As Labour List has noted this morning: Labour conference is set to be dominated by the campaign pushing for the party to adopt a ‘Green
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A repeat of the Turmoil of 1914-1922?
This pst is by Prof Sean Danaher and was on Progressive Pulse last week. It is far too good not to share a little more
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Austerity is the idea that the global financial crash of 2008 was caused by there being too many libraries in Wolverhampton.
I loved this, said by Alexei Sayle on Radio 4 last week: Austerity is the idea that the global financial crash of 2008 was caused
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Labour needs to sharpen its tax focus
It’s not my job to criticise those seeking to tackle tax avoidance, and I won’t. But I can say when they need to improve their
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A Tory and Labour wipe out in Scotland?
This is an analysis of today’s Observer poll from Opinium via Flavible.com: I do not trust many polls, and Opinium seems to produce much stronger Tory results
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The Fair Tax Mark is going international
I share this blog published by the Fair Tax Mark, of which I am a director, this morning: Research funding from Luminate to enable Fair
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Draghi’s last gasp
The ECB recommenced its QE programme yesterday, and cut interest rates as well. Call it Draghi’s last gasp, if you like. The recommencement provides a
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The next time we’ll end central bank independence
Larry Elliott, writing in the Guardian, has reflected an opinion we share today: Until now, monetary policy has been deemed too important to be left
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The political economy of Brexit
Normally I avoid broadcasting with RT. I was persuaded to do this broadcast with Alex Salmond, partly by the quality of his other guests. As
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