Martyn Rhisiart Jones
Madrid, miércoles 8 de abril 2026
Hola, soy Ricky Jonesy-Innit, jefe de Becci Boo Investments. La semana pasada nos despedimos de nuestro mejor operador de materias primas. Llevaba años trabajando con nosotros.
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IT’S POLITICS: The Madness of Brexit – Retrospective- 2026/01/25
Martyn JonesCarmarthen, Wales – 31st July 2017
Many Brexiteers take a simplistic, restricted and shallow view of how the UK will leave the European Union.
It’s to be expected.
Some people are both wilfully ignorant and certain of their beliefs, even though their beliefs are no better than reactionary and rationalised prejudice, socialised absurdity and tidy-minded incongruence.
It’s to be expected. (more…)
Martyn JonesCarmarthen, Wales – 31st July 2017
Many Brexiteers take a simplistic, restricted and shallow view of how the UK will leave the European Union.
It’s to be expected.
Some people are both wilfully ignorant and certain of their beliefs, even though their beliefs are no better than reactionary and rationalised prejudice, socialised absurdity and tidy-minded incongruence.
It’s to be expected. (more…)
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Addressing Wealth Inequality Through Tax Reforms
Martyn Richard Jones
Tax Evasion and Tax Havens
If anything, taxes for the lower and middle class and maybe even the upper-middle class should even probably be cut further. But I think that people at the high end – people like myself – should be paying a lot more in taxes. We have it better than we’ve ever had it.
Warren Buffett
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IT’S POLITICS: Debunking the Myth of Socialist Failures
Sir Afilonius Rex and Vanessa Bell
Bloomsbury, London, 8th November 2025
Calling Bullshit on Fakery
A LinkedIn post by Thorsten Wunde (or “WundeThorsten”) shared a viral anecdote claiming to illustrate why “socialism always fails.” The story presents an economics professor in Sweden. He fails an entire class after averaging the grades to simulate socialist equality. This action leads to widespread laziness and eventual collapse. It concludes with a moral: When half the population realises they can slack off, the nation is in danger. The other half sees no reward for effort. This marks the end of every nation. This tale aims to serve as compelling evidence of socialism’s inherent flaws. However, it is deeply problematic on several levels. It is factually, logically, and empirically flawed. It’s a classic example of a fabricated parable. It is dressed up as real-world evidence. This story has been circulating online since at least 2009. It appears as chain emails and memes, often tied to U.S. politics (e.g., “Obama’s socialism”). Below, we’ll break it down systematically.
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The Case for a Global Wealth Registry: Transparency Matters
Martyn Richard Jones, A Coruña, 22nd April 2025 – Buy Revealing Wealth
Introduction
If anything, taxes for the lower and middle class and maybe even the upper-middle class should even probably be cut further. But I think that people at the high end – people like myself – should be paying a lot more in taxes. We have it better than we’ve ever had it.
Warren Buffett[1]
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Neoliberalism: A Reflection
Neoliberalism: A Reflection
Martyn Richard Jones, A Coruña, 9th April 2025
In a compelling lecture by Enrique Javier Díez, a respected professor at the University of León, he opened with the well-worn Chinese proverb: “Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will eat for a lifetime.” A familiar refrain, often invoked in discussions of education and empowerment, it was a fitting start — but Díez, with the precision of a seasoned academic and the urgency of a citizen deeply attuned to the injustices of our time, was not content to leave it there.
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Fixing racism in Labour and in England
Racism (and anti-Semitism) in the UK Martyn Richard Jones
Brussels, 12th July 2019
To begin at the beginning
Britain’s Labour Party has been besieged by a continuous barrage of accusations alleging that the party is anti-Semitic; that it is institutionally racist and that its leader is somehow turning a blind eye to it.
This is a very serious and weighty allegation, with potentially devastating implications.
So, what does this deluge of accusations of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party tell us about racism in Britain and in British politics?
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IT’S POLITCS: Brexit bullshit! Labour must lead!
Martyn Richard Jones
Brussels 24th June 2019
In 2016 the UK held what was called the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum the objective of which was to gauge public sentiment about the UK leaving or remaining in the EU.
It was a non-binding consultation, which means that regardless of outcome, it can be legitimately ignored by MPs.
The generally accepted nonsense about the referendum being legally or constitutionally binding was just that, nonsense.
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IT’S POLITICS: Why Labour Must Reject Brexit: Six Key Electoral Demographics
Martyn Martyn Richard JonesBruxelles 27th May 2019
My post-EU election advice to the UK Labour Party leadership
As I commented to Keir Starmer today “Labour are making a fundamental mistake and it ain’t working, Keir”.
Labour’s approach to Brexit is completely the wrong strategy and it’s doing nobody (apart from Nigel Farage) any favours. No Brexit will benefit the immense majority of the country, we know that, and we know that the EU is not going to cut a better deal for anyone, regardless of their political flavour, because that’s just the way it is.
Like it or loath it, but, Theresa May probably struck the best Brexit deal that the UK can aspire to, and it was roundly rejected, for various reasons, by Westminster. No, the best Brexit deal is no Brexit at all.
