renowned economist Douglas McWilliams and his friend of 30 plus years Neil McClure ponder on national and local economic and business affairs from their base in the heart of Kent. In addition to Douglas's reflections on economic events, Neil will seek to lift the lid on local businesses and industries Each podcast ends with a review of one of Kent's 50 vineyards providing a mellow close to their observations
Send us a text In this episode Douglas and Neil look forward to Mayday elections for Kent County Council and the prospect of a Reform Party led Council. We review the issues driving local politics and focus on the opportunity for Reform to demonstrate they are a party able to govern We finish with our tour of local vineyards by reviewing a wine from the Oxney vineyard in East Sussex A Weekly Snapshot of National and Local Economic and Business News From The Heart of Kent
13 Apr 2025
Playing the Long Game,,,,,,
Send us a text In this episode Douglas looks beyond the short term noise (and what noise there is!) and provides analysis on the underlying risks of different investment markets From government bonds to gold and cryptocurrencies Neil and Douglas identify some of the fundamentals driving each market We consider the implications of Trump as an unreliable friend Finally we continue our stroll through local vineyards in Kent and return to The Balfour Vineyard to review one of their sparkling Rose...
5 Apr 2025
On The Road to Perdition....
Send us a text The Road to Perdition means someone's actions or choices are likely to lead to failure, ruin, or a negative outcome, often implying a path towards destruction or damnation This title is perhaps best known as the title of a Sam Mendes film in 2002. This week Douglas reviews President Trump's announced changes in trade tariffs and decides whether these qualify as the sequel of the dark events played out in the film Douglas also considers the opportunity for Rachel from Acc...
29 Mar 2025
Just too many coincidences?....
In this episode Douglas reviews our current economic position following the mini budget earlier in the week and considers whether there are too many similarities with events of 1931, where the Prime Minister was forced into radical action by recession, tariffs and calls for rearmament. Neil looks to see whether our current public attitude to repeated disasters, economic and otherwise, resembles the analysis of the collapse of the USSR when citizens were both shocked but unsurprised. Neil then...
22 Mar 2025
Heading for Zero?,,,,
With the UK economy showing more signs of strain, Douglas looks ahead to the mini budget next week and how much worse things have to get before The Chancellor needs to look up the telephone number for the IMF. Douglas also considers the continuing pressures of President Trump's MAGA campaign with threats of Tariffs and its implication for UK economy. Neil claims his share of credit for a major government cost cutting announcement this week and how much further the Deduplication of government ...
15 Mar 2025
Pragmatism in the Face of Provocation...
Once again President Trump dominates the landscape internationally and Douglas looks to possible outcomes and the implication of ever widening trade tariffs for the health of the American economy Turning to domestic issues Douglas admires the Government's pragmatism in the face of changing economic and political circumstances and their willingness to contemplate rectifying the chronic productivity deficit in UK Government and public health services Neil reviews the potential for Kent industry...
9 Mar 2025
How long before the fight-back begins?
In this Podcast Douglas reviews the economic impact of the multi faceted attack on conventional wisdom currently underway in President Trump's second term including imposition of tariffs and break down of relations with NATO. We consider the opportunity for an opposition coalition to form and the risk of Impeachment Domestically Neil turns back to Kent local government matters and his research on the 13 District Councils accounts for the year ending March 2024. We reflect on the ...
3 Mar 2025
All change, Reset Time is here.....
It is clear we are experiencing seismic shifts in our world and it seems we have a Prime Minister who is pragmatic enough to manage and adapt to meet these challenges. Douglas considers how the changes in defense spending could impact on the economy with the associated cut in the AID budget. He then considers the impact of the summary resignation of the Chief Executive of NHS England and what this might imply for future policy. Douglas has started to analyse the ...
18 Feb 2025
The next train from Platform 3 ......
In this podcast Douglas reviews the current economic and political news including the announced GDP figures; the implications of The Trump announcements re Ukraine and the future of NATO; the economic impact of a substantial increase in defence spending and ideas in France how this might be funded; and then looks at the continuing problems in returning public sector, and in particular NHS productivity to pre Covid levels Turning to events in Kent and the South East Neil looks at the efforts b...
11 Feb 2025
Farming is not all about growing things
In this episode Douglas reviews the current economic events including President Trump's favourite word Tariffs, the continued economic fall out of the last UK budget and the implications of the recent fall in base rate and finishes off by reviewing a piece of research published exclusvely by From the Tent in association with Howard Cox of Fair Fuel UK. In this research Douglas identifies the economic impact of potholes in the road for our economy and the immediate win win to boost growt...
4 Feb 2025
It all started over a drink
View from the Tent was conceived by two longstanding friends who having worked in London all their lives now find themselves in semi retirement living in Tenterden in the heart of Kent Internationally renowned economist Douglas McWilliams continues to cast an acerbic eye on national events while Neil McClure looks to find stories of interest in the Kent and South East business world Their combined musings are helped at the end of each broadcast by the contents of a bottle of wine from one of ...
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