Simon Jenkins is an immensely irritating man. As I have said before on this blog, there are occasions when he writes quite profoundly in the
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The next few days might see reduced blog activity. I am at the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex taking part in,
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MPs are criticising the government this morning for cutting back spending on flood defence spending at a time when the need for them is very obviously rising,
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Many years ago the man who I now think of as my teenage mentor told me that it was not change that worried people because
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Extremism always depends upon the setting up of a ‘hate’ figure: a group in society who are vilified, rightly or wrongly. That is why I
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According to the Treasury this morning: [George Osborne] set out the five components of his long-term economic plan to build a stronger, more competitive, economy
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Osborne says he will deliver a five point plan today. This would be mine: First, there should be a moratorium on cuts. It’s now not
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The Guardian has reported this morning that: Britain is facing a year of hard truths in 2014 as more cuts are needed and the economy
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This morning there is widespread coverage of the strike by lawyers and solicitors. I am not surprised by this first strike by lawyers since 1466.
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