Spending cuts will be £27 billion next year - which is the additional unnecessary sum the government is planning to pay in interest to the UK's banks next year
Friday, November 18th, 2022Forgive me if what follows is a little technical. It relates to an issue of massively important concern, which is the amount of interest that
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We're going to have austerity on the basis of some very dubious accounting for the national debt
Monday, November 14th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: The UK’s national debt is a strange figure. For example, to most people’s surprise it includes all
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We cannot have an economic recovery unless we spend more on the NHS
Thursday, November 10th, 2022I watched Stephen Barclay, who is our Health Secretary for the next few weeks, saying on Channel 4 News last night that the provision of
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Cool, calm answers are needed on how Labour will fund the NHS
Wednesday, November 9th, 2022I posted this reply to tweets Wes Streeting posted in response to the questions I posed here yesterday on Twitter this morning. For those not
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How will Labour fund the NHS? It's time for it to place its cards face up on the table because nothing adds up right now
Tuesday, November 8th, 2022I was planning a calm morning. After minor Twitter storms over the last few days, I thought I would steer clear for a day. Then
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How could a party headed by Starmer form a credible government?
Monday, November 7th, 2022I have the good fortune to rarely lose sleep. I don’t underestimate the benefit. Just to remind me of how big that is I did
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Say no to unethical politics
Sunday, October 30th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: After 12 years in office I have had enough of Tory corruption. Whether it is ignored security
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Waking up to money: my arguments on BBC radio this morning
Thursday, October 27th, 2022I am writing this having already been on BBC 5 Live this morning at 5.20am and knowing that by 6.15 I will be repeating the
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Sunak has been set up to fail and the likelihood is that he will
Tuesday, October 25th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: Rishi Sunak could be a great prime minister. That possibility cannot be denied. Equally, the probability that
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