Reasons to be pessimistic
Friday, December 31st, 2021This has been a difficult year. We all know that. Almost all of us will be wishing 2022 might be better. That, though, requires a
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Has the Tory's time come?
Tuesday, December 28th, 2021Only a bit over a week ago I noted that unless the government decided there and then that they must take action to tackle the
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The government has to act on a Covid lockdown today. By tomorrow it has to say what it will do to support the economy, which is likely to crash in January. Nothing less will do.
Sunday, December 19th, 2021I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: I have already suggested in a blog post written this morning that today is pivotal to what
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To describe today, and the decisions that will be taken during its course, as pivotal to not just what happens in 2022, but to the longer-term with regard to the political economy of this country, is an understatement
Sunday, December 19th, 2021I apologise for being the bearer of bad news on this last Sunday before Christmas, but the current economic outlook is dire. I base this
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The narrative of populism
Saturday, December 18th, 2021Populist politics is based on a series of lies deliberately created and ruthlessly promoted by those who pursue this base form of campaigning. The steps
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2022 might be a very turbulent year
Wednesday, December 15th, 2021I mentioned yesterday my concern about what might happen to democracy as the omicron Covid crisis develops. Last night 99 Tory MPs voted in outright
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I worry about how politics might come out on the other side of omicron. Can democracy survive the idiots that we have in the Commons?
Tuesday, December 14th, 2021I have already noted this morning that exceptionally serious scientists and the UK’s chief medical officers all agree that we face the risk of the
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Reasonable forecasts suggest that we are facing a health crisis of a scale no-one in the UK has ever previously experienced
Tuesday, December 14th, 2021The UK’s chief medical officers increased their assessment of the threat from Covid to level five yesterday. What that means is that they think that
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Corporate Accountability Network Audit Briefing - what is a public interest entity?
Tuesday, December 14th, 2021As I have noted previously on this blog, the Corporate Accountability Network, which I direct, is publishing a series of Audit Briefings that discuss the
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