Rachael Reeves turned up at Larry Elliott’s farewell drinks at the Guardian last night. I did not have the chance to talk to her, but
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Trump’s tariffs are bad news for everyone
Trump’s plan to impose massive tariffs on imports into the USA are bad news for US consumers, and most specially the poorest people in that
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Labour’s fading glory
As the FT notes this morning: Labour has lost more than 40 per cent of the council seats it has defended in by-elections since the
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Starmer announces nothing new on climate change
Keir Starmer flew to Azerbaijan to announce nothing new on climate change at COP 29 yesterday. Reports suggested: The UK will pledge to cut emissions
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And now, more than 850,000
I mentioned yesterday that my video on Trump’s prospects in 2025 had been watched by more than 330,000 people on YouTube, with that figure still
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The Church has to move beyond privilege
The resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury might be unprecedented in the history of that post, but it does not, somehow, come as a shock.
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Time to leave Twitter?
As the FT notes this morning: Elon Musk’s support for Donald Trump is set to boost X’s flagging business, with some marketers poised for a
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What would a good fiscal rule look like?
If we want to change things, we have to change the rules of government. We have to change them so that people are at their
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HMRC’s steady decline continues
As the FT noted a couple of days ago: The number of HM Revenue & Customs investigations into serious tax fraud and avoidance has fallen
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