I just posted this on Bluesky: It is quite a moment to realise that the new US President is so opposed to an idea that
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Trumpcoins represent the essence of far-right politics
As the FT has reported this morning: The total value of a memecoin backed by Donald Trump soared to more than $14bn over the weekend,
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There is nothing to celebrate today
I admit to waking up feeling tired, fatigued, and drained this morning. That’s not normal for me. I am usually pretty good at starting the
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What is Trump going to do?
Trump was slow to get going in his first presidency. This time he’s planning on an impact from day one, and that impact could be
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If growth is out of road, what are the reasons to be cheerful?
Andrew Rawnsley has, like many others, looked back at the last week in the life of Rachel Reeves this morning in his column in The
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The political system is rotten
It would seem that people in the US have rumbled the truth. The New York Times did a poll in the first week of this
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There’s no growth, so what should Labour do?
Labour’s plan for government is based on some vague aspirations that are almost meaningless, and probably undeliverable. So, what should it do? This is the
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Reeves is still peddling the household analogy
Rachel Reeves did an interview with Nick Robinson of the BBC this week as part of a new series that he is producing entitled Political
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People want gilts
A week on from the supposed gilt crisis the FT has produced this chart: The rate of return on UK gilts has resulted in a
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