There has been something strange taking place on Sky News over the last day or so. A succession of retired former generals and security chiefs,
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Does the UK government have any concept of joined-up policy?
After events over the last couple of days, including the sinking of an Iranian ship off Sri Lanka by a submarine that almost certainly sailed
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War is not a reason to raise interest rates
The Bank of England meets on 19 March to decide on interest rates. Many commentators now say rates cannot fall because war in the Middle
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Which way do we go around the roundabout?
We have just published this short video on YouTube and many other channels. If you like it, please share it far and wide – because
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Mayhem continues
We are, without doubt, living through a moment that might properly be described as World War III. Israel and the USA opened an illegal war
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Will I see you in Edinburgh?
Now the Cambridge event is over (although I still owe people some emails – and please forgive me if I have not written as yet),
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Billionaires won’t leave if we tax them
We’re repeatedly told that raising taxes on extreme wealth will drive billionaires and millionaires out of the UK and that the economy will collapse as
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Who is going to gain from Rachel Reeves’ stability?
I have already noted this morning that the growth forecast in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s predictions, which were published yesterday, was a flat 2%
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And now the US is fighting in Ecuador
In case you had not noticed, this is a New York Times headline this morning: Trump promised the MAGA that he would not engage in
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