We are fighting fascism
There is a problem that the British and US political systems share in common. It is the deeply delusional far-right politics that has in each
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The Tories define necessity as what suits them
We now know that the government is relying on the supposed doctrine of necessity to breach the Northern Ireland Protocol. It cannot do so because
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This government: all propaganda and no required action with resulting harm arising to us all
There was some interesting data in the ONS inflation report this morning. It was seeking to explain the decline in the UK economy in the
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Johnson’s manufacturing the excuses to begin expelling his rebels
I wrote yesterday that I suspect Johnson will be culling the ranks of Tory MPs by withdrawing the whip from opponents over the coming weeks.
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This is a very long way from over
There are issues arising from last night’s confidence vote in Boris Johnson worth considering this morning. A number stand out. One is to anticipate the
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Johnson is a man whose time has gone
One of mildly annoying things about watching politics day in, day out, is that none of the rational reasons for people desiring change cut through,
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Lord Geidt has highlighted the absence of ethics in No.10. The absence of ideas in politics will, however, be harder to solve
I am not sure that the No.10 ethics adviser, Lord Geidt, intended to yesterday set himself up as the person to bring Johnson down, but
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HM Revenue & Customs really do not want to collect tax from the wealthy
I campaigned for automatic information exchange from tax havens for a long time. Perhaps my most important paper on the issue was published in 2009.
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