No sooner than the recent
fuss has diminished than a worse media fate awaits us. Yes it is the Party Conference Season,
usually a time to go to the cartoon channels for some sense and serious
political philosophy.
But all is not well and the
Telegraph today gives a ten point summary of some of the main things that the
doomsters are worried about. Each of
them is a problem. Add to that the
Baltic Dry Index and it is not looking good.
We have our leaders dealing
with the fallout from the Scottish vote, the conferences, the election
strategies, the Middle Eastern issues and some EU matters. Yet there are problems ahead that could
affect everything.
Where are the special
committees, groups of experts, action plans and the rest with whom they should
be involved that are monitoring the markets and institutions to keep up to date
and to work out the best means of dealing with what might unfold?
Is it all being left to
George Osborne, Vince Cable and sundry passing traders, banksters and oligarchs
in the night? With maybe some input from
the money pages of the Murdoch press or hot tips for personal Trusts by friends
in the know?
As well as these matters
there are a few other things going on that are being quietly disposed of while
attention is elsewhere. We do not know
and can only rely on the likes of "Private Eye" and a handful of
reliable internet sources for the scraps they can pick up.
Look for what is not there
and for what is in the spaces.
"a time to go to the cartoon channels for some sense and serious political philosophy."
ReplyDeleteThe Simpsons is my favourite although Grandson prefers SpongeBob Squarepants. I've told him it betrays a certain lack gravitas but he won't listen.