What will happen in July?
Tuesday, April 6th, 2021This new chart from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, via the Guardian, makes clear that the government’s own Covid advisers think another
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The Covid crisis is very far from over
Tuesday, April 6th, 2021I watched much of the PM’s press conference on Covid passports, or not, and mass testing, or not, yesterday. The uncertainty within that sentence is
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The long hot summer of 2021
Thursday, March 25th, 2021I can’t promise that there will be a long hot summer in 2021. But what worries me is that the government has built up people’s
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Johnson’s enthusiasm for greed says a great deal, including about his incomprehension of how business really works
Wednesday, March 24th, 2021The Guardian has reported that: The UK’s successful vaccine rollout was thanks to “greed” and “capitalism”, Boris Johnson has told Conservative MPs during a private
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The third wave is coming, and all because the government is petrified of creating the money required to beat coronavirus
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021There is a stark reality that has to be faced in this country. It is that the third wave of coronavirus is coming. I share
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We may be living in a moment of misplaced optimism
Friday, March 19th, 2021The FT has reported this morning that: The planned reopening of the economy, the Budget’s renewed support for workers and businesses, and the rapid vaccine
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Why inflation is not a threat
Sunday, March 14th, 2021I have just posted this thread on inflation on Twitter. It will feature in ‘Money for nothing and my Tweets for free’ in due course:
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Sunak can’t afford a pay rise for nurses because he wants to pay the rewards that the wealthy demand instead
Friday, March 12th, 2021Rishi Sunak gave evidence to parliament yesterday on his budget proposals. According to the Guardian: Rishi Sunak has rejected criticism that his budget plans to
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The government knows it is going to kill people, and is carrying on with its democide anyway
Wednesday, March 10th, 2021As The Independent reported yesterday: Another surge in coronavirus cases in the UK is inevitable and could hit in late summer, despite the success of the
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