I noted last September that I had, slightly to my surprise, reached 60,000 Twitter followers. Partly on the basis of that the Institute of Chartered
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This does not happen very often, but I woke up this morning, immediately picked up the iPad to review the news, as is my usual
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Borrowed from Poems on the Underground (which was such a great idea until I stopped travelling on it more than a year ago): A Dead
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US think tank Problublica recently published a report that it said: demolishes the cornerstone myth of the American tax system: that everyone pays their fair
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I wrote this two tweet thread yesterday in exasperation at the contempt the government has for Parliament, and the role that the current Speaker has
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The Prime Minister has delayed the June 21 unlocking from all Covid restrictions until July 19. That, he says, is the terminus date. He means
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Fascist behaviour in London last night as BBC reporter Nick Watt is seriously harassed by a crowd: Absolutely disgraceful behaviour from conspiracy-loving wingnuts, high on
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The biggest crisis facing the world right now is the lack of Covid vaccines. There are ample other issues coming on close behind, I concede,
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It is extremely difficult to make any sense of almost any of the discussion on Covid right now. That is not because it is impossible
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