As many readers here will know, we are holding a Funding the Future event in Ely on Saturday. The focus will be on solution-focused campaigning,
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There is no such thing as the nation’s credit card
My old friend, Larry Elliott, is in The Guardian today saying: To make a real difference, [Burnham and Healey] need to tackle head-on the nostrums
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Should we rejoin the European Union?
Andy Burnham has raised the possibility, in his Labour Party conference speech and subsequent comments, that the UK might be on a path back to
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AI could cost you a fortune
AI could cost you a fortune, and not because of the price of a ChatGPT subscription. The AI investment boom is drawing enormous amounts of
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My View on … Money
My View on … Money Richard J Murphy September 2026 ________________ This post is part of an ongoing series in which I set out my
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Fascism must be beaten, but it must be beaten fairly
YouGov published a new poll yesterday through the relatively new online space that is called The New World. Peter Kellner wrote in a free email
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Has Andy Burnham no idea what to do?
Andy Burnham indisputably proved that he has mastered the art of making a party conference speech yesterday. It has taken him a very long time
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PR on the never, never, as ever from Labour
In 1988, I joined an organisation called Charter 88. It demanded reform to the UK political system, and in particular supported proportional representation as the
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The UK doesn’t need an IMF bailout
Could Britain really need another IMF bailout? The Financial Times has revived memories of 1976, when Britain turned to the International Monetary Fund for financial
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