Publications
Friday, February 10th, 2023This page refers to and links where possible to my major publications, largely to shut up those trolls who say I have never written anything.
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Is £90,000 a year a middle-class income?
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024When being interviewed on the radio, I was told by the broadcaster that £90,000 was only ‘middle-class income’ and not enough for MPs. She was,
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Covid has not gone away
Friday, September 27th, 2024I noted this in the Guardian overnight: Covid is on the rise in England, and experts have warned that more must be done to prevent
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The story behind my alternative prime minister's speech
Thursday, September 26th, 2024The video that I published this morning of my suggested alternative speech that Keir Starmer should have made at the Labour Party conference is unusually
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Confession time
Sunday, September 22nd, 2024I admit I said I was having some thinking time last week, and it’s true that I was. I was also on holiday near Newport
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The case for large interest rate cuts is overwhelming
Wednesday, September 18th, 2024As the Office for National Statistics has reported this morning: The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 2.2% in the 12 months to August 2024,
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As the July GDP data proves, nothing really changed that month
Wednesday, September 11th, 2024The monthly ritual of the publication of GDP data took place this morning. The Office for National Statistics summarised the situation as follows: Monthly real
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The House of Lords really does not understand what they call the ‘national debt’
Tuesday, September 10th, 2024The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has published a report today. They concluded: The Government must overhaul the existing fiscal framework to make public
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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland need better powers to tax
Sunday, September 8th, 2024In this morning’s video, I argue that the UK’s devolved governments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland need proper powers to tax, or they will
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