As the FT noted yeseterday afternoon: The IMF predicted that Britain’s economy would increase by just 1.2 per cent in 2023 and that its inflation
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Knocking the Tories about, as happened yesterday, is all well and good. But knocking them out is what is required
So, Johnson apologised with, he claimed, ‘full humility.’ The trouble was, no one relay believed that, and for one good reason. That reason is that
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The Tories are demanding acquiescence as if it is their right. They risk revolt.
Yesterday the Archbishops of Canterbury and York attacked the government’s plans to deport asylum seekers in the UK to Rwanda. I use the term deport
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I’m so damned angry at the bastards who are destroying my country
I share the following Twitter thread written by Prof Richard Bentall this morning. I admit I am delighted to not be the only thread writing
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United Kingdom government’s intention to offshore asylum processing to Rwanda sends a worrying signal
The following press release has been issued this afternoon by Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, and I think it worth sharing
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Migration: some facts, and the shame
This post is by Andrew, who is a regular commentator to this blog, who has posted two comments to this blog this morning, all of
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People need protection from those who claim they understand macroeconomics, but don’t
As the FT has noted this morning: A top Federal Reserve official has warned it is a “fantasy” to think the US central bank can
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How do we stop the coup? That is the question now
The last pretence that we live in a democracy in the UK collapsed yesterday. Johnson and Sunak received fines for attending a party that they
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2022 is not looking good
I have just posted this thread on Twitter. It actually began life as a blog post, but then I realised it suited both media, so
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