It's after midnight and very hot here (13 Aug 2024); I'm restless, and strangely, my thoughts drift to some Ukrainian topics I was reading about in the national press. I was unsure of their actual relationships and some definitions. Hence, these personal meanderings.

This document is a Consultation Paper issued jointly by the Bank of England and HM Treasury concerning the "digital pound." It seeks feedback on the policy and technical work undertaken so far to inform a future decision on whether or not to progress with building and launching a digital pound.

This speech, given by the British Conservative MP Enoch Powell in Nov 1968, was a response to his earlier "Rivers of Blood" speech (20 April 1968) in Birmingham. New Commonwealth immigrants from the West Indies, India, and Pakistan had been allowed to enter and settle freely in the UK.

I'm in a strange reflective mood today, and my thoughts are drawn back to 1968 and a Speech given by Enoch Powell at a Conservative Association meeting Birmingham - 20 April 1968. This was indeed a controversial political milestone...

In a new report, the World Economic Forum (WEF) states that 98 per cent of the world's central banks have agreed to implement the globalists' long-awaited fantasy of an entirely cashless world—that they control, of course.

This is an absolute must - Tucker Carlson interviews Vladimir Putin in Moscow - 06 Feb 2024 - Transcript. The interview is primarily about the war in progress, the war in Ukraine, how it started, what’s happening, and most pressingly, how it might end. This Transcript is an accurate record of the Interview.

The Bank of England (BoE) created the money for its quantitative easing (QE) programme by digitally creating central bank reserves. This process is often called “printing money,” although no physical money is printed. Instead, the BoE electronically generates the funds to purchase Government and Corporate Bonds.

Quantitative easing, commonly known as QE, is a monetary policy strategy central banks employ to boost the economy when conventional monetary measures are no longer effective. Is QE Just Printing Money? Does it work? Read on....

UK taxpayers face a significant financial burden as the Bank of England’s Quantitative Easing (QE) program, which involved buying bonds to support the economy during the economic crisis and the pandemic, has resulted in horrendous losses. These losses are estimated to range between £85 billion and £100 billion-plus. Due to an indemnity agreement between the BoE and the Treasury, the UK taxpayer will cover these losses.

With Joe Biden stepping down as the Democratic Party’s nominee for president, the field will open to other nominees for the November election. However, Biden has backed Vice President Kamala Harris, and other prominent Democrats have also rallied around her candidacy.