August Bank Holiday Monday is no a day for news, as this morning’s emails are confirming. But then I noticed that this headline had slipped
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What politicians need to know about decision making
I have published this video this morning. In it, I note that you would think politicians should be good at decision-making, but they aren’t. Of
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A soft landing?
Reflection: Why do social media?
This morning, I published a video in a slightly different format from the one I usually use. Firstly, it is audio only. That just seemed
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Of course the government is ignoring Covid: to do otherwise would require that it admit that society exists
The Guardian has reported this morning that: One in five patients registered to a pair of GP surgeries in the north of England have long
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What might save democracy from our politicians?
As is apparent from the traffic on this blog, people are taking time off right now. I always think that this last weekend in August,
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Defeating the “food-industrial” and “medical-industrial” complexes that are destroying well-being
A long time ago (in 1961, to be precise), President Dwight D Eisenhower of the USA warned that: In the councils of government, we must
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The FT’s missing the point about Kamala Harris. She’s an ethical pro-marketeer, and they aren’t.
The Financial Times had an editorial yesterday in which they discussed Kamala Harris’ economic policy, which they deemed to be inadequate. The Financial Times might
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Rachel Reeves’ new wheeze: punishing those who live in social housing with above inflation rent rises
This is in the FT this morning: UK chancellor Rachel Reeves is planning to raise social rents by more than inflation for the next 10
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