It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a Prime Minister in office beyond their use-by date fails to recognise that fact, and has to be
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Can your pension savings really keep you in old age?
The UK pension system is built on a false idea: that savings and financial assets can guarantee security in old age. In this video, I
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How would I vote?
I was challenged yesterday to explain how I would vote in forthcoming elections in Scotland for the Holyrood Parliament, in Wales for the Senedd, and
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What are the Tories?
I posted this on X this afternoon: So, here is the question: are the Tories callous, stupid or just bastards, as well as totally economically
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Will Starmer succeed in delivering fascism?
If my last post was not depressing enough, consider these poll findings from Lord Ashcroft: The forecast is very clear. We are facing a Tory
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We have to deal with a new world of toxic politics
The Telegraph has been pushing this article out: It begins with this comment: If there is a more shameful and disturbing moment in modern British
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The Greens: a new force in British politics
I admit that I had no idea what to expect when I woke this morning, knowing that I would very shortly discover the news about
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Nigel’s flatlined
Two charts from the FT this morning. The first shows something I have suggested for a while, which is that Farage is now flatlining when
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The politics of destruction in action
As the FT reports this morning: A record share of people in the UK say taxes and public spending should be cut, according to a
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