The news media was making much last night of the fact that Trump was suggesting that Article 5 of the NATO Treaty – which says
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HM Treasury and the Bank of England issued a Memorandum of Understanding between them yesterday. This relates to the supposed independent funding of the Bank
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I gather today is Rachel Reeves’ birthday. I am sure it is a total coincidence that this appeared on the BBC website today: There are
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As the FT has noted this morning: At least half of Thames Water’s sewage plants lack the pipes and tanks to process enough waste water,
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Trump has made clear where his sympathies lie. His first two international visitors to the White House have been Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Narendra
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I noted this comment from the Guardian on this morning’s GDP figures, announced at 7 am, with despair: Britain’s economy unexpectedly grew in the final
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Starmer is aping Nigel Farage’s anti-migrant rhetoric when no one would worry about migration if Labour delivered what people want from the government. This is
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If you aren’t subscribed to Robert Reich’s Substack account right now, you really are missing out on essential commentary on what is happening in the
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I cannot recall how many times I have said that UK interest rates, as set by the Bank of England, are too high. Now, the
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