War

Farmers and houses and the Chancellor title image

Farming, Building and Bombs: Challenges for 2025 and beyond

agricultural industry, Economy, Europe, NATO, News, Russia, UK, Ukraine, War / /

In 2025 the UK Labour government, through their planning and infrastructure bill, wants to encourage investment in multiple asset classes as diverse as housebuilding and public sector projects such as schools, hospitals, and prisons along with increasing defence spending on number of military programmes. Whether shared-ownership homes, GP’s surgeries or submarines they all require co-operative […]

Farming, Building and Bombs: Challenges for 2025 and beyond Read More »

Keir Starmer, Paris Olympics, Kamal Harris

Summertime Freneticism

Democracy, Economy, Europe, Interest Rates, Investment, News, Politics, technology, The Stock Market, Ukraine, USA, War / /

The summer months of 2024 have proved eventful with early general elections in the UK where the Labour party won a large majority on a third of the vote. In France too, a left-wing coalition gained seats in the Assembly Nationale over incumbent President Macron’s centrist UMP. Iran held a presidential election, after the untimely

Summertime Freneticism Read More »

main image for Feb Blog on LDC

Higher for How Much Longer and Steady the Shipping? 

Democracy, Economy, Europe, Interest Rates, Investment, Middle East, NATO, The Stock Market, UK, USA, War / /

October 2023’s ‘Higher for Longer: A Cure and a Curse’ blog requires an update to how much longer will central bankers hold interest rates at their current levels before rate cutting begins- for instance, the European Central Bank is expected to start in June.  Central Bankers and their economic advisors, along with media pundits, are

Higher for How Much Longer and Steady the Shipping?  Read More »

The Problem of Appropriate Accountability

Culture, Democracy, Europe, History, News, Philosophy, Politics, Russia, Ukraine, War / /

The complicity blog’s conclusion (Little Deal Clincher, August 2023) mentions of the Problem of Appropriate Accountability which concerns citizens who are substantially removed from decision-making or effective influence over events. These events can be political, military, or commercial. It is where culpability and complicity are retrospectively applied, after injustices or accusations of such have occurred,

The Problem of Appropriate Accountability Read More »

Complicity: Accepting It Is Your Fault Forever?

Communism, Culture, Democracy, History, News, Philosophy, Politics, Ukraine, War / /

With the renaming and relaunching of the Little Deal Clincher blog to Navigating the Challenges of 21st Century Life: A Private Investor’s Perspective. It shall continue to comment on investment from the private investor’s perspective and to discuss political and cultural issues. The update makes the website easier to navigate with an archive of topic

Complicity: Accepting It Is Your Fault Forever? Read More »

A Fresh Look: How to navigate 21st Century Challenges For A Private Investor

China, Democracy, Economy, NATO, News, Philosophy, Politics, Russia, The Stock Market, Ukraine, Uncategorised, War / /

Since the January 2022 blog, a rather lot economically and geo-politically has occurred, namely war in Ukraine which has given cause or excuse to global inflationary concerns with rising food and commodity prices. Fuel bills soared in 2022 with prices caps being introduced the alleviate consumer concerns. Prices for gas have since fallen although UK

A Fresh Look: How to navigate 21st Century Challenges For A Private Investor Read More »

Arab Princes in A 5 Star Jail and Trump’s Daft Declaration: It’s Getting Even Hotter in The Middle East.

Middle East, Politics, UK, Uncategorised, USA, War / /

Events in the Middle East since November 2017 have taken some dramatic steps even for this politically volatile region. Wars in Syria and Iraq grind on against now a much reduced ISIS threat however the Syrian Defence Force/Kurdish (YPG led and US supported) coalition are now vying for land and political control in regained territories.

Arab Princes in A 5 Star Jail and Trump’s Daft Declaration: It’s Getting Even Hotter in The Middle East. Read More »

Scroll to Top