If you listened to UK politicians yesterday you would think the banking crisis was solved. 300 odd pages of report from John Vickers and a promise
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Leaving the elderly to die in the streets
I’ve just linked to a US video in which it is apparent that the audience want an uninsured 30 year old to die for the
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Let’s stop pretending this isn’t about class warfare, because it clearly is
It’s time to stop any pretence that the the Tories aren’t about class warfare and that their economic policies aren’t intended to promote the wealth of a few at cost to
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Jerusalem
And did those feet in ancient time. Walk upon England’s mountains green: And was the holy Lamb of God, On Englands pleasant pastures seen! And
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You can tell the right by their indifference to working people
Obama proposed this deal last night: The American Jobs Act includes $140bn for building roads, bridges and other major infrastructure projects that would put hundreds of thousands
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Can we really trust the economy to a man quite as stupid as this?
The Mirror wrote a very good commentary on George Osborne’s speech when accepting the GQ Magazine Politician of the Year award this week. To describe
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Feral
Another discussion of a word, also from the Guardian. As Jon Henley noted yesterday: Feral: there’s a lot of it about, lately. Too true: as
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Pelf
I love the English language and love playing with it – even if I don’t always type it properly. As a result I was delighted when the
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We must listen to what bond markets are telling us and invest in public infrastructure now
Martin Wolf has an article under the first part of the above title in the FT this morning, and as he notes: What is to
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