The “Move Your Money” movement had a big win this week as the New Mexico House voted to move state funds from ‘too big too fail’ banks into local community banks and credit unions.
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Environment
Climate talks are doomed
Holding talks about reducing the so-called carbon emissions is akin to your doctors telling you to stop smoking or eating cheese; you probably won’t do it and not until you’ve had your first heart attack.
Political Cartoon
Carwyn Jones caption competition
It might amuse some of you to guess what Carwyn Jones is really thinking/saying in this photo.
Welsh Labour
Liebour rewrite history
This interesting video from Guido Fawkes sums up how NuLiebour are twisting historical facts in their party political broadcasts.
Opinion
Why we are in Afghanistan
The answer to, the rationale for ‘why we are in Afghanistan’ could come from reading fiction. In novels, thinkers can and often do express views and explore possible scenarios without risking a political position, personal reputation or career.
Welsh Politics
Fair, Unfair and Workfare
Blame the unemployed for unemployment. This is the basic principle behind New Labour’s proposals to reform welfare benefits. Failure to find employment is no longer the result of labour market conditions or health barriers to work, but rather a motivational failure on the part of the unemployed. If they have their way, New Labour will preside over the dismantling of the welfare state, which has existed in a recognisable form since the reforms which came out of the Beveridge report.
Opinion
Films and Politics
You can tell alot about the state of a political party by the film titles they evoke.
