I was musing this morning having woken at my usual blogging hour even though there was no light at that time to stir me out
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Rishi Sunak’s plan to cut income tax is just another slap in the face for working people
The Daily Mail has a headline today that says: Rishi Sunak ‘plans to cut income tax by 2p in the pound or lower VAT before
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On its current trajectory, this planet is bust. It is no longer a going concern. It is environmentally insolvent.
I spoke twice at the AccountingWEB live exhibition yesterday, albeit by dialling in unlike my co-presenters. The second of these sessions was on climate accounting.
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Scotland wants to be free from rule by financial elites
In my column in The National newspaper in Scotland yesterday I wrote: I happen to think that political economy is at least as important as
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Standing up against an anti-Covid restriction libertarian on Radio 2
I took part in the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio 2 yesterday, having been invited by them to join a discussion on Christmas parties.
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Anything But Conservative worked in Old Bexley and Sidcup
I am very aware that to read too much into any by-election result is a mistake. However, the Old Bexley and Sidcup result is worth
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Sajid Javid is sending out the message that those with chronic health conditions don’t matter and that the NHS should not care for them, which is wrong at every possible level
The Guardian carried this story last night: Ministers may allow GPs in England to halt regular monitoring of millions of patients with underlying health problems as part
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What is wrong with the AstraZeneca vaccine?
I noted this report from Politico this morning (and as ever, I do suggest subscribing, not least because it is free and very good): Health
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ABC, or Anything But Conservative, is a useful electoral tactic, but proportional representation would be so much better
I watched Matt Hancock on Peston last night. It was a car crash. Hancock put on his usual tears because he’d been found to be
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