The panel on Question Time were asked what would their song title for this moment be. There were some quite good suggestions (excepting from Helen
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GDP per head is going nowhere, fast. Another of Rishi’s promises is biting the dust
I don’t think GDP growth is important, per se. I think the growth in well-being is, and they are not the same thing. But the
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The government’s treatment of refugees makes international criminals of them all, in my opinion
I am so bored of hearing Tories talking about illegal immigration by refugees, whether in the House of Lords or on Question Time, that I
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When the Tories are openly derided in Bexhill-on-Sea they need to be worried
Question Time last night was one of those rare moments when you think that maybe Britain is not quite as mad as you sometimes believe.
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PWC are in trouble in Australia. The suggestion that they shared government secrets does not look good
As the FT has reported this morning: PwC is racing to contain the global fallout of an Australian leak scandal on its business after it
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Co-operatives Wales: A new economic narrative for the left
I am giving a talk for Cooperatives Wales on Saturday morning as part of their celebration of Robert Owen Day. My talk on a new
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Sometimes even the Tories have to admit that nationalisation is the answer
The Guardian has reported this morning that: As they note: TransPennine Express is to be run by the state after ministers announced that the failing
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Labour, the SNP, and tosh
As the Guardian noted yesterday: At the post-PMQs lobby briefing Rishi Sunak’s press secretary refused to rule out a post-election pact with with DUP, or
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Why doesn’t Google’s new Bard AI service know what a Dutch Sandwich is?
I thought I would try out Google’s new AI tool which was relaunched yesterday. It goes by the name Bard. I asked it an innocent
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