Category Archives: Age of austerity

A Message from the Chancellor

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Matt

Hello everyone.   My name is George Osborne and I’m the Chancellor of the Exchequer.   It’s really a pleasure for me to show you round the new Britain that we have been building these last three years, in the … Continue reading →

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Stop saying they’re ‘out of touch’

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Matt

In recent years the expression ‘out of touch’ has one of the more meaningless clichés of modern politics.   It’s generally used as an indictment of governments and powerful institutions,  as the following random headlines illustrate: Rail fare rises show … Continue reading →

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The Cyprus bailout: as low as it gets?

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Matt

The Cyprus ‘bailout’ announcement marks a new threshold in the ongoing disgrace that we have come to label austerity.  For the first time, the European Union, the IMF and a national government have announced that a levy will be exacted on … Continue reading →

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Spain’s New Picaresque

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Matt

When the scandal broke out in Germany last week of neo-Nazi security guards working in an Amazon warehouse, I was interested to note how many of the bullied migrant workers there were Spaniards. One of them was a Spanish art teacher in her … Continue reading →

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