The Bank of England did not cut interest rates yesterday, although three of the nine members of the Monetary Policy Committee wanted to do so
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Can democracy survive the amounts Musk can spend on politics?
Democracy is based on the principle of rule by the people – all of whom stand equal in the process. But with the money he’s
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The UK has a London problem
According to the FT: London rents rose at the fastest pace on record in November, according to official data that highlights the intensifying pain for
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Trump is threatening havoc
There is a theme in this morning’s news. The FT has named Donald Trump as their person of 2024. What is apparent is that 2025
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With apologies
There is no video, again, this morning. But we are planning to meet to organise a resumption of recording once the impact of the plague
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The Bank of England knew inflation was going to rise now – in February
This chart comes from the Monetary Policy Committee quarterly report to the Bank of England published in early August 2024: It shows that the Bank
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The MoD’s houses have been bought back, so can we cancel the whole of PFI now, please?
As the Guardian reported yesterday: A property company linked to Guy Hands has agreed to sell 36,000 military homes to the UK’s Ministry of Defence for almost
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In The National this morning
Those who do not follow this blog regularly might not know that I write a weekly column for the pro-independence National newspaper in Scotland every
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Inflation is up. Should anyone give a damn?
The Office for National Statistics has published this news on inflation in November this morning: The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 2.6% in the
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