I have had several complaints from commentators in the last few days that I have not moderated their comments within minutes of their posting them. May I remind people that this
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When I was a teenager the Top 20 was pretty important in my life. Well times, change, but it seems that I’m in at number
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George Monbiot has an article on think tank funding in the Guardian today. He rightly says that think tanks should disclose who is funding them.
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I make a point of trying to disclose conflicts of interest, sources of funding, potential bias and so on on this blog since you can
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I’m on You and Yours on Radio 4 at lunchtime discussing tax avoidance and abuse. Martin O’Neill is introducing the philosophy of tax, and tax
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I visited my father, who has been unwell, today and returned to moderate 21 comments on this blog. I have rarely deleted so many –
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I seem to be upsetting left wing anarchists as well as the usual right wing trolls at the moment. I must be doing something right.

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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