These were the notes I used to prepare for the talk I gave this morning to Co-operatives Wales today to mark Robert Owen Day. I
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A podcast update
Due to the efforts of Andy Moyle, my tech guy, my new podcast called ‘The Account’ is heading for podcast streaming sites. These have been
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Starmer has to decide. What is more important? Neoliberal rules or making the state work for people?
According to The Guardian, Keir Starmer is going to say today: If you think our job in 1997 was to rebuild a crumbling public realm,
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The Bank of England is now totally out of control
What a waste
The panel on Question Time were asked what would their song title for this moment be. There were some quite good suggestions (excepting from Helen
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GDP per head is going nowhere, fast. Another of Rishi’s promises is biting the dust
I don’t think GDP growth is important, per se. I think the growth in well-being is, and they are not the same thing. But the
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The government’s treatment of refugees makes international criminals of them all, in my opinion
I am so bored of hearing Tories talking about illegal immigration by refugees, whether in the House of Lords or on Question Time, that I
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When the Tories are openly derided in Bexhill-on-Sea they need to be worried
Question Time last night was one of those rare moments when you think that maybe Britain is not quite as mad as you sometimes believe.
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PWC are in trouble in Australia. The suggestion that they shared government secrets does not look good
As the FT has reported this morning: PwC is racing to contain the global fallout of an Australian leak scandal on its business after it
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