Thoughts on next week's Battle of Brussels, Starmer's dangerous dithering, how Ireland's neutrality is costing it friends, can Europe break the Chinese siege, and why we are past peak human
Just ghastly! Tell me Simon..how do you sleep at night! Rise and Fall of Homo Sapiens too as Xmas or your bedtime reading? And you're so chilled about it?
First, Germany decided to kill competitiveness of its manufacturing. Now EU decided to kill its international financial sector. Setting up great precedent and going from strength to strength.
We don’t get to see great power committing unforced suicide, it hasn’t happen in 40 years. Once a generation event. 🚬
This a very meaty — very good context by which to judge the coming week’s deliberations in Brussels. Not to mention Ireland’s predicament and so on.
Really, a highly informative and wide ranging summary of key issues.
Yikes. Almost wish I was still in the dark.
thank you!
Just ghastly! Tell me Simon..how do you sleep at night! Rise and Fall of Homo Sapiens too as Xmas or your bedtime reading? And you're so chilled about it?
Fortunately the fall of homo sapiens is sufficiently far off that I can cross that off my list of immediate worries!
I'm still wondering how us being the 2nd biggest buyer of US debt influences any decisions UK will make?..
Great overview of some of the big issues!
Thanks Erik. I shall try to inject a bit of your optimism into my next post!
Thank you Simon, invaluable as always.
thanks Spyros.
First, Germany decided to kill competitiveness of its manufacturing. Now EU decided to kill its international financial sector. Setting up great precedent and going from strength to strength.
We don’t get to see great power committing unforced suicide, it hasn’t happen in 40 years. Once a generation event. 🚬