I think it fair to say that this blog does offer a slightly male-biased view of the world. That is unsurprising: I am male, and
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Covid has not gone away
I noted this in the Guardian overnight: Covid is on the rise in England, and experts have warned that more must be done to prevent
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The tax avoiders are working overtime to save the domicile rule
The Guardian carried an article yesterday in which suggested that HM Treasury projections suggested that the proposed abolition of the so-called non-domicile rule by Labour,
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Labour isn’t interested in reform
If Labour was really a party interested in reform it would be radically overhauling the UK constitution and the way in which the government is
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The story behind my alternative prime minister’s speech
The video that I published this morning of my suggested alternative speech that Keir Starmer should have made at the Labour Party conference is unusually
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The UK has helped create the crisis in the Middle East. Do we now have the objectivity to help solve it?
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, told a UN Security Council meeting yesterday that “hell is breaking loose” in Lebanon. He is right. That is what is
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Freeports should be abolished
I have long campaigned against freeports. When they were first announced, and the opportunity to meet with the government was offered to those who objected
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The speech Keir Starmer should have given
The speech Keir Starmer gave to the Labour Party conference on Tuesday was profoundly disappointing, including, I suspect, to most in Labour if only they
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What is it about economic reality that the FT cannot see and does not understand?
In my video and related post on the policies that I think Keir Starmer should have presented to the Labour Party conference this morning, I
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