Heather Cox Richardson, in her Letter from an American this morning (subscribe here, for free) summarised Trump’s appeal rather well: White evangelicals heartily endorse a
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You could have a wealth tax raising a few billion or major reforms to existing taxes that could raise £100 billion or more? Which would you prefer if you wanted to tackle inequality?
Davos is full of calls for the super-rich to be taxed more. The Patriotic Millionaires are at it. As the Guardian notes: More than 250
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As Rachel Reeves at Davos shows,Labour was on the side of people. Now, it’s on the side of wealth and those who fleece the people.
As the London Playbook newsletter from Politico notes this morning: Larry Elliot’s Guardian write-up today with his account of John McDonnell’s trip to Davos six years ago — when
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The insanity of the modern Tory party
I watched news reports on the insanity that has gripped the Tories last night. Two vice chairs have resigned as has the odd junior government
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Inflation always goes away, and a little profiteering at our expense at Christmas will not change that
I have seen the most extraordinary, verging on stupid, reactions this morning to the Office for National Statistics announcement that inflation increased from 3.9% to
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