George Monbiot’s article on the nationalisation of water in The Guardian yesterday concluded with what I think was an exquisitely crafted and profoundly poignant paragraph,
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This is worth watching from Francesca Albanese, the very brave UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian state:

I share this report from The Guardian because I think it is necessary to do so: Armed police threatened a peaceful protester with arrest under
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Many people will have seen this opinion poll, news of which broke yesterday. There are several key points to consider here. Firstly, I am old
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The tax gap remains in the news this week. Today, the Public Accounts Committee has published a new report on the issue in which they
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There was much in Rachel Reeves’ Mansion House speech last night that was neoliberal to the core. Except for the fact that Rachel Reeves clearly
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As Heather Cox Richardson notes in her newsletter ‘Letter from an American’ (which I recommend subscribing to), that I received overnight: Trump appointees insist they
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Two familiar commentators on this blog, Mike Parr and the person known as Colonel Smithers, spent some of the weekend discussing a Substack by someone
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As the FT noted last night: Lesotho’s trade minister has warned that the country’s textiles industry, a major exporter to brands such as Levi’s and
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