I was agonising last night, and even into the night, on how to deal with the issues raised by the Institute for Fiscal Studies yesterday
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I was wrong: the Tories are crazier than I imagined
I was wrong to suggest, only yesterday morning, that James Cleverly would be in the final two of the Tory leadership campaign. It turned out
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Venezuela, the Weimar Republic and Zimbabwe prove MMT is true
It’s said that states that have suffered hyperinflation prove that modern monetary theory (MMT) is not true. However, the exact opposite is the case. They
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The right to peaceful protest
Badenoch v Jenrick: the end of the Tories is nigh
I have posted this on Twitter: I mentioned the implausibility of any of the Tory leadership candidates managing the messaging that the Tories must now
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Let’s stop pretending that we are going to live comfortably
As the Guardian noted yesterday: Many of Earth’s “vital signs” have hit record extremes, indicating that “the future of humanity hangs in the balance”, a
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Why do I repeat myself?
I’ve been accused of repeating myself on this YouTube channel. And that’s true. I have. But it’s only by honing our stories about what a
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Does the next Tory leader matter?
Today we will know who the two candidates that Tory party members will have to chose between to be their new leader might be. One
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When there is no compromise or common ground there is no hope
I watched some of the debate in parliament yesterday on the situation in Israel. I looked at quite a lot of other media on the
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