
Some contributors seem to think the public sector cannot add to national output or incomes. This is not true in either accounting or real terms.
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Across The Pond is edited daily by Steve Parkhurst. Steve is a political consultant, a baseball beat writer, a writer at his blog as well as a Senior Editor here at US Daily Review. Follow Steve on Twitter @SteveParkhurst
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