Critiquing the Green's manifesto on the BBC
Wednesday, June 12th, 2024I was on the BBC News Channel this morning critiquing what I knew at the time of the Green’s manifesto. I admit the one thing
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9.45 this morning
Wednesday, June 12th, 2024If all goes according to plan I will be on the BBC News Channel at 9.45 this morning discussing the Green Party’s tax and economic
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When asked who to favour, banks or children in poverty, Rachel Reeves chose banks
Wednesday, June 12th, 2024As the FT has reported this morning: So, given a choice, Rachel Reeves has chosen to favour banks when there is near universal agreement now
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The neoliberal show is out of road
Wednesday, June 12th, 2024The Office for National Statistics has posted this tweet this morning, which says all that needs to be known about the new GDP data, out
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The Tories, ‘fully-costed’ plans and the back of fag packets
Wednesday, June 12th, 2024The Tories have delivered their ‘fully costed’ manifesto. It is, like the Liberal Democrats’ plan before it, far from an adequate explanation of what they
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In England's green and pleasant - or is it grubby and dying? - land
Wednesday, June 12th, 2024My short video this morning laments the lack of green policy from our major political parties at this election. In it, I argue that William
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There is no black hole in government funding
Wednesday, June 12th, 2024I published this video this morning. In it, I argue that while politicians might talk endlessly about black holes in government funding, in reality, there
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The Tory plan to end national insurance for the self employed is bizarre
Tuesday, June 11th, 2024The Tories have announced that they want to end self-employed national insurance contributions. Two questions follow. The first is, why? This makes no sense. Why
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Why do politicians only talk about working people?
Tuesday, June 11th, 2024I put this short video out this morning. In it, I express my surprise that our politicians only seem to think that what they call
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