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The approaching battle for the ‘soul’ of the E.U. ! Former IMF employee @B_Eichengreen provides important background on the coming conflict between Merkel’s ‘fiscal Conservatism’, and Macron’s ‘Jupertarian Politics’. Old Socialist comments, with a jaundiced eye!

@B_Eichengreen provides important background, or just call it speculation on his notion that there is a coming conflict between Merkel’s fiscal Conservatism and Macron’s ‘Jupertarian Politics’. Two politicians suffering from galloping hubris, to put it almost diplomatically. As the august … Continue reading

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Gideon Rachman ‘defends’ George Soros, or ass kissing reaches a new plateau! Old Socialist reports…

Is it surprising that Mr. Rachman, in his stirring defense of Mr. Soros, elides from his potted history Soros’ support of the 2014 Ukrainian Coup? He was one of many of its supporters, among them: NATO, the EU , The … Continue reading

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Lionel Barber returns to Oxford. Old Socialist ruminates on his address.

From the editor of The Financial Times, Mr. Barber, the readership, viewership last saw him chowing down in the FT Cafeteria! He,this time, considers the vexing question of ‘Fake News’ , simply put, propaganda. Some of Mr. Barber’s readership are … Continue reading

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At The Financial Times: Gillian Tett as Mueller Partisan, American Writer comments.

A report based on anonymous sources and gossip! Chatter, chatter, chatter! Some of  Ms.Tett’s readers recall her indispensable ‘A debt to history’ ,as one her very best and most important contributions to actual Journalism, yes in caps! Then there is … Continue reading

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@JananGanesh: from sangfroid to high dudgeon: on Rees-Mogg. Political Observer comments

What can be bothering our Tory Hipster? Or have I misidentified Mr. Ganesh? Is he rather a New Labour Hipster, an acolyte of Tony Blair? So many questions! Another consideration is that approaching deadline! Is Rees-Mogg’s Conservative position on same-sex … Continue reading

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Apple raises the price of the latest iPhone. Almost Marx comments

The editors of The Financial Times lack one of the essentials of Journalism, honesty! Customer Loyalty is being ‘tested’ according to the headline: call it by its real name whatever the traffic will bear! Apple’s price hike is predicated on … Continue reading

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Atlantic Council minion Elizabeth Braw, on the rewards of European conscription. Almost Marx scoffs!

Were else would the Financial Times turn to for advocacy/support for European wide ‘conscription’, another name for the ‘press gang’, than the Atlantic Council, the propaganda arm of NATO? https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/press-gang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Council Be sure of two things Ms. Braw, nor her … Continue reading

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Myra Breckenridge opines on the retirement of Graydon Carter from Vanity Fair

You have to give Mr. Carter credit for taking over the aging, and reportedly financially strapped Hollywood institution of Swifty Lazar’s annual Oscar Party, and making it his own. Although some of the Old Guard thought him an interloper, the … Continue reading

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My reply to @Kitanomaru

@Kitanomaru In your otherwise well argued reply, you seemed to have missed something:  ‘The current Conservative leadership is so incompetent, spineless and self-serving that they have made a return to a 1970’s style planned economy under Corbyn look like a … Continue reading

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janan.ganesh@ft.com The Brexit Melodrama,episode DCXII: The Specter of Decline! Old Socialist comments

Is Mr. Ganesh playing Tiresias or Cassandra in this episode of The Brexit Melodrama? I’ll assume that it is Tiresias, because Cassandra was fated to never to be believed. Because this is The Financial Times, I’m sure that Mr. Ganesh’s … Continue reading

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