As the BBC has noted, we now know as a result of the Mandelson disclosures that: The man who is now work and pensions secretary
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This is worrying: All those data centres, and all that computing power, and why? So that people can confront their loneliness on their own. No
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There is an idea gaining traction inside the UK that a university degree has declining social and economic value. As an ever-increasing proportion of young
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Three weeks ago, I warned that the war involving Iran could trigger a seven-stage economic crisis. Today, I think that risk is much greater than
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THE RICHARD J MURPHY YOUTUBE CHANNEL DEBATE AMMUNITION THE SEVEN STAGES TO ECONOMIC MELTDOWN Funding the Future | June 2026 TODAY’S TOPIC The Seven Stages
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CNBC has reported in the last few minutes: Iranian negotiators will stop exchanging messages with the U.S. through intermediaries, and Tehran will move to fully close
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Every few days, I now realise I need to check what the price of a barrel of Brent crude oil might be. This is this
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I published a long essay here yesterday on one of the philosophical foundations of my politics of care. In that essay, I discussed the creation
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This data is from the ONS, via The Telegraph: What do Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have in common? Governments that want out of the
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