The British political class is a farce and it’s astonishing that people tolerate it.

The massive flooding drowning Nigeria - a country the size of France and Germany combined - is devastating. 1.4 million people displaced, hundreds killed.

But what makes it worse?

It’s not even the worst climate event to hit Africa in 2022.

For that, you need to look east… 🧭

To my friends in the media:
This is a time of high drama, I agree. But while you gossip endlesly about who's in and who's out, you have almost entirely ignored the Public Order Bill that was passed in the Commons this week: the most draconian legislation of the modern era.

This is big news: commonsnetwork.org/2022/10/17/jas…

Simon Kuznets, the creator of GDP, nailed it in 1962: 'Distinctions must be kept in mind between quantity and quality of growth, between its costs and return, and between the short and the long term. Goals for more growth should specify more growth of what and for what.'