I cannot properly tell you have much your kind and positive comments mean to me.

I know you get down some times thinking that you're whistling in the dark whilst these scumbags and their political fixers get away with it – but don't despair because, even if they appear to be getting away with it at the moment, some of you're your long fought arguments are gaining traction in the media – well at least the less overtly propagandised mainstream outlets:http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/09/fallout-2008-crash-oil-prices

I'm sure these guys are reading you – their arguments are too received, too complete – they're reading you – and you're getting through – albeit by trojan plagiarists – and as things get worse – you're arguments will get stronger and more relevant- and at the end of the day – your right, you've always been right.

Keep it up.

Your perceptions are getting trenchant. I too think we are in some kind of 'last chance saloon' with respect to the idea of coherent democracy. If there is no collective assertive response to the mauling and dissembling people are receiving in order to prop up a destructive economic dogma then we are more or less acceding to a life as either privileged slaves or 'the abandoned', within a degrading social and physical environment.

And the UK is one of the critical places where a rejection of these roles might happen that could make a difference. I think the UK is going to be critical because the government is an unstable, 'best guess' choice out of a bunch of rotten apples and Nulab is still in some disarray and growing disrepute, and its leader is really quite stuck and uninspiring.
The policies of the coalition are extreme and risk serious fall-out, much worse than they need to be. I sense the Labour party are waiting for a major 'slip' or event to pounce, rather being pro-active( i.e. politically honest) but they are political opportunists of exactly the same kind as the coalition and exactly as they were in the Blair era.
Their dishonesty really needs to be exposed by people like yourself and David.
They are not an opposition; they are simply the reserve team operating within an enclosed detached system.
I have already said that we first have to break the duopoly of power and the easiest, least painful way is for lots of unaligned people to be elected. I think this is the purpose of the blog here-it is ahead of the mainstream, and is partly shaping debate, not just getting in beforehand, and it is politically energising a lot of people who might not otherwise have spoken up.

I am also pretty sure there are some very anonymous big-hit lurkers who are taking their cues from blogs, including this one.

I was thinking that David probably needs to consider how to get elected somewhere.

I think David is ploughing quite a lonely furrow but doing a fantastic job. I can see how it might be quite personally demanding but rest assured, it is much appreciated.

p.s I posted this by mistake on the previous entry on the blog. It is addressing Hawkeye's comment above. apologies etc.

Will do. He'll be happy to hear Cosmos worked for you.

I agee with your Titanic analogy, what amazes me is how all these highly paid so called intelligent people seem oblivious to the unsustainability of the present system. I can only imagine that they assume they will be fine sitting in their mansions or yachts, & eveybody else can go screw themselves.

It strikes me that the majority of the people of Britain have no real idea of what's going on & are still stuck in the same old blame game of Labour vs Tory. If money is the real power the bankers etc are now in control, leaving the politicians to mop up the mess.

The people of Ireland & I would imagine the people of Greece are much more well informed about this situation, simply because the shit has hit the fan there. People like David McWilliams are out there doing excellent work & are at last being listened to. More of the truth of the situation there will hopefully come out & I think although the circumstances are in some ways particular to the Irish situation, at the heart of it is the same destructive malaise that is affecting us all. I hope that somehow we can learn from these lessons & try to avert a similar thing happening in the UK or elsewhere.

I strongly recommend David McWilliams book " Follow the money" Although it concentrates on the Irish situation it does a great job of explaining the financial system, I like the analogy he uses, comparing it to the drug industry, it also has a great anecdote concerning Rupert Murdoch.

@Golem, I'm not surprised you get the blues with all this stuff running around inside your head, sometimes you must feel that you are the only one who can see, in a country of blind men. One good tip for survival is "Know your enemy" & thanks to you, I now know mine, Thank you.

I am hoping that my extremely tight cashflow improves shortly as I am dying to read " Debt Generation " I picked up David's book in a poundshop.

PS. If you can thank your Father for " Cosmos " it was inspirational for me.

I also want to add my thanks and appreciation to our very own (infinitely more noble) knight, Sir Golem!

Ms Knight is showing her true colours, yet it is unconscionable that she gets so much air time.

Mervyn King is one of a growing voice of influential people awakening to the unjust structure of modern banking.

However, King and others are up against underhand "negotiating" behind closed doors. See my recent post:

The gloves are off!

"In the red corner, we have the entire ICB, Bank of England Chairman Mervyn King, BoE Deputy Chairman Paul Tucker, BoE Director Andrew Haldane, and FSA Chairman Adair Turner all calling for radical moves in bank regulation.

In the blue corner, we have George Osborne and some banks.

Without an honest and open intellectual debate, we cannot profess to be a free and open democracy, ruled through technical & intellectual competence. But instead a cowering populace, once again brow-beaten by bluster and thinly veiled threats from the banks.

The coming year will be a true test of our nation's integrity and honesty. I hope it ends well."