I was asked on this blog yesterday whether Scotland could afford to have its own currency, and whether the process of introducing one would be
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This comes from The Guardian this morning: An “ugly” racism reminiscent of the 1970s and 1980s has become worryingly commonplace again in modern Britain and
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I suggested yesterday that one reason why Rachel Reeves might have made her speech yesterday was that she wanted to speak before a market crash
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It was not long ago that I had cause to suggest that Plaid Cymru’s victory over Reform and Labour in the Caerphilly by-election was a
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Thomas Piketty called it the most important formula in economics: it’s R > G , which means that the rate of return on capital (R)
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Rachel Reeves stood at a Downing Street podium this morning and panicked. Three weeks before her budget, she admitted what many already feared, that she’s
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I just posted this on Twitter: I can offer no other interpretation for this unprecedented pre-Budget speech at such an unusual time of the day.
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I have been responsible for administering an estate for the last 20 months. This was not the choice of the person whose estate I am
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There is much discussion in the media today about Rachel Reeves and tax rises. Rumour has it that Reeves has decided that cuts to public
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