There is no such thing as depoliticised policymaking
Tuesday, January 16th, 2024I am always wary when reading opening paragraphs of articles of this sort, as seen in the FT this morning: Barclays chief executive CS Venkatakrishnan
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Lessons from Ronnie O'Sullivan
Monday, January 15th, 2024I loved this quote from Ronnie O’Sullivan, noted after he won the Masters Snooker title for the eighth time last night, becoming both the youngest
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Danny Kruger is wrong: we got a much more conservative country under the Tories. The inequality in excess deaths proves it.
Monday, January 8th, 2024As the Guardian notes this morning: Danny Kruger, a leading backbencher and founder of the increasingly influential New Conservatives group, said the Conservatives risked being
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Shouldn't bankers know how banking works?
Friday, January 5th, 2024I have already noted one absurd comment by Sir Howard Davies, the Cahri of NatWest Bank on Radio 4 this morning. But, it was not
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Sir Howard Davies: a man deeply out of touch with reality
Friday, January 5th, 2024I posted this on Twitter about an hour ago: I admit I was not alone in noticing this, or posting it on X (as it
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The late Pat Lucas
Tuesday, December 19th, 2023I am heading to Jersey today. It will be my first flight for four years. I can’t avoid it: the boat service at this time
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The only thing we can be sure of this Christmas is that the so-called libertarians are anything but that
Monday, December 18th, 2023Around the world the lights are going out, and not just for Christmas. In Gaza, Israel is trying to wipe out a people and their
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The tortured logic of the Bank of England is total gibberish
Friday, November 24th, 2023The FT features an interview with Huw Pill, the chief economist at the Bank of England, today. In it, he says: The decline in headline
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How many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free?
Tuesday, November 21st, 2023Bob Dylan asked: And how many years can some people existBefore they’re allowed to be free?Yes, and how many times can a man turn his
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