Keir Starmer’s vision pamphlet for the Fabian Society is deeply disappointing. This is the bit on what green investment might achieve: He adds this: What
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Whatever Keir Starmer might say there is no such thing as taxpayer money
I have had a quick look at the Keir Starmer direction of the Labour Party pamphlet published today by the Fabian Society today. In his
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The last thing we need is austerity
The economy, energy, climate, Covid, and the Tories ruling very largely unopposed: the five crises awaiting us this winter
As Larry Elliot notes in the Guardian this morning: A triple crunch now looms: an economic crunch as the post-lockdown bounce in activity falters; an
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What about an excess profits tax on the accountants at Deloitte?
As the FT notes this morning: Deloitte’s UK partners will receive an average payout of about £1m after the accounting firm’s profits rebounded from a
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It’s no surprise that Biden said no, but welcome nonetheless
Poor old Boris Johnson. All he ever wanted was a picture of himself in the White House as Prime Minister and first he was forced
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Time Mirror asks the question should we account for the costs of climate change upfront?
It’s the sort of day when blogging cannot be high on my agenda. That’s because today and tomorrow see the launch meeting of the Time
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Rationing, anyone?
I was in discussion with one of the very first baby-boomers yesterday. He was born just after the Second World War. What he suggested was
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It is time to tax the rich
The Guardian featured an article yesterday that was promoted with this tweet: It seems like AOC did a good job with that dress, but I
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