We have only got one planet, and Trump wants to trash it. There are some things we cannot afford in this life. He is one
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I have refrained from discussing the assisted dying bill, but in the light of the decision made on Friday, very largely by Labour and LibDem
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The wealthy do – as author F. Scott Fitzgerald noted a century ago – think they’re different to us. The recent farmers’ protests proved that.
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The City of London claims it is the powerhouse of the UK economy. Rachel Reeves has called it our ‘Jewel in the Crown’. But actually,
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Keir Starmer sacked Louise Haigh as Transport Secretary yesterday. He knew she had a spent and incredibly insignificant criminal conviction. He really has no excuse
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There were some mild rumblings yesterday that moderation on this blog took quite a long time to happen yesterday morning. I am afraid that might
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As the Guardian notes this morning, there is a general election in Ireland today. As it also notes, Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin
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Australia has become the first country in the world to require full public country-by-country reporting. Country-by-country reporting for multinational companies shows how those companies might
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The government’s own accounts, just released, show that its total liabilities owing fell between 2022 and 2023 by £1.5 trillion. They’re now much smaller than
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