They best of Glastonbury? I have always loved the sentiment of this song and the unabashed way in which it’s delivered here is brilliant. Not
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Africa is suffering as a result of our economic indifference, yet again
It is easy to think of the economic crisis that we are facing as a purely domestic issue. It is not. As the FT notes
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This is a supposed Bill of Rights? I don’t think so
The intellectual Titan, Dominic Raab, introduced The Bill of Rights Bill to the House of Commons yesterday. This is the first page: As I understand
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In my opinion the government is talking a lot of nonsense about inflation
I was scheduled to do a ten-minute session on BBC national radio this morning, but what seems to be a tacit agreement by broadcasters to
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The economics of the government’s pay disputes don’t stack
This is my second Twitter thread of the morning (and no, for the record, I could not sleep): The government wants a summer of pay
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The RMT strike goes to the very heart of political economy
When it comes down to it this blog is all about political economy. Political economy is related to economics, of course, but it is a
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When people’s own savings are now being used to oppress them we need to fundamentally reform corporate accountability
The UK has reached a moment when a decision has to be taken. Partly that is because it has to decide whether to continue to
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Interest rate rises designed to crush returns to working people are financialised neoliberalism’s latest power grab
My comments posted here yesterday regarding the Bank of England’s interest rate rises that it claims will help tackle inflation provide some indication of my
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