It takes some effort for a US president to create chaos and destruction on the scale that Donald Trump has. I have already commented on
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The House of Lords: the rich and the poor
I thought it worth sharing this video from Prem Sikka, who is an old friend of mine, another Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University
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Trump, Carney, Starmer and Farage: a toxic political mix that’s going nowhere
Carney and Starmer are technocrats – stuck in the middle without ever realising there are clowns to the right of them, and no jokers, or
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Special relationship? I don’t think so
As The Guardian reports this morning: Donald Trump has made a trade deal with the UK a second-order priority, sources have told the Guardian, hampering
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The UK’s inflation data has been seriously overstated
FT Alphaville has an article this morning that has the headline: The UK’s inflation figures were wrong and now we just have to live with
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The stupidity of markets
This is the FTSE 100 chart for the last six months: As brokers, Hargreaves Lansdown, noted in a mail they sent me (and others) last
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Is the Bank of England really independent?
Is the idea of central bank independence all a game of smoke and mirrors designed to funnel money in the direction of the City of
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Is it just 100 days?
It is almost astonishing to realise that Trump has only been in office for 100 days. Such has been the mayhem, devastation, and destruction of
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Craving the dopamine hits that Wes Streeting is dedicated to providing
I cannot help but note this report from The Guardian yesterday: Consuming large amounts of ultra-processed food (UPF) increases the risk of an early death,
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