On the eve of what is widely expected to be a truly disastrous Budget for Labour, it’s worth having a look at some polling data.
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The left is always playing on the opposition’s turf. No wonder it’s not winning.
I wondered if I was being unfair in LabourList and most commentators on the Left when posting about its commentary on bonds and their power
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Why is so much of the left economically incompetent?
LabourList published an article last week under the headline “Bond markets explained: How in hock are we – and can we break free?” The article
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Polanski is spooking his opponents
I watched this Channel 4 interview with Zack Polanski and others, when it was put out last night, with real pleasure: Few politicians have ever
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Economic questions: the Eugene Fama question
This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been,
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The Alternative Budget 2025, Part 10: tax reforms
Rachel Reeves will be presenting her Budget on November 26. I will be commenting on that Budget on the day on BBC Radio 2, and
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Is Britain at the peak of a great financial wave?
In this podcast, I talk with John Christensen, co-founder of the Tax Justice Network, about whether Britain can escape the final stage of a decades-long
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Economic questions: the John Christensen question
This is one of a series of posts that will ask what the most pertinent question raised by a prominent influencer of political economy might have been,
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We need capital controls
A commentator called Martin Clews posted this morning on this blog, saying: It is a real worry for me that any independent attempt by the
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