John Burns-Murdoch is an FT journalist who does brilliant data analysis. He has a data comparison of the UK and USA today, suggesting as a
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My latest podcast with Tony and Martin from The Echo Chamber podcast in Ireland is now out. Recorded a little over a week ago, it
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Shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves MP, explained her vision for the UK economy to the Peterson Institute in Washington DC, yesterday. You can watch the whole
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I rather liked this comment by Robert Reich, a former US Labour Secretary under Bill Clinton, who said in his Substack newsletter of US Republican
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These four items were all headlines in this morning’s Guardian newspaper business newsletter: In turn we get: The exploitation of a public necessity – water
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The emergence of new allegations that Boris Johnson broke lockdown rules with regard to Covid on many newly discovered occasions does matter. There has been
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My daily email from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales included this little attention grabber this morning: I followed the link and
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I had a quick check of some key food prices on international markets as a result of comments left on this blog with regard to
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Regular commentator JenW posted this comment on the blog yesterday: I sent an email to my MP regarding a wealth tax. His response, by letter,
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