I promised myself that I would think about revising my 2011 book, The Courageous State, this week, but instead of considering a plan yesterday, I
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Trump is claiming he won the war in Iran, which I stress is not over as yet; it is just on hold. But then the
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The former Tory, and now Reform far-right MP, Robert Jenrick, has set out in the Daily Telegraph his ideas on tax reform, for which programme
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We are told that the war in the Gulf is over. I don’t believe that. Yesterday’s poll on this issue here suggested that you don’t
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The Richard J Murphy YouTube Channel Debate Ammunition The UK does not need a bailout Funding the Future | June 2026 Today’s topic The UK
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The Daily Telegraph claims that Britain’s £3 trillion national debt could lead to an IMF bailout. That sounds alarming. There’s just one problem with that
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We supposedly have peace in the Middle East, but for how long will it last? How long will peace in the MIddle East last? Days
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I read the Substack essay that Nigel Farage supposedly wrote yesterday. I use the word supposedly deliberately because I do not think that Nigel Farage
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Banks are closing branches across the UK. Post offices are disappearing. HMRC no longer offers local tax offices. Local authorities increasingly expect everything to be
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