As I noted yesterday, this month’s inflation data shows a very slight rise over that published in December. The difference is statistically insignificant at 0.1%,
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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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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 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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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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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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As the FT notes this morning: The British government could save at least £20bn a year by modernising IT systems, tackling fraud and getting a
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I am always wary when reading opening paragraphs of articles of this sort, as seen in the FT this morning: Barclays chief executive CS Venkatakrishnan
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As the Guardian has noted this morning: Last night, the race for the US presidency formally started – and Donald Trump has won the first round
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