State funding now please for the arts
Sunday, June 23rd, 2024This morning’s short video has now been published. In it I argue that Labour has had a long history of funding the arts. Now we
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Freeports are dangerous
Sunday, June 23rd, 2024I have, as usual, published a new video this morning in which I suggest that Rishi Sunak’s very limited legacy will include the creation of
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The best of the day
Saturday, June 22nd, 2024The best of the day, in which for reasons I am not sure of, I was playing with with monochrome:
Jeremy?
Saturday, June 22nd, 2024Ely has a newish work of art, which is at least twice life size, that I have rather ignored before today. What I can’t work
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Quieter time
Saturday, June 22nd, 2024I suspect that some readers of this blog will be pleased to hear that I am planning a relatively quiet weekend. The last week or
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Migration: you ain't seen nothing yet
Saturday, June 22nd, 2024This morning’s short video has now been published. In it I argue that whatever our politicians say, migration is going to increase – because climate
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Who is going to oppose Labour in parliament?
Saturday, June 22nd, 2024I have another video out this morning. In it, I argue that Keir Starmer winning a massive parliamentary majority on 4 July is really dangerous
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If you look in the wrong place, as Labour plans to do, you will never find the tax gap
Friday, June 21st, 2024HM Revenue & Customs published its new tax gap figures yesterday. They are nonsense, as they always have been. I have explained why here as
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The Scottish election: my conclusion after talking to all three pro-independence parties
Friday, June 21st, 2024This was the third of the interviews I undertook on behalf of The National newspaper of the Scottish political parties’ economic spokespeople. In it, I
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