The more you read of this story, the worse it gets

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It struck me that almost every seemingly intractable problem on today's front pages could be substantially alleviated simply by taxing the extraordinarily wealthy people and corporations whose greed, short-termism and pursuit of power we protect at the expense of almost everything else.

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Just in case the international kleptocratic alliance forgets to give him advance warning.

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🚨🚨 "Donald #Trump has sold out #Ukraine. He makes appeaser #Chamberlain looks like a man of iron-principle". Great piece by Simon Tisdall on the massive human cost and shattering of world-order caused by the shattering #trump betrayal. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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UK Chancellor announces £2bn Energy Wealth Fund after Jackdaw gas project. PR gesture. UK squandered North Sea wealth in tax cuts for corporations and the rich. Norway didn't, has $2.4 trillion sovereign fund. UK govts fight class wars, long-term neglected.

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