The FT has reported this morning that: Boris Johnson has been urged by an influential Conservative MP to end all Covid-19 restrictions in England by
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Democracy in danger
I am pleased to be taking part in this event organised by West Country Voices: As the blurb says: The bills currently going through parliament
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Neoliberal thinking is now MAD because it is a route to mutually assured destruction
The FT has reported today that: Policies to tackle climate change are likely to keep energy prices higher for longer and may force the European
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Every necessary response to Covid requires significant government action. There is no solution to this crisis without that.
As The Observer notes this morning: Covid should be treated as an endemic virus similar to flu, and ministers should end mass-vaccination after the booster
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Deliberate political lying is leading us on the path to fascism by undermining faith in democratic politics
No one of sound mind can, I think, work out the reasoning of Lord Geidt when deciding to very largely exonerate Boris Johnson of all
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There is only one solution to the problem of Covid, and the state is at the heart of it
I cannot have been alone in expressing a deep sense of frustration when hearing Steve Baker MP demanding a timescale for the ending of Covid
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What is Jacob Rees-Mogg’s sudden interest in inflation and tax cuts all about?
As the Guardian notes this morning: Jacob Rees-Mogg has asked Rishi Sunak to reconsider impending tax rises as the chancellor and the prime minister came
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The Bank of England is going to take on modern monetary theory
The Bank of England has issued this press release this week: It says: ‘Can’t we just print more money?’ is a new pop-economics book, written
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Corporate Accountability Network Audit Briefing – what are the information needs of the stakeholders of public interest entities?
As I have noted previously on this blog, the Corporate Accountability Network, which I direct, is publishing a series of Audit Briefings that discuss the need for
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