Matthew Scott is self publishing a children's book to explain the concept of money. The book is called “The Illusion of Money” but it should instead be called the “Illusion of Currency”. And it should also be read by central bankers and politicians. Scott argues that eventually, faith is lost in every currency and its value disappears. 

I had thought that Gavin Burnell, the broker who used to work at disgraced Beaufort Securities and who floated and sat on the board of the fraud Globo, making a packet from fees and share sales, was no longer working in the City, that Novum Securities had parted company with him when the FCA refused to re-authorise him. But...

As the photos below show, Thames Water has just sent out a bill for a whopping £212,198.85 to a ninety year old lady who is right now in a convalescent home.  These privatised utilities don't do themselves any favours do they?