I posted another in the Quantum Essays series yesterday. In response, Schofield, who is a regular commentator on this blog, wrote: The big question …
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Are Reform’s policies racist?
The debate on whether Reform is racist, or not, is heated and the subject of many claims, all of which rather ignore what people actually
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The government should stop wasting time on gesture politics and deliver evenhandedness instead
As The National newspaper in Scotland has reported: Amnesty have condemned the UK Government’s plan to expand police powers to ban protests, calling the “ludicrous
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Britain is not in the doghouse
The Economist claims Britain is trapped in a “debt doom loop.” But they’re wrong. The UK does not face a government debt crisis. What we
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Jews are divided by Netanyahu and the actions of Israel
The Washington Post has published some data on the attitudes of Jews in the USA to the conflict in Gaza, as well as more broadly
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Whatever became of the Affluent Society?
John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Affluent Society asked a question that still matters: how can we live with private luxury alongside public squalor? In this video,
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The aftermath of the Manchester attack
Nothing justifies yesterday’s attack in Manchester. No excuses can ever be made for murder. That is what this was. My sympathies go to all involved,
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American troops in US cities
In the context of this morning’s video and a post yesterday, this jumped out at me from an overnight newsletter from the New York Times:
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The Greens plan to abolish interest payments on central bank reserve accounts
As the FT reports this morning: The leader of the Green party has called for the Bank of England to stop paying interest on reserves
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