The Recession 1: Too Far Too Fast

Since the UK governing coalition was formed in 2010, the economical debate has centred around less spending VS more spending.

One side of the commons wants controlled austerity, whereas the other wants to keep borrowing to boost growth while risking the loss of our credit rating, which could lead to emergency austerity (and/or inflation), as currently being experienced by Spain, Italy, Ireland and Portugal.

Nobody likes cuts. Taxpayers in the private sector who have paid into the social system all their working lives, now find out that the services they have paid for will be cut, and public sector workers are hit with a combination of job losses, pay freezes and reduced pensions.

So far the debate has been presented to the public as a straight choice between the Coalition cuts agenda and the Labour anti-cuts agenda. But is there a secret third option? Is there really no way of balancing the budget without austerity measures.

This blog argues that it is possible to balance the budget without austerity and it is possible to boost growth without excessive spending.

The Back Door To A Federal Europe: A Short Timeline

Many people in Britain feel frustrated about the decisions taken in their name with regard to European integration. Here we explain briefly the main events in the history of the EU, and the amount of input that the peoples of Europe had in these events, in the pursuit of European Union.