I watched Imelda May’s fascinating programme on Sky Arts last night, in which she explored the story of the Yeats sisters, Elizabeth and Susan, who
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I put this on Twitter last night: What Sunak and his far-right allies want to create with their pernicious rhetoric of unity, to which Labour
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Rishi Sunak spoke yesterday of the need for the government, police and others to stand up against those who oppose British values. But, just what
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This might well be the best commentary I have read on Sunak’s announcement yesterday. To put this in context, Caroline Slocock was Thatcher’s private secretary.
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I would like to reflect on something other than the failure of British (and maybe broader politics) to reflect the views of moderate people this
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The FT has a post this morning that says: The article says: The Bank of England is struggling to bring inflation back to target because
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As the Guardian reports this morning: Jeremy Hunt is considering scrapping Britain’s non-domiciled tax rules in next week’s budget, it has been reported, in a
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I have this morning published the last substantial chapter of the Taxing Wealth Report 2024. Some introductory and concluding sections have still to be completed,
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A number of related themes are apparent in commentary on the economy this morning. One is poverty. As the Guardian notes: Millions of people –
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