I wrote this Twitter thread today to respond to the drivel being put out by the Tories on wrong-footing Labour on the national debt, which
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Danny is back
I know, I did I was not posting, but I just had this good news: Danny is back on Twitter. And this was one of
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Preparing for 2024
Covid has probably done its worst now. I feel marginally better this morning than I have the last few days. Like my previous experiences, this
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Disconnection is my word of the year for 2023
In political terms, 2023 was significant. For a start, this might have been the last year in which the Tories govern the UK for some
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2023: the blog year in retrospect
There are days left in 2023, I admit. But, the year is sufficiently over to reflect on it. My year really began when I kicked
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The question is, are we happy to live in a world that deliberately creates destitution for some?
Sir Michael Marmot, whose work I admire, has an article in The Guardian this morning, which he begins by saying: What causes a famine? It
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Should an agency cleaner in the basement
Our savings could be the key to the future that we all need
Colin Hines and I have a letter in The Guardian this morning under this headline: The letter says: If only…. I will keep talking about this.
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A May general election?
We are going to have a budget on 6 March. That is early. It is not unprecedentedly so, but it is about as early as
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