The FT has published an article with the headline: Can Europe still afford its generous state pensions? At the core of the argument the piece
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These are two related headlines from the FT, both from yesterday. Start with this: Then, note this: There is no coincidence here, at all, of
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We issued this YouTube short at lunchtime today: This is the transcript: Donald Trump is opposing Jerome Powell, who is the chair of the US
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As the Guardian has reported: Nadhim Zahawi was rejected for a peerage by the Conservatives just weeks before he defected to Reform UK, Tory sources have told
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The pace of what is happening in the world right now is astonishing, almost frightening, and probably alienating for many. I turn on the television
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On 20 January, Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the US Congress, is going to address both Houses of Parliament. This, I gather, is unprecedented. The
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Voltaire supposedly said: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. The logic is that if people surrender their reason and
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We are just one working week into 2026, but it feels very much longer. The US has invaded a country illegally and seized its president.
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I cannot be alone in thinking that 2026 is already proving to be a very long year. The killing of Renee Good by ICE operatives
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