It’s time for the SNP to smell the coffee
Friday, October 6th, 2023A Guardian email this morning has the headline: The associated article notes: Scottish Labour’s Michael Shanks has won the Rutherglen and Hamilton West byelection in
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Of course HS2 hasn’t worked: it was so over designed it had no hope of doing so, let alone on budget
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023I saw a Renault 4 today, in near pristine condition. It brought back many memories. I had one on the 80s. It had an enormous
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Local government is at risk of failing as a result of government policy
Monday, August 28th, 2023As the Guardian notes this morning: At least 26 councils in some of Britain’s most deprived areas are at risk of effective bankruptcy within the
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GERS day
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023For those in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the acronym GERS is probably pretty meaningless. In Scotland, it is big enough that that annual publication
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This country does not need a neoliberal Labour Party
Wednesday, August 9th, 2023I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: I am aware that some people here are quite upset by my comments about Labour. They presume
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Why we need a national debt
Wednesday, July 26th, 2023I had a request yesterday that I write an article explaining the national debt, most especially in the context of modern monetary theory. Let me
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The UK's rental market is a nightmare for those depending on it as a result of deliberate Bank of England policy
Thursday, July 20th, 2023The Office for National Statistics has issued new data on the changing cost of UK rental properties this morning. The key message is summarised in
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The opposition to Starmer has to begin now
Monday, July 17th, 2023I think you have to admit that Keir Starmer had quite a weekend. His article in The Observer made it absolutely clear that he really
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Eighteen months from an election the available options do not look compelling
Thursday, July 6th, 2023There are three things that the UK commentariat seems to agree upon right now. The first is Sunak has given up. The second Starmer has
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