I admit to being a little surprised by how little publicity has been given by many in civil society to the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning
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Andrew Rawnsley seeks to present an argument on coalition government in the Observer this morning. I confess I see something else in what he has
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The following open letter to David Cameron is in the Observer this morning. Its message – that the UK is undermining the freedom of the
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There's news today of another banking scandal as almost all our major banks agreed to compensate customers for mis-sold credit card and identity theft protection
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My friend and Green New Deal colleague, Andrew Simms, had an excellent article in the Guardian yesterday in which he pointed out that best estimates
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One of my greatest pleasures in life at present is going walking with my elder son. No, I'm not partaking in favouritism: the younger just
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The FT carried a fascinating article by John Authers today in which he quite convincingly argues that there is a glut of capital in the
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The Telegraph carried an extraordinary article by George Trefgarne of the Centre for Policy Studies today. It is a shameless, totally London centred, property boom
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However, there are occasions when a day out during the summer holidays seems much more important. This is one of them.