I have previously avoided commenting on the Epstein saga in the USA. That’s not because it was not significant. It always has been. Most especially,
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Reflecting
It has, for all sorts of reasons, been one heck of a week. I am not complaining. There are a great many things about the
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Addressing my curiousity on citizens’ assemblies
As The Canary noted in an article in the last couple of days, there is a Citizens’ Assembly taking place in London at the beginning
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Wealth series 4: Why are the very wealthy so very wealthy?
This video is the fourth in our series on wealth — and the second asking a crucial question: Why are the wealthy wealthy? In this
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UK democracy on the brink
We published this YouTube short video this afternoon: Reform is polling at 34%. That’s more than Labour or the Tories. In this video, I explore
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What would a return to the gold standard really mean?
Reform UK published ‘Our Contract with You’ a while ago, and although the idea is not fully formed, there are hints, including from public statements from
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Labour is failing voters
I am not sure anyone has clamoured for a lowering of the voting age to 16, as Labour is now promising. I have heard vast
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Whether Labour likes it or not, we will move on
George Monbiot’s article on the nationalisation of water in The Guardian yesterday concluded with what I think was an exquisitely crafted and profoundly poignant paragraph,
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London’s stock market is broken
The UK’s CBI claims the London Stock Exchange is in crisis because of tax and regulation. But that’s nonsense. The real issue? London’s stock market
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