I read a despairing Twitter thread from Prof Christina Pagel last night. It’s despairing because she is clearly placing a marker in the sand to
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Some people never seem to learn that a lack of money is not the constraint on the UK economy
Liam Byrne MP – the former Labour Chief Secretary to the Treasury who in 2010 wrote a note to his successor saying that the UK
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The real Covid financial crisis is increasing inequality – which means the wealthy must pay more tax
As I have already explained this morning, there is no Covid debt crisis. The UK national debt hardly increased in 2020/21. And the cost of
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Why we do not have a Covid debt crisis
There is much talk this morning about the Covid debt crisis that the UK faces and the fact that this is going to require cuts
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Many nationalities: one NHS
This is from the House of Commons Library: As they summarise it: And Dido Harding wants to reduce dependence on ‘foreigners’ in the NHS. Let
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Mid-west fen?
Dido Harding is not fit to lead the NHS
It is now known that Dido Harding is applying to run the NHS in England. On the basis of her track record of failure at
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There is not a single political front on which the Tories are winning right now
I do not wish to be accused of optimism, but I simply cannot see how support for the Tories can last. As I have long
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Why is the NHS in crisis before the next wave of Covid hits?
I share another tweet I have posted this morning: Why is it that the NHS is at breaking point before a Covid surge? Staffing, funding,
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