A young man protested about Israel’s actions in Gaza during the Labour Party conference yesterday and was brutally manhandled as a result, and was then
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The price of effluence
As the Guardian has reported: Six water companies overcharged customers between £800m and £1.5bn by “significantly or systematically” underreporting the true scale of their sewage
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Rachel Reeves: a Chancellor without any story to tell
These were the Tweets I put out during Rachel Reeves’ speech at the Labour Party conference today. Read from the bottom upwards: This was a
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Will Reeves reform HM Revenue & Customs?
Yahoo News appears to be just about the only media with this news story this morning: Tax dodgers will be targeted by Rachel Reeves, who
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Who, why, what, when and where for the NHS
I liked this from Roy Lilley this morning, in a discussion on why he thinks Silly Boy (as he calls Wes Streeting) will get his
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Reeves pact with the neoliberal devils
An email from the FT summarised the whole of the UK’s news agenda as follows this morning: Full marks to Labour in that case for
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Who and what should Labour tax?
Labour gave no positive clues on where they might raise revenue during the election campaign. So, what might they do in the October budget? And
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The likelihood that this is a very happy Labour government is very low indeed
The Labour Party conference has begun. It must be agony for those newly promoted to high ministerial posts. Recently granted status as Privy Councillors, and
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Confession time
I admit I said I was having some thinking time last week, and it’s true that I was. I was also on holiday near Newport
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