I’ve done rather more interviews than I expected today on the subject of MP’s pay – and could have done more if I could have reached studios. My point has been
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The Green New Deal group was in the Guardian this morning: One of the justifications for the coalition’s cuts is the pretence that they are
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I support a pay rise for MPs. It’s been reported today that they may get one. I have been on Radio 5 this morning arguing the
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The South China Morning Post has reported: The Principality of Liechtenstein opened a consular office in Hong Kong last week as it seeks to boost
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I was rummaging through various links today and came to the UK Foreign Office White Paper on the Overseas Territories published in June 2012. This contains, on page 14, the following interesting statement in
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Martin Wolf has written for the New York Review of Books, saying: Austerity has failed. It turned a nascent recovery into stagnation. That imposes huge
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Will Hutton has developed this theme in the Observer this morning. I recommend reading it. One quote here: It’s insane to describe as “help” making an unemployed
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A quote from William Keegan this morning: A veteran of many past Labour efforts at seeking credibility, Roy Hattersley, makes an appeal for sanity in
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The City of London sponsors a web site called The City UK – which claims it ‘partners prosperity’. On its web site it is promoting an event at
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