I borrow this, shamelessly and with his permission, from Alex Andreou in the New Statesman: “I’m not here to defend privilege. I’m here to spread it”,
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The American Petroleum Institute – representing all the major US oil companies – has launched a law suit against the SEC in the USA to block the
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For those who want to know why the economy is in a mess, and how Osborne got it all wrong there are two outstanding articles
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Straight from the Guardian editorial this morning, without much apology: Radicals have long understood the importance of the garden. Now the New Economics Foundation has got the
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From the Tax Justice Network blog: From a speech by UK Prime Minister David Cameron: “Because the truth is this. We are in a global race today. And
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Cameron was talking about the UK sinking or swimming yesterday. And about competition. And about being alone in the world. It was an isolationists speech;
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Newcastle FC have taken sponsorship from Wonga – the loan shark company that charges intrest at more than 4,000%. I’ve sent this email to Newcastle tonight:
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One thing really depressed me more than anythiong about Cameron’s speech. It was this: Because the truth is this. We are in a global race
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I enjoyed my visit to RSM Tenon this morning. We had a good debate. Discussion was lively. Not everyone agreed with me – of course.
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