I’m not going to be polite, warns singer and leftwing activist invited to ‘shake things up’ at Bank of England talkThree decades after penning hit single A New England, singer-songwriter and leftwing activist Billy Bragg has been invited by the Bank of England to lecture City financiers about how to build a better society. He said politicians have been almost entirely captured by the ideology of the free market, which has then absolved them of responsibility. We need to hold corporations to account,” said Bragg, citing the political activism that helped halt the hugely controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) deal. “He has been trying to invite people who may shake up their thinking” said Bragg. The English working class will be the first victims of a Brexit vote | Billy Bragg Read moreBut focusing on economic growth and GDP figures alone is, argues Bragg, part of the problem rather than the solution.

Source: The Guardian April 08, 2018 11:31 UTC