It’s been a gruelling few weeks. I’m absent with my sons today. Sometimes one just needs to go and play but since people often ask
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Readers of Left Foot Forward have voted Owen Jones, academic and author of “Chavs: the Demonisation of the Working Class”, as the most influential leftwing
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Left Foot Forward runs an annual poll for the Left Wing Thinker of the Year. I have been nominated this year by someone who, as
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At the Soho literary festival on Sunday: Where Did Our Money Go? With the new economics foundation Sunday 25th September 2011 – 1:00pm. tickets £8 AUDITORIUM: The Main Theatre
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It seems a matter of great delight to some in the Crown Dependencies that the EU has finally aproved their much altered tax systems. As has
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It looks like the trolls are out again. Saying ‘you’re wrong’ is not debate.  And it’s deleted as a result – as I say I
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My apologies for all the typos in blogs of late. I am perplexed by what is happening. I write the blog. I edit and correct
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Trolls seem to be taking their summer holidays on this blog. Might I remind them of the comments policy? Since I’m bored by their typical holiday making
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The latest Wikio economics blogs rankings are out and this blog ius still at number one – I think that’s six months in the top
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