There is always money for defence spending. As Europe has discovered, mention security and money can be found. €800bn was in the EU at a
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I was told by YouTube last night that our channel has been selected for inclusion in their new auto-dubbing service. As they put it: We
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I mentioned a number of things when talking about my post-retirement from employment (but not work) plans when writing last weekend. One was that I
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I have questioned the merits of Adam Smith’s four supposed principles of taxation in the past, but would agree with one of them. That one
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Economics is all about choices, but when most economic discussion is focused on almost irrelevant day-to-day minutiae and political tittle-tattle, who is there asking the
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Keir Starmer says we need more defence spending. He also says that, despite that, Rachel Reeves’ fiscal rules must be complied with. As a result,
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Trump put this statement out in the last day: There are no appropriate words to describe the thuggishness of this. The hate-filled venom inherent in
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The FT has reported this today: The UK Department for Education has announced a last-minute cut in funding to pay for additional students at further
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I cannot help but think that in he wreckage of international relations that now exists, UK defence policy is in a total mess. First, there
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