I posted this on Twitter yesterday: Protestors seeking to draw attention to the desperate plight of our planet have been sent to prison for four
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Will this government do anything different to prevent another pandemic killing hundreds of thousands?
There was much, rightful discussion of the first publication from the Covid inquiry yesterday. There were also, however, too many claims made that the state
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Shouldn’t we be celebrating recent record national savings?
There is new national debt data out today. This was my reaction to the announcement from the Office for National Statistics on Twitter: I am
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Labour could introduce PR for English local elections
I have published this video this morning. In it I argue that Scotland already has proportional representation for its local authority elections. England needs it,
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Crypto: the route to serfdom
The Guardian has reported this morning that: The co-founders of Silicon Valley’s most prominent venture capital firm have announced their support for Donald Trump’s bid
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Child poverty is caused by a lack of money. Only more money for those in poverty can solve it.
The government has claimed it has ‘hit the ground running’ when it comes to child poverty by setting up a task force that will begin
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Labour’s Budget Responsibility Bill would probably have banned the use of quantitative easing to fund the furlough scheme in 2020
This is how the government describes the Budget Responsibility Bill, which is the first Bill described in its King’s Speech publication: Let’s be candid about
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Labour could increase the minimum wages for non-standard working hours
I have published this video this morning. In it I argue that vast numbers of people are paid the minimum wage, but it makes no
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The King’s Speech: a half-baked hotchpotch that delivers something considerably less than a vision
I was at a graduation yesterday, and so missed much of the King’s Speech. To be honest, I missed nothing of consequence. There is to
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