Labour has a choice to make. It can say it will balance the books or it can deliver political change, but it can’t do both
Wednesday, October 6th, 2021I noted the Politics Home email this morning suggesting that whilst the Tories have made almost no policy announcements in Manchester this week they have
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The Bank of England is getting ready to deliver austerity
Tuesday, September 28th, 2021The Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, gave a speech yesterday. It was intended to set out his view on the future direction
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It's no surprise that Biden said no, but welcome nonetheless
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021Poor old Boris Johnson. All he ever wanted was a picture of himself in the White House as Prime Minister and first he was forced
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The wheels are not only off the populist bus, but it's also turned out to be a double decker with only the elite allowed on top
Thursday, September 9th, 2021The basis of the appeal of populism is twofold. One is that it can keep the wheels on the bus going round-and-round. The other is
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Yesterday’s tax plans were all about capturing tax revenues for private gain to the wealthy at cost to working people
Wednesday, September 8th, 2021Given that much of yesterday’s Tory tax plan was well-trailed and had been subject to comment here beforehand there would seem little left to say
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Sunak's NIC rise is not just a disaster for most people, it's a disaster for the whole idea of devolved government as well
Tuesday, September 7th, 2021Unless the government briefing machine has gone very wrong we are going to see the announcement of 1.25% increases in both employer’s and employee’s national
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Where tax havens meet monopoly power
Tuesday, August 10th, 2021I share this post from the Balanced Economy Project: Welcome to the latest edition of The Counterbalance, the newsletter of the Balanced Economy Project. There’s been a
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We need a peaceful revolution
Sunday, August 1st, 2021I just posted this as a thread on Twitter: Gary Neville suggested we need a peaceful revolution yesterday. It’s not the usual call for an
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The QuEST for a Green New Deal
Friday, July 30th, 2021Few can now really doubt the environmental mess that our planet is in. The USA is burning, as is Siberia. Germany and the Benelux countries
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