There are elections in 107 local authorities across England today, as well as 11 mayoral races. A by-election will elect a new Blackpool South MP,
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I was asked to comment on Brazil’s proposal for a global 2% annual wealth tax on billionaires by a journalist, yesterday. This is what I
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I received a copy of an email this morning saying: This is a link to Richard Murphy’s video on inflation… It’s excellent, as usual, but…does
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It is, of course, May Day. Or Workers Day. And so, the FT reports this morning that: Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party is set to
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I posted this video on YouTube this morning: In case the link does not work, you can watch the video here. This is the transcript:
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As a Guardian newsletter has noted this morning: The former US president, Donald Trump,  was fined $9,000 for violating a gag order designed to protect
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I took part in a discussion yesterday on what might happen to left of centre politics if Labour does, as expected, win this year‘s general
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