Nothing justifies yesterday’s attack in Manchester. No excuses can ever be made for murder. That is what this was. My sympathies go to all involved,
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American troops in US cities
In the context of this morning’s video and a post yesterday, this jumped out at me from an overnight newsletter from the New York Times:
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The US is now a fascist state
Chris Hedges has warned us: ‘fascists mean what they say’. Donald Trump has now issued NSPM-7, a presidential order that redefines dissent as terrorism and
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The Greens plan to abolish interest payments on central bank reserve accounts
As the FT reports this morning: The leader of the Green party has called for the Bank of England to stop paying interest on reserves
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Let’s be clear: Starmer is a racist too
Starmer tried to look tough by calling Reform’s policies racist this week. I have already noted their backlash this morning. But let’s also be clear,
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Economic questions: The J K Galbraith question
This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might
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Will it be women who fight tyranny?
I did an interview with New York–based finance podcast host Jack Farley yesterday. He had done his research, and the discussion was good. I will
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The Telegraph is right: Reeves should not increase taxes on lower and average income earners
The Telegraph can hardly contain its excitement about the forthcoming Tory conference as this week progresses, and as a result, it is doing all it
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Are politicians all the same, as people would have it?
Are all our major political parties now the same? Labour, Conservatives, the Lib Dems, and even Reform  are united by one ideology: neoliberalism. Fiscal rules,
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