This is my sort of campaigning video: https://twitter.com/benphillips76/status/1403235635075375104?s=20
A bias towards labour? That wasn’t what I expected to see
The FT has reported this morning that: Companies hard hit by Covid-19 may have to put dividends on hold if they are facing a cash
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The G7, tax and economics
Cash saving makes sense, but let’s put the cash to use in the Green New Deal in that case
I was intrigued to note the data on ISA savings that has recently been issued by the government. This chart might summarise the trend in
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No wonder we have a democratic crisis when journalists seem more interested in defending the wrong doer than they are in questioning what should happen to them
As many will know, The Good Law Project won one of its many judicial review hearings against the government yesterday, showing in the process that
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Why discuss Covid?
It seems rather odd to write a blog post justifying why I think it appropriate to discuss the Covid crisis. It seems to me to
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The G7 deal: a Podcast with Common Weal
I was interviewed by Craig Dalzell for the Common Weal podcast yesterday. This is what we produced. I should add for those who think this
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Well said Gareth Southgate – and for blowing his knighthood
Gareth Southgate has won many plaudits for the letter he has written to English football fans in anticipation of the Euro 2020 finals. I offer
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There is a clear rise in hospital admissions in the UK, which could increase still further very rapidly
This thread on Covid spread by John Burn-Murdoch from the FT, who has always been very reliable on data on this issue – is well
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