Now we know what ‘Taking back control’ really means. Boris Johnson has announced this morning that he plans that parliament should be prorogued from early
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Yesterday’s ‘Tax reform of the day’ referred to national insurance contributions,  and for reasons that are not entirely clear it was massively trolled on the
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It is not often that I borrow a post wholesale from somebody else, and I cannot recall the last time I did so without asking,
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For those not aware, I am speaking at a YesHub event in Edinburgh tonight, talking about the Green New Deal and no doubt other things
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As the FT reports this morning: Bury has been expelled from the Football League and local rival Bolton Wanderers potentially faces the same fate within
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After a weekend of doing not a great deal, it’s time to resume this series. This time the suggestion is another one that is almost
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I was asked some questions by a  journalist yesterday on the G7, in writing. I have no idea if they will use any of the
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There are a number of annoying issues one has to live with if engaging in discussion on Scottish economic policy. One of the biggest is
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This blog post by Prof Andrew Baker of Sheffield University and me has just been posted on The Conversation: A major priority for the French
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