Yesterday was the third best readership day in the history of this blog. There were more than 21,000 reads. This seemed to go down well:
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Built in obsolescence? Or just getting old?
Two weeks ago I got back from Montreal with a sickly iPhone. It transpired, when I took the case off, that this had become structural:
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Some people really do waste The Treasury’s time
I note a right wing time waster has just put in this request under Freedom of Information rules: There should be a lot to supply,
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Michael Meacher: a note of appreciation
Many readers will be aware that Michael Meacher MP died yesterday. I had the chance to work with Michael during the last parliament and last saw
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I may be wrong, but that’s a risk worth taking
Chris Dillow wrote a cautionary, if public, note to me last week on forecasting recession. I think he slightly overstated his case: I do admit
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Post-Corbynomics
I couldn’t resist the title: it was too obvious not to use. And it has resonance. After two months during which the term Corbynomics has
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Business as usual
A number of people have asked me to clarify where I stand with Labour, and whether I will work for them. It’s only fair in
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Where I am
A lot of people – mostly, but by no means solely, journalists – have been calling me and asking if I have a job with
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Prof Murphy
I am pleased to report that I have been told today that I have been appointed as Professor of Practice in International Political Economy in
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