The UK government cannot go bust because it is the only organisation with the ultimate authority required to create the money that’s required to settle
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As Andrew Rawnsley notes in the Observer this morning: You can get most of the article from the headline. Starmer is never going to upset
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As the Observer has noted this morning: Donald Trump’s presidential administration has exempted smartphones and computers from the 125% levies imposed on imports from China
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It was a glorious day at Wicken Fen, south of Ely, yesterday: This is an extraordinary fen landscape: Although the open skies and reedbeds are
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The events of the last few days have posed a number of questions. One is, why do we have governments when, if they are captured
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Today is Boat Race day in England. The power of the Oxbridge elite in our society guarantees that this ridiculous sporting event between teams that
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As the recent egg crisis in the USA showed, world food supply chains are intensely vulnerable and prone to failure as they are dependent upon
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This is in the Express today: The rest is here. They suggest people should brace themselves for what I have to say, which is really
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A song for the day, firstly because I like the music these two make together and individually, and secondly because the title seems appropriate right
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