There were some interesting exchanges on economics yesterday. President Biden said in a tweet that he did not think trickle-down economics works. At the same
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The UK is very clearly in breach of the UN Declaration on Human Rights
I posted this Twitter thread this morning: Like many, I was shocked by the arbitrary arrest of protestors suggesting that King Charles III was not
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Welcome to the Kingdom of Charles III where dissent is not permitted
There have been two reports of people being arrested yesterday for protesting at proclamations of King Charles III. Both the protests appear to have been
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Emily Maitlis, spelling out the dangers of populism and a world that has as yet not recognised them
It is very rare indeed that I realise that the morning news agenda requires that I watch a video of an event broadcast the night
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We have a choice. We can support lawyers who support justice: the woke ones, that is. Or we can support lawyers who promote injustice. Our government supports the wrong ones.
I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: I am fed up with Tory attacks on lawyers who defend people against injustice, discrimination, abuse and
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Indifference to the suffering of others is the attitude of the modern Tory
I always remember a conversation I had a few years ago on a train between Cambridge and London. I was writing about tax and the
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What’s behind the Treasury idea that GP’s should prescribe cash for those in fuel poverty?
I have posted this thread to Twitter: According to the Guardian ‘GPs could write prescriptions for money off energy bills for the most vulnerable under
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