The surreal sense that we are living through a moment that will, in retrospect, be seen to be the lull before an enormous economic storm
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The PDF Shop
There is a new feature on this site this morning. We now have what I am calling a PDF shop. It is also called Downloads
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Why Reeves’ November budget is already broken
Rachel Reeves plans to deliver a budget on 26 November — but how can she do that when the Labour government is falling apart? Cabinet
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Taking ideas for a walk
I was talking about and teaching editing yesterday. That is something I began learning many years ago, and which everyone who wants to communicate has
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Growth has disappeared
I have already written about growth this morning and how I frame the issue, which is very different from how I think Rachel Reeves does.
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How can Rachel Reeves deliver a Budget when the government is collapsing?
According to The Guardian and many other media sources, based on briefings from 10 Downing Street, senior members of the Labour Party have already been
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What does growth mean?
A reader of this blog asked me recently in an email why the UK no longer seems to make things, and whether a country can
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Is the BBC suffering a far-right attack?
Is there a coup underway at the BBC? When journalists are punished for minor mistakes while truth-tellers are silenced, that’s not accountability — that’s control.
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It’s the way you tell them that counts
The FT reports this morning that: Global oil and gas demand will rise for the next 25 years if the world does not change course,
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