I read recently about the relationship between two small wading birds found on our shores: the dunlin and the ringed plover*. There is something to
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Farage vs the vulnerable
This is the first in a series of posts on the politics of Nigel Farage and Reform, all of which treat the two as effectively
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Neurodivergence: the background
As I have already noted this morning, I believe that President Trump’s announcement on autism, made last night, is a part of his politics of
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The finance curse
The UK suffers from a finance curse. Far from being our economic jewel, the City of London has drained trillions from the economy. That’s lost
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The last thing this country needs is an expansion of Gatwick Airport
As the Guardian reports this morning: Gatwick Airport’s £2.2bn second runway plan has been given the go-ahead by the transport secretary, Heidi Alexander. With the
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The Quantum essays: Economics, the Big Bang and Rachel Reeves
Background Having finished the first series that I plan to publish on quantum economics (others are planned), it became clear that explaining the use of this
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The church, state and fascism
As the New York Times reported after yesterday’s funeral of Charlie Kirk: The belief that Mr. Kirk is a modern-day Christian martyr was infused throughout
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What else are markets ignoring?
John Boxall, who is a regular commentator on this blog, asked yesterday in response to my video on the risk of bank collapse as a
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Starmer will not be recognising Palestine today: recognition has to come without conditions attached
As the Guardian notes this morning: The UK is expected to recognise a Palestinian state on Sunday after Israel failed to meet the conditions set out by
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