Are we living through the end of the neoliberal era? I think we are, and I think the moment it became undeniable was Mark Carney’s
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I was at Welney today. These were some of the hundreds of sparrows who literally cling to the visitor centre at the reserve at this
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As I mentioned yesterday, it has been a long and quite tiring week because of rapidly evolving world events, and having to keep track of
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This week, the world exploded, but what really shocked me wasn’t Trump. Trump was predictable. The chaos was published in advance. Project 2025 made the
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I am tired. Specifically, I am tired of Trump. I am tired of the confusion that he is creating. I am tired of the chaos
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As Heather Cox Richardson notes in her Letters from an American post on Substack this morning:  A new poll out today from the New York Times and
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There is talk again that Andy Burnham might return to Westminster. A byelection in Manchester opens the possibility, and if he does, there will be
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Donald Trump has declared a trade war on Europe, and he might still be threatening physical conflict over Greenland and Canada. That forces a question
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The story about Trump‘s supposed to deal with NATO is developing this morning. Apparently, the compromise that Mark Rutte has suggested on NATO’s behalf is
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