Austerity: The Election Briefing With the launch of party manifestos and the TV Leaders debate, the Tories, Liberal Democrats and UKIP have promoted a number of myths about austerity which should be dispelled. In this short simple election briefing, we take Read more…
George Osborne’s latest Budget includes the threat to implement greater austerity measures in the next Parliament, than has been done in any single year to date. It is important to correctly identify this ferocious plan. The average annual change on Read more…
As opposition to austerity gathers momentum across Europe, there is evidence the same mood is taking hold in the UK. Political parties in Greece, Spain and Ireland – three of the countries suffering from the worst austerity measures – have Read more…
If the troika had been truly realistic, it would have acknowledged that it was demanding the impossible.
Syriza, just short of an overall majority, will now form a government with a firm mandate from the Greek electors to negotiate with the EU. European leaders need to respond positively.
For the first time in Europe since the global financial crisis began in 2008, voters have opted to challenge the rather cynical, hopeless mentality and policy-fix of the EU political elites.