The FT notes this morning that: We are all, of course, aware that this is not true for all companies. Equally, it is appropriate to
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Do financial markets really think interest rates are going to rise by much? The evidence suggests not.
There appears to remain some confusion in financial markets as to the direction of interest rates, with a lot of mortgage products being withdrawn over
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Accountability is at the core of good government. The Covid inquiry has already proved that the Tories do not know that.
The government has got itself into a complete mess over the Covid inquiry. There is no one to blame but itself. As I noted yesterday,
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We badly need better financial education for teenagers
Investment adviser Hargreaves Lansdown sent me a press release this morning, which despite my best efforts I cannot find on the web. In it, they
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The US Army knew that anti-wokeism was fascism in 1945. Why don’t we acknowledge it now?
I am grateful to today’s edition of Heather Cox Richardson’s ‘Letter from an American’ for pointing my attention at en extraordinary publication from the US
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The failure of the mainstream body politic
I just tweeted this, which sums up my mood this morning: Our politicians can offer us these lies as often as they like, but they
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Tory ministers responsible for tens of thousands of deaths have to be held accountable
As I noted on this blog in 2020 and 2021, the management of the Covid epidemic was a tale of unmitigated disaster in the UK.
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Ageing
I know I said I would not write today, but I was wrong. I write because I am. There is no more to it than
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My type of flag
My first flag iris of the year, seen yesterday. There were none in Saturday, but this clump was out yesterday by the River Cam: Most
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