The missing X
Saturday, June 24th, 2023I was interviewed by Henry Bonsu on Times Radio after ten last night. He wanted to talk about this week’s Twitter threads from me and
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David Cameron revealed his ignorance yesterday
Tuesday, June 20th, 2023As the BBC noted yesterday, former Prime Minister David Cameron appeared before the Covid inquiry yesterday. As they noted: Mr Cameron …. defended the austerity
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Why the Lords has to go
Monday, June 12th, 2023There are many reasons why the House of Lords should be removed. Boris Johnson ably (for once), albeit inadvertently, aided the case with his resignation
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Johnson has gone, but the legacy of his lies remains
Saturday, June 10th, 2023I posted this Twitter thread this morning: Johnson has gone, protesting his innocence to the end. To understand what has happened it it vital to
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A smug of economists
Tuesday, June 6th, 2023Steve Keen asked me if I had come across someone called Tim Worstall yesterday. The context was a blog post he was writing on neoliberal
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What is Sunak so desperate to hide?
Friday, June 2nd, 2023I 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 bland lead the bland
Thursday, June 1st, 2023This 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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The issue around Johnson’s partying is not about his guilt. It is about whether democracy will be upheld.
Thursday, May 25th, 2023The emergence of new allegations that Boris Johnson broke lockdown rules with regard to Covid on many newly discovered occasions does matter. There has been
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The paradox of intolerance
Friday, April 21st, 2023This is the first of what might be a series of reflections on the dispute over modern monetary theory (MMT) that I have been involved
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