A View from the Cheaper Seats @AVFTCS

Start early. Invest often. Retire rich. Nice story… if it was available to everyone My latest piece, on how the myth of discipline is really just capitalisms way of keeping you poor.👇 open.substack.com/pub/aviewfromt… #inequality #ukpolitics #economics

In Britain, the right to profit from land still beats the right to live on it. Land banking is locking people out of homes — and locking up our future. My latest essay on who owns the ground beneath our feet 👇 #ukpolitics #inequality open.substack.com/pub/aviewfromt…

Water’s a human right — unless there’s a dividend to be had. The latest View from the Cheaper Seats out now👇 open.substack.com/pub/aviewfromt… #inequality #ukpolitics #thameswater

What the UK could have had… A case study showing the difference and divergence of the UK and Norway since discovery of the oil field in the North Sea Check out the latest view from the Cheaper Seats👇 open.substack.com/pub/aviewfromt…

Nigel Farage’s latest crusade: crypto, conspiracy, and a dose of financial fetishism. Latest View from the Cheaper Seats out now. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/aviewfromt… #inequality #ukpolitics #farage

The Air India news is awful but not a surprise… I hope the shareholders of Boeing aren’t too disappointed with their stock drop in price

What can the #Boeing 737 Max disasters teach us about capitalism?

Everything’s going wrong and only Farage and crypto can save you. Or if that fails you can give him some more money. The latest view from the cheaper seats, Farage’s Financial Fetish 👇 open.substack.com/pub/aviewfromt… #inequality #ukpolitics

Nigel Farage is now flogging freedom in the shape of an online currency. Farage’s Financial Fetish ☕️ a View from the Cheaper Seats 👇 open.substack.com/pub/aviewfromt… #ukpolitics #inequality

"Capitalism makes thing more efficient" Also capitalism:

One of my heroes in economics, restacked me! @graceblakeley Is this what social mobility feels like? If you’re a fan of her like me, check out my latest coffee roundup: Lease and let Die: open.substack.com/pub/aviewfromt… #inequality #ukpolitics

Interesting Fact of the Day: If Robert Jenrick were to catch 50 fare dodgers a day, recouping £2.90 each time for the taxpayer, it would take him well over 1,000 years to recoup the amount the taxpayer lost when he helped a major Tory donor avoid a £45m tax bill back in 2020.

After 60 years of campaigning, the Chagossians have finally got their deal to return home But is this Decolonisation? Or just a rebrand? Lease and Let die, a View from the Cheaper Seats👇 open.substack.com/pub/aviewfromt… #ukinequality #ukpolitics

A huge step in de-colonisation? Or just ceremonial soft power? Latest coffee roundup ☕️ from the Cheaper Seats.👇 open.substack.com/pub/aviewfromt… #ukinequality #ukpolitics

Backing Crypto is backing speculation. Cutting taxes on Bitcoin profits rewards gambling. economies are built on industry, infrastructure and institutions, not speculative tokens #ukinequality #ukpolitics

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Backing Crypto is backing speculation. Cutting taxes on Bitcoin profits rewards gambling. economies are built on industry, infrastructure and institutions, not speculative tokens #ukinequality #ukpolitics

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'We are not embarrassed, we do not believe that net zero is a good policy for this country' - Former Reform UK adviser @Towler 'You should be embarrassed' - Deputy leader of the Green Party @ZackPolanski #PoliticsHub trib.al/ftpea6d 📺 Sky 501

Keir Starmer’s Labour is soft on wealth, shy about climate, and terrified of its own shadow. My latest View from the Cheaper Seat: Labour, But Make It Tory👇 open.substack.com/pub/aviewfromt… #ukinequality #ukpolitics

To counter the rise of Reform, trade unions need to be more bold on reconnecting with the working class. Now more than ever #ukinequality

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To counter the rise of Reform, trade unions need to be more bold on reconnecting with the working class. Now more than ever #ukinequality

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Keir Starmer didn’t move to the centre. He kept walking. Soon he will be waving at Suella Braverman. First of the Coffee Roundups from A View from the Cheaper Seats👇 open.substack.com/pub/aviewfromt… #ukinequality #ukpolitics

He said this in 2018, but this is exactly what is happening in the UK with the Labour Government and elsewhere