The world is still in quite reasonable shock as a consequence of Trump’s attempted coup. It will take a while for the recovery from a
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I share this from Church Action of Tax Justice, with whom I have long cooperated: Our NHS workers shouldn’t pay higher tax rates than the
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Some people seem to think that modern monetary theory implies that a government can spend money without limit, but that is completely untrue. Unlike other
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I share this from Church Action of Tax Justice, with whom I have long cooperated: Council Tax hits the poorest the most. It could be
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There were news reports yesterday that Northern Ireland is facing food shortages because hauliers and their customers do not appreciate, or believe, that there is
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Amongst news of the attempted Trump coup in the USA yesterday came two other pieces of news of significance. One was the win by two
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This comment, from Dr Rachel Clarke, who is a frontline Covid doctor in Oxford, made on BBC Question Time last night was simply brilliant: “We’ve
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The government has learned to use QE to fund the coronavirus crisis, which is all well and good except for the fact that there are
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I am sitting watching the BBC News Channel at 8.25 on Wednesday evening. And what is happening as I watch is an attempted coup in
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