Donald Trump calls himself the ultimate dealmaker. The record says otherwise. His breakthrough deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz with Iran collapsed when Iran
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When will politics move beyond pandering to a thug in Washington?
Russia has a population of around 143 million people. That makes it, in population terms, just over twice the size of the UK. That population
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We will bear the cost of this folly
The Brent crude price chart per barrel, expressed in dollars, is always interesting, and this was the view from the FT last night: The recent
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Infographic: The Finance Curse
To support this morning’s podcast, I have written this infographic: How to expand this image If you press CTRL or Command and Plus (+) on
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Our democracy is not representative, relevant or realistic. Can it survive that?
I spent quite a lot of time yesterday wondering what it would take to really transform the current UK political agenda. The antics of those
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Is Farage over?
Farage and Reform failed again in the Manchester mayoral election on Thursday, which was announced late on Friday. This was the BBC’s summary of the
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Tax havens: what really happens behind closed doors?
What really happens inside a tax haven? John Christensen knows because he was there. As Jersey’s Head of the Government Economic Service, he witnessed first-hand
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War is not going away. Nor is the risk of recession
Netanyahu is in the USA right now. His aim is to get Trump to continue and even expand the futile war on Iran that these
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Debate Ammunition: Why Did We Fail to Prepare for Climate Change?
THE RICHARD J MURPHY YOUTUBE CHANNEL DEBATE AMMUNITION Why Did We Fail to Prepare for Climate Change? Funding the Future | July 2026 Topic Despite
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