The UK is a country of massive wealth inequality, with all the stress landing on those the wealthy think to be the undeserving poor, which
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Writers on Gaza
I did not sign this letter. I was not invited to do so, unsurprisingly. But I would have done so if I had been asked.
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Labour really does need to take an apprenticeship in politics
As FE (or Further Education) Week has reported: Public funding for level 7 apprenticeships will be removed for people aged 22 and older from January
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People aren’t disatisfied wth Labour: they’re revolted
This is from a great article by George Monbiot in The Guardian this morning: In one forum after another, I hear the same sentiments: “I
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Why is Labour talking total economic nonsense to justify its desperate desire to keep children in poverty?
Bridget Phillipson MP, who is the Education Secretary, is telling the morning media rounds that if the government were to restore the winter fuel allowance,
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The police must not take the risk of being prejudiced
Like, I suspect, everyone, I was shocked to hear the news from Liverpool last night, where a man drove his car into a crowd celebrating
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The UK has a choice: it can do what is legally required of it, or fail
As The Guardian notes this morning: The UK must impose sanctions on the Israeli government and its ministers and also consider suspending it from the
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The uninsurable housing time bomb
Uninsurable houses as a result of climate change will be a disaster for homeowners, banks, governments and the whole of society. Are we ready for
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This is a weird one
Over the last five days, I have had more than 200 new followers on Substack. There is something a little weird about this. I do
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