The Financial Times has reported that billionaire Peter Hargreaves, co-founder of Hargreaves Lansdown, has warned against increasing taxes on wealthy people because, he says, Britain
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I noted over this summer that we appeared to be having a traffic downturn on this blog and elsewhere. I discussed this with other people
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The poll I put up here yesterday on proposed changes to the UK state old-age pension suggested by a think tank linked to Reform was
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According to a report in the Financial Times this morning: Global banking executives have warned that they will divert investment away from the UK if
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In a video Paul Krugman published on his Substack yesterday, which I recommend subscribing to, although I by no means agree with everything he says,
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British politics is increasingly becoming a politics of blame. Instead of addressing difficult social problems, politicians are finding people to punish. Small boats are one
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I wrote yesterday’s post on the need for a new approach to national security and resilience with what I admit was a growing sense of
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Summary I began a discussion yesterday about what this year’s Budget should consider. I stressed that security issues would be key, but that national security can
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Heather Cox Richardson, in her Letter from an AMerican on Substack, which I recommend subscribing to, said over night: According to the American Automobile Association,
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