I am quite happy to put it on record that I have major reservations about accepting China as a major partner with the UK. I
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Backing the wrong horse
This is from an FT email this morning: The government is rolling out a carpet of deepest red this week for the five-day state visit
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Three coincidences of mistrust do not make a crisis
It’s been an interesting weekend. Junior doctors marched. Few could doubt the validity of their reasons: they want to work for the NHS as we
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There is a sickness in our body politic
I think this letter, originally sent privately in September, from 84 Church of England bishops to the Prime Minister, is to important not to share.
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Could the UK’s professional firms be leaving us exposed to money laundering?
The FT reported yesterday that: Billions of pounds of corrupt cash are flowing through the UK’s financial sector, according to an official report that accused
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The new era of lighter touch banking regulation should arrive just in time for the next banking crisis
Bod Diamond famously asked that the era of remorse on the part of bankers come to an end rather too soon for the public to
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What to tell the sixth form?
I am doing a talk to sixth formers at lunchtime today. I enjoy these events. Young people have insights that I invariably enjoy hearing. I
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George Osborne’s delivery issues
So, we have a Fiscal Charter that sets out a promise that this government plans to shrink the UK economy in perpetuity. And which promises
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Why is this government hell-bent on failing?
The big political story of today will be all about George Osborne’s Fiscal Charter. The focus will be in John McDonnell and whether or not
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