I am glad that I did not stay up all night waiting for the by-election result in Runcorn and Helsby, because it was only called
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The Bank of England, teacher training and the failure of sixth form economics
The Bank of England put out this breathy press release yesterday: The related information is here. The claim is that: Economics is currently offered as
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The House of Lords: the rich and the poor
I thought it worth sharing this video from Prem Sikka, who is an old friend of mine, another Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University
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Trump, Carney, Starmer and Farage: a toxic political mix that’s going nowhere
Carney and Starmer are technocrats – stuck in the middle without ever realising there are clowns to the right of them, and no jokers, or
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What sort of Pope do we need?
The choice of the next Pope is all about a power play between the left and right, liberals and conservatives. What Pope do we need?
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The far-right, autism, ADHD, SEND and the need to respect and celebrate diversity
Nigel Farage was at his very worst yesterday. As The Guardian reported: Nigel Farage has claimed that doctors are “massively over-diagnosing” children with special educational
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What are we going to do?
I quote this conclusion from Aurelian’s latest essay on Substack: What are we going to do then? Well, we can start by acknowledging reality: the
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At a time when big thinking is required, we have the Winnie the Pooh of central banking in charge of monetary policy
As The Guardian notes this morning: Fears are mounting that Donald Trump’s trade war will hurt the UK economy, even as the US president backtracks
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Why do we want a deal with the thugs running the USA?
Every day it seems that we learn more about Trump. Yesterday, Vice President JD Vance gave us a clear insight into how he thinks conflicts
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