I just watched a panel at DAVOS with rosy talk about the future and AI and massive displacement with plans to tighten belts at the same time. The greed and hubris was off the charts. This is a repeat or rhyme of 1929.
Yes - it almost seems that Trump's posturing is a distraction from all that and the indigenous people of Greenland are now all the more stuck with Denmark in a relationship The Guardian describes as “hidden colonisation”
Carney looks like the first world leader to meet the moment - naming the challenge and committing to rebuilding under the new order. Let's hope his example inspires Starmer and other leaders.
Amazing. Less that a year of Trump and the entire Western World needs a reset. Canada has many advantages over the smaller nations of Europe but I believe we are all of a mind that the EU should and will form the basis for the new mindset. It is obvious that Britain needs to rejoin the EU and take a full part in the renewal. Starmer needs to recognise that America is no longer the backstop we have relied on since 1945 and that only collective security will protect us in future.
A landmark speech . “ Nostalgia is not a strategy “. Hopefully, more will get the courage to follow in Mark Carneys wake. And Carole, you continually surprise me - teaching English to Czech journalists! I met Vaclav Havel when he came to the RSC when i was working there and we surrounded him with joy and excitement. Im my memory he was tiny , and chain smoked but seemed to be thrilled and most at home to be surrounded by a load of boozy actors after the show. Is it true that after the Prague Spring, he employed an Italian fashion designer ( Versace?) to design the uniforms of the new police force as he wanted to get away from the army fatigue look and reset the relationship with the population, and enabling them to have pride in their newly re set job . I do hope so ….
This is exactly right. Carney recognised this immediately and started making the right moves to protect Canada, starting to build means by which they can reorient their economy and defence. This is exactly what must happen in the UK. Our future is not within the US. Their interests are always US first. We must stand with our allies, Europe and the Commonwealth. Time to get to work Keir, start earning your salary from the public, not your future NED roles in US multinationals.
Carole thank you so much for your relentless, tenacious and earth shattering dedication to investigative journalism that really matters.
Mark Carney is the World Leader we need now more than at any previous point of global threat
I hope Sir Keir makes sure that all of his cabinet and MPs read, digest and most importantly, resolve to respond by aligning with Canada, rejoining the EU, providing full military support and financial aid to Ukraine, standing against Zionism and izraeli genocide and generally making the World a better, safer, sustainable place for all
“I don’t believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone are guilty of the war. Oh, no, the little man is just as keen, otherwise the people of the world would have risen in revolt long ago! There is an urge and rage in people to destroy, to kill, to murder, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated and grown, will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again.” — Anne Frank, The Diary (May 3, 1944)
I am most encouraged that finally, our leaders are taking down the signs in their windows of compliance. Whether they will have the backing of the people to prolong this act of rebellion into a long term strategy for fundamental change is more doubtful, as there are already fifth columnists within every democratic nation working against us all. Is it yet safe to have any hope?
Hi Carole, I just published this today 2026: "The Rise of The Bad Future and Europe’s New Mandate to Lead" https://thebadfuture.com/ and you are listed as a resource (scroll to the bottom). I would love your review:). Since 2016, I have championed The Good Future, but as we move into 2026, I am sounding the alarm on the rise of The Bad Future—a new reality where the "American Future" has collapsed into a landscape of power over purpose and machines over humanity. I am calling on Europe to "take back tomorrow" by disengaging from this destructive trajectory, led by The Don, and to lead a new global alliance centered on the 5Ps: People, Planet, Purpose, Peace, and Prosperity. The Bad Future is not inevitable—it is a choice we make!
I find it hard to understand why Starmer is so blinkered. Ed Davey gets it but is just shouting from the side lines. I am a nobody, retired and living a cosy life in the Yorkshire Dales but I have seen this coming for years and agree with Robert Kagan about the bloody obvious Trump No Elections strategy. So if it’s obvious to someone like me why are our powers that be, still sticking their heads in the sand even now.
Canada and other middle powers should diplomatically isolate the tyrannical Trump administration, which cannot be counted on as an ally or business partner.
I recently started following Mr Carney on Facebook and I just happened to catch his speech being streamed LIVE yesterday. I was so moved and relieved by it all - the articulate clarity of the words and the calm steadiness of the delivery - that I immediately shared it on. It is truly worth sharing on, by as many political commentators with influence as possible of course, but more generally among people who are desperately seeking voices of reason at this unnerving time. The speech makes for good reading but people should watch it if they can, as it reveals more of the mild mannered strength of the words, and you'd also get to see the twinkle in his eyes when he mischievously adds 'boots on the ice' to signal support for his Arctic neighbours.
This. Clear thoughts. Clear minds. Clear direction. Thank you Carole and well said Mr Carney.
I just watched a panel at DAVOS with rosy talk about the future and AI and massive displacement with plans to tighten belts at the same time. The greed and hubris was off the charts. This is a repeat or rhyme of 1929.
Where's Rutger Bergman to blurt out "It's taxes, taxes, taxes"? All this hype and distraction keep us from dealing with the real issue.
Yes - it almost seems that Trump's posturing is a distraction from all that and the indigenous people of Greenland are now all the more stuck with Denmark in a relationship The Guardian describes as “hidden colonisation”
Carney looks like the first world leader to meet the moment - naming the challenge and committing to rebuilding under the new order. Let's hope his example inspires Starmer and other leaders.
So proud of my Prime Minister. 🇨🇦 I'm so thankful that he was elected over Poilievre.
And you should be.
But Canadians cannot rest. The threat from Canadian Conservatives is still simmering away - just like Trump under Biden and Farage under Starmer.
When given this breathing room, I hope Carney confronts this existential threat. I hope Canadian voters abandon Poilievre
Makes many of us in NZ mourn the loss of Jacinda Ardern - though the mere mention of her name still sends many (mostly men) into near apoplectic rage.
Amazing. Less that a year of Trump and the entire Western World needs a reset. Canada has many advantages over the smaller nations of Europe but I believe we are all of a mind that the EU should and will form the basis for the new mindset. It is obvious that Britain needs to rejoin the EU and take a full part in the renewal. Starmer needs to recognise that America is no longer the backstop we have relied on since 1945 and that only collective security will protect us in future.
This "rupture" was a decade in the making. Brexit, Trump 1.0 and Project2025 were all key parts.
The rupture began in 2008 with the GFC
Future historians will hopefully look back at Carney's Davos speech and say it was a turning point.
A landmark speech . “ Nostalgia is not a strategy “. Hopefully, more will get the courage to follow in Mark Carneys wake. And Carole, you continually surprise me - teaching English to Czech journalists! I met Vaclav Havel when he came to the RSC when i was working there and we surrounded him with joy and excitement. Im my memory he was tiny , and chain smoked but seemed to be thrilled and most at home to be surrounded by a load of boozy actors after the show. Is it true that after the Prague Spring, he employed an Italian fashion designer ( Versace?) to design the uniforms of the new police force as he wanted to get away from the army fatigue look and reset the relationship with the population, and enabling them to have pride in their newly re set job . I do hope so ….
This is exactly right. Carney recognised this immediately and started making the right moves to protect Canada, starting to build means by which they can reorient their economy and defence. This is exactly what must happen in the UK. Our future is not within the US. Their interests are always US first. We must stand with our allies, Europe and the Commonwealth. Time to get to work Keir, start earning your salary from the public, not your future NED roles in US multinationals.
Absolutely spot on.
Yeah one can only hope that Starmer and crew are already doing this behind the scenes. Unfortunately I'm not holding my breath on that.
Carole thank you so much for your relentless, tenacious and earth shattering dedication to investigative journalism that really matters.
Mark Carney is the World Leader we need now more than at any previous point of global threat
I hope Sir Keir makes sure that all of his cabinet and MPs read, digest and most importantly, resolve to respond by aligning with Canada, rejoining the EU, providing full military support and financial aid to Ukraine, standing against Zionism and izraeli genocide and generally making the World a better, safer, sustainable place for all
“I don’t believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone are guilty of the war. Oh, no, the little man is just as keen, otherwise the people of the world would have risen in revolt long ago! There is an urge and rage in people to destroy, to kill, to murder, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated and grown, will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again.” — Anne Frank, The Diary (May 3, 1944)
The operative word being “man”.
Thank you for this reminder of Ms. Frank’s viewpoints.
I am most encouraged that finally, our leaders are taking down the signs in their windows of compliance. Whether they will have the backing of the people to prolong this act of rebellion into a long term strategy for fundamental change is more doubtful, as there are already fifth columnists within every democratic nation working against us all. Is it yet safe to have any hope?
Only Canada and Denmark have clearly taken the sign out of the window. We await on others …
Hi Carole, I just published this today 2026: "The Rise of The Bad Future and Europe’s New Mandate to Lead" https://thebadfuture.com/ and you are listed as a resource (scroll to the bottom). I would love your review:). Since 2016, I have championed The Good Future, but as we move into 2026, I am sounding the alarm on the rise of The Bad Future—a new reality where the "American Future" has collapsed into a landscape of power over purpose and machines over humanity. I am calling on Europe to "take back tomorrow" by disengaging from this destructive trajectory, led by The Don, and to lead a new global alliance centered on the 5Ps: People, Planet, Purpose, Peace, and Prosperity. The Bad Future is not inevitable—it is a choice we make!
I find it hard to understand why Starmer is so blinkered. Ed Davey gets it but is just shouting from the side lines. I am a nobody, retired and living a cosy life in the Yorkshire Dales but I have seen this coming for years and agree with Robert Kagan about the bloody obvious Trump No Elections strategy. So if it’s obvious to someone like me why are our powers that be, still sticking their heads in the sand even now.
What i mean to say is this attitude of “more for me” from those who consider themselves beyond present dangers.
Let the bodies pile
Let the bodies pile high….according to Boris Johnson during COVID…but the attitude is the same from all these corrupt billionaires
Why are they sticking their heads in the sand? Good question. What do you think the possible answer might be?
As far back as I remember it has always felt worse to “ know better” ie realize the most likely consequences, and to do it anyways.
Do we strip it down to a justification in their minds that their own survival is all that matters?
Again, the premise of the newest world order is that we will not need the masses of citizens. AI will do much of the commoners tasks.
Mass death even world wide mass death brings more for me
Canada and other middle powers should diplomatically isolate the tyrannical Trump administration, which cannot be counted on as an ally or business partner.
I recently started following Mr Carney on Facebook and I just happened to catch his speech being streamed LIVE yesterday. I was so moved and relieved by it all - the articulate clarity of the words and the calm steadiness of the delivery - that I immediately shared it on. It is truly worth sharing on, by as many political commentators with influence as possible of course, but more generally among people who are desperately seeking voices of reason at this unnerving time. The speech makes for good reading but people should watch it if they can, as it reveals more of the mild mannered strength of the words, and you'd also get to see the twinkle in his eyes when he mischievously adds 'boots on the ice' to signal support for his Arctic neighbours.
The Q&A at the end is quite good too.
Yup! The leader needed and who will not “sanewash” the words and actions of POTUS and his acolytes.
Re NATO - has it been forgotten that only the US invoked article 5 after 7/11? I am sure there were troops from Denmark involved….
Trump forgets everything its convenient too forget. The rest he didn't know in the first place
Concur! Amazing how his bone spur exemption from serving in Vietnam curtailed his understanding of how the military/NATO works - “bigly”…
And, as it’s not real estate transactional matters - he has no interest in lifting his veil of self imposed ignorance.
Trump didn't know that, which is par for the course, as he has very little knowledge about anything