The Guardian reported this yesterday evening: Hackers have forced the temperature of many French supermarket fridges up to 50C overnight, in an “unprecedented” cyber-attack affecting
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There is no reason to post this photo that I took at WWT Welney on Sunday, except to put up something that is not about
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Yesterday began with the surreal macroeconomic forecast that underpinned the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ Green Budget, which effectively ignored the risk of an AI collapse,
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Could Andy Burnham call a general election before Christmas 2026? In this video, I examine the rumours and ask why an early election might appeal
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The latest Institute for Fiscal Studies ⁠Green Budget has been published today. Like all such forecasts, this one is pure speculation, and whether it provides
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I talk in this morning’s video about the threats to democracy and the fact that voting is not the only indication that democracy is alive
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I am late to this by about a week. Stephanie Kelton’s film, Finding the Money, is now out and free to watch on YouTube. I
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Democracy requires much more than voting every few years. It requires people to have the time, security and mental capacity to understand political choices, consider
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I spent part of yesterday at a poetry workshop run by Alice Willetts as part of the Cambridge Poetry Festival. She was discussing writing for
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