Selfishness cannot be the basis of society
Tuesday, December 26th, 2023Amongst the newsletters that I subscribe to is that of the Institute of Economic Affairs, the far-right, near Tufton Street based, mysteriously funded, so-called think
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Of course we're in a mess: the collapse of political thinking guarantees it
Monday, November 27th, 2023This morning has the feeling of being ‘the week after’. There is no reshuffle. Or King’s Speech. Nor is there an autumn statement. There is
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Will anyone be held accountable for 230,000 excess Covid deaths?
Monday, November 13th, 2023This is the front cover of The Lancet this week: The article from which the quotation comes is by noted health journalist, Richard Horton. He
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How can we restore confidence in government?
Friday, November 3rd, 2023One of the questions in a rather dull edition of Question Time last night was, “How can we have confidence in the running of our
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The Bank of England is driving us into recession - and misery
Thursday, November 2nd, 2023I just posted this as a Twitter thread (I refuse to call it X): The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at
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What does Starmer believe in?
Monday, October 9th, 2023I am aware that not everyone shares my disenchantment with Labour, its absence of policy and its apparent lack of leadership. Nor do they like
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Wes Streeting really should start talking sense
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023As The Guardian reports this morning: [Wes] Streeting said on Monday that a Labour government would offer incentives for GP practices in England where patients
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The risk of the Bank of England massively overshooting on inflation is high
Friday, August 4th, 2023If there is one thing that I should be grateful to the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee for it is that their incompetence provides
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The Bank of England wants to make a loss of £150 billion so that governments will be forced to cut spending. That is the real banking scandal of our time.
Friday, July 28th, 2023A number of people have asked me to comment on this article in the FT from a few days ago: To do so I have
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