I wrote an article for The Independent yesterday. The title they asked me to wrote about was ‘It’s now impossible for the average worker to
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Indifference to the suffering of others is the attitude of the modern Tory
I always remember a conversation I had a few years ago on a train between Cambridge and London. I was writing about tax and the
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Who is in charge?
In 2008 we survived, just. Will we this winter? I really am not sure.
In 2008 I seriously considered the possibility that the UK banking system might fail, and that if that happened the economy of the country might
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I used to think we were in trouble. It is much worse now.
Two stories really stand out in the news this morning. The first is on sewage. Those on Twitter will have seen many angry tweets over
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What’s behind the Treasury idea that GP’s should prescribe cash for those in fuel poverty?
I have posted this thread to Twitter: According to the Guardian ‘GPs could write prescriptions for money off energy bills for the most vulnerable under
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Companies are paying inflation busting dividends at cost to the rest of the economy, including their employees
Having taken a quiet Friday afternoon I posted this thread to Twitter this morning: We are continually being told by Tory politicians and the Bank
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If there’s one document you read today make it ‘Surviving 2023′
This Tweet from Neil Mackay, a journalist on The Herald in Scotland refers to Surviving 2023: Neil’s article begins by saying: IF there’s one document
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Giving up
I admit that giving up is not my style. But, I have had to in the last couple of days. A week ago I finally
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