Martin Wolf had an article in the FT earlier this week in which he asked what the impact of a second Trump presidency of the
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Boris Johnson apparently described the Treasury as a ‘pro-death squad’ during the course of the Covid period according to notes made by Sir Patrick Vallance,
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There are many occasions in a year when, if I am honest, I feel embarrassed to be associated with the institutions of the British government,
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This comment was posted on the blog this morning in response to my article on Tory proposals to crack down on extremism: It’s always about
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I posted this as a Twitter thread this morning: The Government has apparently drawn up plans to broaden the definition of extremism to include anyone
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I feel I should say something about artificial intelligence. To some degree I am hindered when contemplating doing so by the fact that I am
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One of the questions in a rather dull edition of Question Time last night was, “How can we have confidence in the running of our
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I listened to the evidence given by Helen MacNamara, the former deputy cabinet secretary who was in office as the Covid crisis developed, given to
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The Guardian has reported today that: “Out of control” increases in child protection spending since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic have put one in
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