The Telegraph has been pushing this article out: It begins with this comment: If there is a more shameful and disturbing moment in modern British
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Modern monetary theory isn’t “just theory”: it describes how the UK really works
People ask whether modern monetary theory is “just theory”. I think that’s the wrong question. The real test is practical: does the UK actually operate
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The Greens: a new force in British politics
I admit that I had no idea what to expect when I woke this morning, knowing that I would very shortly discover the news about
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There is hope, after all, thanks to the people of Gorton and Denton
It wasn’t even close in the end. This was the by-election result in Groton and Denton in Manchester last night: I woke up fearing the
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The real far-right agenda
This is from The Guardian yesterday: The chart shows the overall sentiment towards migration and migrants expressed in the House of Commons by year. It
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Thinking
Bertrand Russell was brutal, but he was also honest when he reputedly said: Most people would rather die than think; many do. What he revealed
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Condemning ourselves to decline
Phillip Inman’s column in the Guardian on Saturday made a familiar argument. “Don’t be fooled by recent good news”, he said. “The UK economy is
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Is Big Pharma capturing the NHS?
Medicine sits where fear meets trust, and Big Pharma – the companies that make up the Medical Industrial Complex – know that. In this video,
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Yesterday, the USA took a step away from fascism
There are moments when the institutions of law have to remind governments that they are not kings. Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling on the legality of
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