I posted this on Twitter this morning: Starmer is enabling fascism through his cowardice and acceptance of Farage’s framing. He has power and will not
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Beating fascism is the task ahead
A US-based writer called Chris Armitage has noted in his Substack that: Once fascists win power democratically, they have never been removed democratically. Not once.
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Which economy should we manage, and why?
The UK doesn’t just have one economy: it has three. They are the real economy, the sustainable economy, and the monetary economy. However, the government
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Retirement? Forget it
Robert Reich wrote a post yesterday on why he cannot retire, and it resonated with me because quite often someone suggests I should slow down.
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The case for recognising and supporting those with special educational needs and disabilities
Introduction I rarely write blog posts as long as this one. I am rarely as passionate about a subject as I am about the provision
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The Taxing Wealth Report in The Guardian
The Guardian’s letter page this morning has two responses to an article by Dr Faiza Shaheen, who is now the director of Tax Justice UK,
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What Farage’s British Bill of Rights really means
Nigel Farage says he wants to replace the UK Human Rights Act with a so-called “British Bill of Rights.” But let’s be clear: this is
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There is always more than one way of seeing things
Please this poem from top to bottom. And then bottom to top. That poem matters. What Brian Bilston had to say with it matters. The
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Is Rachel Reeves going to extend national insurance to investment income?
I received a pile of emails from estate agents and financial advisers — otherwise known as people living in fear of losing their sinecures —
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