According to the Mail (not a source quoted that often here): Boris Johnson said he would rather see ‘bodies pile high in their thousands’ than order
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I am sickened by the politics of the indifference to others
I met with three friends yesterday to share the pleasure of their company, to talk about at issues in the way never possible over Zoom,
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Now they’re corrupting the news stories in their corruption
Government corruption is now normal. Yesterday we learned that the VIP channel for Covid procurement took up so much of officials’ time last year that
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We have a long way to go to beating the coronavirus pandemic
I was asked to share this, and am happy to do so. It is a recording of an Independent Sage meeting, a week ago, when
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If we’re to beat Covid 19 we might need hypothecated taxes- which is something I never expected to say
I have always resisted the idea of hypothecated taxation. There are very good reasons for doing so. First, claims of hypothecation are usually a sham
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Another day, and some more corruption
I posted this in Twitter last night: If Hancock was an auditor this would probably end his career. So why doesn’t it as a cabinet
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When it comes to this government the default position now has to be to ask who within it is gaining from any decision made
The Guardian reports this morning that: Senior government officials have raised “urgent” concerns about the mass expansion of rapid coronavirus testing, estimating that as few
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‘Money for nothing and my Tweets for free’ is out today
Today is the launch day for my new ebook, ‘Money for nothing and my Tweets for free’. The book can be downloaded from here. There
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Not so U shaped after all
Do you remember all those who confidently said that we’d have a U shaped recession and that the recovery from Covid would be an immediate
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