Anger has a bad name. Too often, we’re now told being angry is unacceptable. That, though, is just the forces of power trying to impose
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Wealth tax, or increased taxes on the income and gains from wealth?
I have listened to Gary Stevenson’s latest video, issued this weekend, to which I provide a link below. Several things stood out for me in
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I don’t apologise for being so angry
I might appear to be angry of late. The reason is that I am. I am incandescent with Labour and its callous indifference to people.
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The government says it must cut benefits for the disabled. They are completely wrong.
The government says it must balance its books and benefits cost too much, so they must be cut. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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Kendall’s performative callousness
Liz Kendall claimed yesterday that the benefits budget will fall by £5 billion by 2029, which is mysteriously the supposed sum by which it is
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Musk has discovered modern monetary theory
This is so funny: As Stephanie Kelton has also noted on Substack, Musk has discovered that the US government does, when it spends, create money
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Labour is sacrifcing people to a dodgy spreadsheet. They should be ashamed of themselves.
I listened to Liz Kendall‘s statement to the House of Commons on welfare reform, and in particular on Personal Independence Payments. It was incredibly hard
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There is no evidence to support today’s benefits cuts
As The Guardian notes in an email news alert this morning: Keir Starmer will unveil drastic cuts to disability benefits on Tuesday, despite deep opposition from
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The threat from academia
I like this, a lot: I agree with much that the commentator has to say. This line stood out for me on where progress comes
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