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Chatter #58 – Peter Reynolds on CLEAR and the Campaign For Cannabis Law Reform

By Josh Hamilton May 21, 2020May 21, 2020

Peter Reynolds, the President of CLEAR Cannabis Law Reform was our guest on today’s show. CLEAR have been campaigning for years to try to get the government to reform the way we treat cannabis. Momentum has been gaining over the past few years in this area. More than half of the states in America have […]

Tatton Spiller on the Growth of Simple Politics and the UK’s Pandemic Response

By Josh Hamilton May 19, 2020May 19, 2020

Tatton Spiller of Simple Politics was our guest on today’s show. This is Tatton’s second appearance on the podcast – you’ll find a link to the original episode below. Simple Politics was created to help explain the world of politics to those who don’t know the difference between common law and the House of Commons. […]

MMT It’s Time To Face The Music

By Josh Hamilton May 18, 2020May 18, 2020

Over the past few decades and increasingly more so in recent years, there has been a new economic school of thought emerging on the left: Modern Monetary Theory, or MMT. The idea has been supported by Stephanie Kelton (a former advisor to Bernie Sanders) and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez in the US and John McDonnell in […]

Chatter #56 – Robyn Vinter on the Business of Running an Indie News Site

By Josh Hamilton May 14, 2020May 14, 2020

Robyn Vinter, the founder and editor of The Overtake, an independent news and commentary site. For anyone interested in the ins and outs of running a media company, especially an independent one. We got into the economics of independent media, the different ways in which they have funded the site since it’s conception and Robyn […]

So, How Do We Pay For All This?

By Josh Hamilton May 13, 2020May 13, 2020

Since the UK went into lockdown, the UK economy shrank by almost 6%, the chancellor has announced tens of billions in public spending to prop up businesses, and we are currently losing an estimated £2.4 billion everyday in economic activity. This isn’t a UK based phenomenon, almost every major government in every major economy has […]

The Corona Timeline

By Josh Hamilton May 12, 2020May 12, 2020

We’ll be updating this periodically, and expanding it’s scope! December 31st China alerts WHO to new virus. January 23rd Study reveals a third of China’s patients require intensive care. January 24th Boris Johnson misses first Cobra meeting. January 29th Boris Johnson misses second Cobra meeting. January 31st The NHS declares first ever ‘Level 4 critical […]

Chatter #58 – Peter Reynolds on CLEAR and the Campaign For Cannabis Law Reform