The Financial Times has published an article by Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England and chair of the Financial Stability Board, in which
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I complained yesterday that the BBC, in particular, had reported weekend events and claims about what was happening in the Strait of Hormuz without appropriate
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The UK government was warned in late April that the country had only six weeks of jet fuel supply remaining. Jet fuel prices across Europe
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The Telegraph reports in a morning newsletter headline today that: One million children to be claiming disability benefits next year They add, and I make
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I came across a new word this weekend. It is sonder. Sonder is the profound, and humbling, realisation that every random passerby is living a
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Being a Cassandra is never popular. I was talking to two young people of my acquaintance yesterday, and forecast that their holiday plans for a
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From April 2027, the government will cut the cash ISA allowance for the under-65s from £20,000 to £12,000, forcing the remaining £8,000 into stocks and
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One of my recurring themes on this blog lately has been the failure of neoliberalism to find any use for the money saved in our
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BP made $3.2 billion in the first three months of 2026, which was more than double its profit from the same period last year. It
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