What is going on with the British economy, the global economy, etc., what should people know?

Well, the world has not actually managed to get out of second gear since lockdown.

The long, kind of, lingering tale of the pandemic is still with us.

China is not at the moment anyway.

The global growth locomotive that it has been for most of the last two or even three decades.

People don't like to hear it, but UK exports to the EU have never been higher.

At least we can now have a discussion and raise issues about net zero.

Not about the ultimate direction of travel, but the speed and the cost and the distribution of those costs.

We have to have those discussions.

Because if we don't have those discussions, this isn't a democracy.

The war in Ukraine has accelerated and accentuated a process that was already happening.

A process that's shifting power away from the West and swallows the East.

Because we don't like to talk about it very much in the West because it's awkward and it has a sense of the end of history about it.

But that doesn't mean it's not true.

Hello and welcome to Trigonometry. I'm Francis Foster.

I'm Constantine Kissen.

And this is a show for you if you want honest conversations with fascinating people.

A terrific and returning guest today is an economist, writer and broadcaster, Leo Heligan.

Welcome back for the third time. It's great to have you back.

Good to be with you guys.

And we always invite you on whenever we want an update on what's actually going on.

We talk a lot about culture on the show and politics, but you are someone who's got real substance and real economic strong background and analysis.

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