If I have despaired at the efforts of the Tories, LibDems and Greens when costing their manifestos, think about my horror when reading the Labour
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Misrepresentation
Labour has chosen a one-word title for its 2024 manifesto: I think this document is wholly misnamed. Its real title should be ‘misrepresentation’. The whole
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The English parties are both right wing and autoritarian
This analysis from the Political Compass website on where the UK’s leading political parties might be on their electoral map is interesting: I suspect that
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Show us your workings
I have posted this short video this morning. In it, I argue that all our political parties are selling us shorty by claiming that they
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Tax is not essential: public services are. It’s time that election debates shifted their focus
I have to admit that last night’s Sky Televisi9n debate with Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak was, overall, disappointing and uninspiring. Beth Rigby did her
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Tax the bads
In this morning’s video, I argue that we all know what the ‘bads’ in our economy are – tobacco, alcohol, sugar, carbon, plastics, and more.
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Daily reach
I had an email recently in which the author suggested I try to extend my social media reach. This made me wonder what that was.
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The Greens: overly optimistic, but at least without the gloom that dominates elsewhere
I have already done one commentary on the Green Party’s manifesto. But, having looked at the costings of other parties, I feel duty-bound to do
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