Gove’s dream
Wednesday, March 13th, 2024As the Guardian reports this morning: Thailand’s election body has said it will seek the dissolution of a pro-reform party that won the most votes in
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Can the centre hold?
Tuesday, March 12th, 2024Yesterday was interesting, although not necessarily in ways that anyone might desire. We watched the credibility (at least) of the Royal Family collapsing in real
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Household analogies
Wednesday, February 14th, 2024I was reminded this morning of this comment in a review of the impartiality of BBC coverage of taxation, public spending, government borrowing and debt
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If banks create money out of thin air - as we know they do - most savings do not fund investment
Monday, January 8th, 2024The debate on this blog over the last few days on money creation by banks – as a result of which it has been shown
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It's time accountants stopped pleading hardship whilst defending incompetence
Thursday, January 4th, 2024If there is one thing accountants are good at it is pleading hardship. Take this as an example from today’s FT: As they add him
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The question is, are we happy to live in a world that deliberately creates destitution for some?
Thursday, December 28th, 2023Sir Michael Marmot, whose work I admire, has an article in The Guardian this morning, which he begins by saying: What causes a famine? It
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With a growing threat from Trump what the world needs now are champions of democracy. In this country, we have Keir Starmer.
Thursday, November 9th, 2023Martin Wolf had an article in the FT earlier this week in which he asked what the impact of a second Trump presidency of the
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It’s time for the SNP to smell the coffee
Friday, October 6th, 2023A Guardian email this morning has the headline: The associated article notes: Scottish Labour’s Michael Shanks has won the Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection in
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Gove proves the Tories are still on the side of big money when it comes to the environment
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023As many report this morning, and as summarised by Politico in its morning email (which I recommend): Leveling-Up Secretary Michael Gove is set to announce
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