The Green New Deal Group (of which I am a member) and the Sizewell C Campaign have issued this joint press release: Campaigners have called
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Can Trump turn government off?
The thing about government is that it is meant to outlast any political administration and even us. It is meant to be permanent, the bedrock
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Reeves is way out of her depth
I have been watching Rachel Reeves this morning. I have a number of thoughts. First, without the crutch that her pre-learned lines provide to her
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Trump’s assault on the USA: seeking an explanation
Please excuse this much longer-than-usual post. I am seeking to explain something that has appeared almost inexplicable – which is Trump’s assault on the USA.
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What Reeves should do on Wednesday?
Ravel Reeves thinks she is facing an economic crisis. She’s wrong. She and Labour are facing a political crisis that demands that she spends. But
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Birding
There was good birding to be done at the Wetland and Wildlife Trust Welney reserve this morning, along with their excellent coffee – the best
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Keeping things in proportion
The closure of Heathrow Airport for about 24 hours this week has been treated as a national disaster. To view the media, you would think
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Should the state be managing infrastructure again?
As the FT asks this morning: It is entirely appropriate that the FT raises this question. For decades, neoliberalism has dictated that all economic activity
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Might Labour be losing Scotland?
As is readily apparent, everywhere, Labour is in turmoil and chronic electoral decline. Its general election win last July might, I suspect, prove to be
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