At the Labour Party conference this morning, Rachel Reeves said: “There is nothing progressive, nothing Labour, about government using one in every £10 of public
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Capitalism, my arse
As the Guardian reports this morning: The government has said it will underwrite a £1.5bn loan guarantee to Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) as the carmaker battles the
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Labour: racist, immoral and likely to tear the country apart
Yesterday, Keir Starmer described Reform’s policy on the right to indefinite leave to remain (ILR) in the UK as “racist”, “immoral” and likely to “tear
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Would ID cards make life easier?
Keir Starmer has reopened the debate on national identity cards. Supporters say they could make public services, voting, and security simpler. Critics warn of surveillance,
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Farage, the cave, and pushing the Overton window aside
This post arose out of a conversation between Jacqueline, my wife, and me yesterday, although the idea had been bouncing around for a few days
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Farage vs migrants
This is the fourth in a series of posts on the politics of Nigel Farage and Reform, all of which treat the two as effectively
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Neurodivergence: the background
As I have already noted this morning, I believe that President Trump’s announcement on autism, made last night, is a part of his politics of
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On autism and the politics of hate
I was shocked and dismayed by what President Trump had to say on the subject of autism yesterday. As the Guardian reported: The Trump administration unveiled highly
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The politics of hate
In a strange way, I was pleased to note a moment of truthful comment by Donald Trump over the weekend. What he said, during his
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