I suspect that some readers of this blog will be pleased to hear that I am planning a relatively quiet weekend. The last week or
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Migration: you ain’t seen nothing yet
This morning’s short video has now been published. In it I argue that whatever our politicians say, migration is going to increase – because climate
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Who is going to oppose Labour in parliament?
I have another video out this morning. In it, I argue that Keir Starmer winning a massive parliamentary majority on 4 July is really dangerous
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If you look in the wrong place, as Labour plans to do, you will never find the tax gap
HM Revenue & Customs published its new tax gap figures yesterday. They are nonsense, as they always have been. I have explained why here as
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The Scottish election: my conclusion after talking to all three pro-independence parties
This was the third of the interviews I undertook on behalf of The National newspaper of the Scottish political parties’ economic spokespeople. In it, I
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Why the Tories think it’s OK to gamble on elections, and the much more sinister dimensions to this belief
Why do the Tories think they can bet with insider information, as they obviously did before the election was called? It’s because they think that
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All of life is politics
In this morning’s short video, I suggest that any politician who says ‘let’s take the politics out of this’ actually means ‘let’s bring the market
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I can’t wait for the 5th of July
In this morning’s video, I argue that after 5 July, the hard work begins. Then, we have to work out how truly socially transformative ideas
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The Bank of England votes to maintain the status quo
I have just posted this on Twitter, and I am not sure that there is much to add. Two members want change. The rest want
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