I have never been an enthusiast for the continued involvement of the royal family in the constitutional affairs of the UK, or any other country
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Dowden’s rather nasty message about freedom has ‘shut up and know your place whilst we abuse you’ written all over it
Oliver Dowden MP, the chair of the Conservative Party, tweeted this yesterday: First of all, let’s note that this speech was given at the very
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Has our economic model of wellbeing had its day?
This table is in the FT this morning: It is used by the FT to celebrate three things. The first is that the cost of
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The operations of the Big 4 accountants within tax havens are a threat to democracy, so why won’t they close them down?
There is an interesting thread from Tom Tugendhat MP on Twitter. He is, of course, a Tory and chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee. He
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The world pre 2020 no longer exists – we may want it to, but it just doesn’t
The UK needs a new tax politics
HM Revenue & Customs is under fire from the Public Accounts Committee this morning, and rightly so. In a new report they say: HMRC ignorance
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What the Met needs is a moral compass
What is there to say about the resignation of Cressida Dick from the Met? First, this was well overdue. Many have had doubts about her
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A note to those defending those who attacked Keir Starmer
There were a number of comments on this blog yesterday from those of left wing persuasion that appeared to share much in common. All sought
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The Tories are a bunch of losers when it comes to the task of governing
Boris Johnson has survived another weekend, even if the pressure on him continues to mount. During this one he claimed to have reorganised the top
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