Starmer believes in government by private equity fund managers. The EU doesn’t. That’s why Starmer will never get close to Europe. This is the audio
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Wes Streeting is only interested in money
I liked this post on Twitter this morning: The point made is wholly appropriate. Streeting wants to cut spending very much more than he wants
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The UK benefits system is broken
As the FT notes this morning: Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to slash spending on Britain’s “broken” and “indefensible” health-related welfare system, which is costing
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Labour ministers who thought that freezing benefit payments was appropriate are not fit to hold public office
As the Guardian notes this morning: Ministers have left the door open to a humiliating U-turn on their highly contentious plans to cut benefits for disabled people,
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Where are the students?
Aleksandar Vučić, the President of Serbia, is a politician with a dubious political past and a none too attractive political present. He is an authoritarian,
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The times, they are a changin’, but not for the better
Donald Trump has made many claims about himself, but when a person reaches his age, it is the facts that tend to matter more than
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Elon Musk says empathy is threatening civilisation. He’s wrong. He is that threat.
Elon Musk says empathy is threatening civilisation. He’s wrong. He is that threat. What’s worse though is that his threat is totally consistent with neoliberal
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What is the role for Labour now that it is so obviously the Tory party?
Wes Streeting, Labour’s health minister, whose remit only effectively extends to England, said last night that the NHS was full of brilliant people who were
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Should seized Russian money be used to help Ukraine?
There is well over $200 billion of Russian money in Europe and the UK that could be used to help the Ukraine, but our politicians
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