The UK is stuck in a self-inflicted fiscal trap. Larry Elliott, former Guardian Economics Editor and my co-author in the Green New Deal, joins me
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This is the latest YouGov polling data chart for the period since the general election in the UK: For the sake of comparison, this is
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A new commentator on this blog, called Sammy, asked last night: I often hear a version of the phrase used in the blog, where the
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The Guardian has suddenly decided that Reform MP Sarah Pochin’s comments about Black and Asian people on television lets them describe what she said as
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This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been,
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At the weekend, The Guardian reported an interview in which Kamala Harris said: I am not done. … I have lived my entire career as
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Politicians and tech billionaires want us to believe AI will solve every problem. But automation has always delivered gains to owners, not workers. AI risks
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A new poll reported in The National (for whom I am a columnist) last night showed that support for Scottish independence appears to be growing
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Rachel Reeves says the UK needs tax rises to balance her budget. That’s simply wrong. Tax doesn’t fund government spending: spending comes first. Raising taxes
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