The KISS principle is that people should ‘Keep It Simple, Stupid’. The problem is that politicians think they have to do just that. The result was
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I noted this on Politics Home this morning: A top Tory minister is set to blast Cabinet colleagues who are demanding more cash for their
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Over the last week there have been two proposed changes to the obligations of the Bank of England. First of all, John McDonnell received a
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It is deeply depressing to see so much economically illiterate comment in the mainstream media. It’s even more depressing when it comes from those who
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The corporate state works by rules. Violate them and you are the ‘other’. The ‘other’ is the group of persons that the corporate state requires so
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Ivan Horrocks (who will be familiar to some as a long term contributor to this blog) had a post on the Progressive Pulse blog yesterday
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I have worked with environmentalist and campaigner Colin Hines for the last fifteen years. He and John Christensen of the Tax Justice Network are the
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Saturday morning is a time for reflection. And so I have done just that, on a week when the Brexit Bill passed through the House
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Philip Hammond sprung a surprise by announcing a new era in the relationship between the government and the Bank of England last night. The details
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