As the Guardian notes this morning: Is there no bad policy that Starmer will not now endorse? Nuclear is inherently dirty. It leaves waste behind
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Cameron and Osborne’s austerity agenda failed the UK
Amongst those on whom the Covid inquiry will shine a spotlight are David Cameron and George Osborne. The question they will be asked is whether
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The Treasury should be on Covid trial alongside Johnson and Sunak
As The Observer notes this morning: Rishi Sunak is facing a barrage of criticism in the run-up to the official Covid-19 inquiry as a leading
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Why isn’t Sunak being examined in the way Philip Schofield is?
Philip Schofiekd’s career unwound this week. That has remarkably little impact on most people. Morning television on ITV and Skating on Ice were not most
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Typos, or not?
There has been a running commentary on this blog over many years that draws attention to my typos. I am never going to deny that
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What is Sunak so desperate to hide?
I set out the legal arrangements surrounding the demand fur data made of the government by Lady Hallett, the former judge who is now heading
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The Bank of England is working the economy towards the recession it wants
The Bank of England Money and Credit report for April noted some quite surprising facts. I quote from their summary, starting with mortgages: Borrowing of
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The government can’t keep issuing green bonds and not say what they’re being used for
It is now more than a year since National Savings and Investments began issuing three-year ‘green’ savings bonds. The current offer is at a fixed
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The bland lead the bland
This is a quote noted by commentator Mike Parr this morning: These are the days when men of all social disciplines and all political faiths
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