Fiscal rules are works of fiction. They are as made up as fairy tales are, and yet the Chancellor is asking us to believe that
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Jamie Dettmer, the opinion editor at Politico Europe, had an article out on Sunday under this headline: The opening paragraph is: Turkish President Recep Tayyip
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The Guardian has reported: Sales of new Tesla cars slumped in Europe last month in the latest indication of a potential buyer backlash over Elon
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This is a brief follow-up to yesterday‘s blog post in which I sought to explain why, I think, Trump, Musk and the other big tech oligarchs
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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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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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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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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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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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