This is a headline in the Financial Times this morning: The substance of the story does not matter in any large part. The fact is
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As the Guardian reported yesterday: Just weeks after many people in England united around its national flag as the country’s female football team won the European
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This video asks a simple question. Is the AI-fuelled stock-market mania echoing the dot.com crash? I compare FTSE 100 and S&P 500 crashes, highlight that
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The issue of rents was on my mind yesterday, with both a post and a video on the subject. So, last night I did a
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Andy Moyle, who runs the tech on this site, reviewed the word-limit app we have been using last night in response to comments about problems,
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There was a pile-on of commentators challenging my right to describe far-right politics as fascist on this blog yesterday.  This has happened before, and in
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What happens when politics dies in August? A flight of leaders to Washington that achieved nothing. Trump was flattered. Zelensky was patronised. And the rest?
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Rents in the UK are out of control. In London, they now swallow more than 40% of income. Across England, it’s 36%. For millions, life
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This morning, a gas man is coming to visit a friend. I have volunteered to be there so that the necessary instructions can be given,
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