The bard celebrates two other fine practitioners of the art, and laments a lost brewer
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Assault on Brexit engineers oblivious to the EU elephant in the room
This right-wing conspiracy theory is used to justify the coercive measures against gender, race and labour rights that best serve capitalism, attests GAVIN O’TOOLE
KENNY MONROSE recommends a new exhibition that highlights the significance of Black British music
ANGUS REID is bowled over by an exuberant film about the making of Keith Jarrett’s legendary concert
MARIA DUARTE, FIONA O’CONNOR and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Savage House, Enzo, Madfabulous, and Erupcja
CHRIS SEARLE recommends a work of love and deep admiration for a great musician
The Great Brexit Swindle
by TJ Coles
(Clairview, £10)
THE theme of this book is that the mega-rich hedge fund managers and global traders who hold the whip hand in the Conservative Party bankrolled the move towards Brexit in pursuit of their own financial interests.
London has two-thirds of Europe’s hedge-funding companies following the Bank of England’s 1971 decision to end state control over the growth of bank credit. It was the green light for the financial sector to borrow up to the hilt to invest in financial assets and currencies and companies that they could asset-strip and sell on.
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