This is from a great article by George Monbiot in The Guardian this morning: In one forum after another, I hear the same sentiments: “I
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Why is Labour talking total economic nonsense to justify its desperate desire to keep children in poverty?
Bridget Phillipson MP, who is the Education Secretary, is telling the morning media rounds that if the government were to restore the winter fuel allowance,
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The police must not take the risk of being prejudiced
Like, I suspect, everyone, I was shocked to hear the news from Liverpool last night, where a man drove his car into a crowd celebrating
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The UK has a choice: it can do what is legally required of it, or fail
As The Guardian notes this morning: The UK must impose sanctions on the Israeli government and its ministers and also consider suspending it from the
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The uninsurable housing time bomb
Uninsurable houses as a result of climate change will be a disaster for homeowners, banks, governments and the whole of society. Are we ready for
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This is a weird one
Over the last five days, I have had more than 200 new followers on Substack. There is something a little weird about this. I do
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It’s time to choose
This is from my National column this morning: I strongly suspect no-one writes for The National with the aim of getting rich. This is not
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The UK has GPs desperate to work, and Labour won’t employ them
If you listened to Wes Streeting and the government, the problem with supplying more appointments in the NHS is all down to a shortage of
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Jay Powell: standing up to fascists
This comes from the FT this morning: Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell called on students to protect democracy while praising American universities as “a crucial
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