Matthew Goodwin posted this on Twitter on Saturday: So what, you might ask? But then remember four things. First, Matthew Goodwin is one of the
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Will 2025 be a nightmare year for Trump?
Trump controls the Presidency, Senate and, most likely, the House. He has no excuses for not delivering on his promises as a result. But, he
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Why Trump won, and why that requires that the rules be rewritten
Why did Trump win? I keep reading commentary asking why it was that Trump won the US presidential election, and by corollary, why Harris lost?
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Why are people so good at their hobbies?
The question always asked about the UK economy is, why are we so unproductive? Might it be that UK businesses do not seek to use
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Democracy: an afterword
It is rare that I find running this blog difficult. Yesterday was an exception. I definitely found some of the reactions to my post on
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Nye
The National Theatre is offering free streaming of its amazing production of ‘Nye’ until Monday. This is a play based on the life of Nye
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We really do need to reduce the consumption of ultra-processed foods
I published a video about a week ago in which I said that I did not think that Ozempic, Wegovy and other GLP-1 group drugs
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Why democracy?
People fought for the right to democratic equal representation in this country from the 17th century onwards, and I still think it is the basis
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The Bank of England is going to keep its foot on the brake, whatever Labour might want
The Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee reported yesterday on its thinking on inflation when cutting the base interest rate to 4.75 per cent, which,
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