Starmer tried to look tough by calling Reform’s policies racist this week. I have already noted their backlash this morning. But let’s also be clear,
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I did an interview with New York–based finance podcast host Jack Farley yesterday. He had done his research, and the discussion was good. I will
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Are all our major political parties now the same? Labour, Conservatives, the Lib Dems, and even Reform  are united by one ideology: neoliberalism. Fiscal rules,
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Chris Hedges, the noted anti-fascist campaigner in the USA,  has recently pointed out that fascists are unusually candid. They tell you what they are going
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Nigel Farage says cutting “red tape” boosts growth. Let’s be honest about what that means: weaker paid leave, weaker sick and maternity pay, weaker anti-discrimination
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As the Telegraph reports this morning: Burberry has axed its diversity chief as part of a sweeping overhaul at the luxury goods giant. In a move
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As the Washington Post noted yesterday: President Donald Trump delivered a meandering address to an unprecedented gathering of the country’s top military leaders, railing against
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This week’s podcast was recorded as the final video in a series of videos that I made for the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency. I
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Umair Haque recently posed a profound question. What, he asked, is the opposite of fascism? His answer was not “democracy,” as many would suppose, but
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