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Author: Josh Hamilton

How Quantitative Easing Created £375 Billion

Have you ever wondered what happened to the £375 billion, equivalent to £6,000 for every man, woman and child in the UK, created by the bank of England electronically? Maybe you didn’t even know that the Bank of England could do this, or that they ever had. Sounds suspiciously like a magic money…

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Chatter Episode 44 – Julian Jessop on What We Are Missing in Discussions About a ‘No Deal’ Brexit

Cheif Economist at the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA), Julian Jessop, was our guest on today’s show. The IEA have been at the centre of controversy over their proposals for a ‘no deal’ Brexit, where people have accused them of being too positive with their analysis of Britain’s prospects if we fail to…

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Brexit: A Depressing State Of Affairs

The single most depressing part about being 24 and living in the UK is the utter lack of regard for the potential damage that is being done to the British economy surrounding Brexit. I’m not convinced it was a good idea even if it had been implemented perfectly, with a well thought through…

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Chatter Episode 43 – Jackson Rawlings on How We Could Reform the UK Political System

Jackson Rawlings, the editor at The Politicalists, was our guest on today’s show. Today’s chat is a little more abstract than many of the discussions that we have been having of late, we got into a number of different discussions about the current state of British politics, the left-right divide, political polarisation, the…

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Chatter Episode 42 – Barney Scholes on Why Britain Deserves a People’s Vote on the Brexit Deal

Barney Scholes from the People’s Vote campaign was our guest on today’s show. Barney is the first of a series of interviews that we conducted in London surrounding Brexit, the People’s Vote, and a ‘No Deal’ scenario. We chatted all about the different justifications and arguments surrounding a vote on the final Brexit…

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Chatter Episode 41 – Christine Jardine on Being the Party of Remain and the Future of the Liberal Democrats

Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, Christine Jardine, was our guest on today’s show. We had a fantastic conversation about the current state of the Liberal Democrats, the party’s role in the Brexit process in Parliament (including the absence of Vince Cable and Tim Farron from votes on the latest round of amendments…

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