One of the consequences that I predicted would flow from Trump was that the far-right elsewhere would suffer serious reputational damage. I suggested that this
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Nothing Trump is saying, doing or enacting makes any sense – so is his real goal to Make America Dysfunctional Again – or MADA? There
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There is always money for defence spending. As Europe has discovered, mention security and money can be found. €800bn was in the EU at a
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I was told by YouTube last night that our channel has been selected for inclusion in their new auto-dubbing service. As they put it: We
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I mentioned a number of things when talking about my post-retirement from employment (but not work) plans when writing last weekend. One was that I
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I have questioned the merits of Adam Smith’s four supposed principles of taxation in the past, but would agree with one of them. That one
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Economics is all about choices, but when most economic discussion is focused on almost irrelevant day-to-day minutiae and political tittle-tattle, who is there asking the
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Keir Starmer says we need more defence spending. He also says that, despite that, Rachel Reeves’ fiscal rules must be complied with. As a result,
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Trump put this statement out in the last day: There are no appropriate words to describe the thuggishness of this. The hate-filled venom inherent in
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