Water or AI? Is that the choice we face?
Friday, July 12th, 2024I have published this video this morning. In it I argue that AI is not only going to massively increase energy usage around the world,
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What would be the consequences of ending Bank of England independence?
Friday, July 12th, 2024I was asked these questions on the blog yesterday: What would be the short-term effects of the BoE losing its independence? Would the pound drop?
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Wes Streeting needs to talk about Covid
Friday, July 12th, 2024If you listened to the news and our politicians you would think that the word Covid had been banned from use. Four years ago the
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Wes Streeting has had years to work out what's wrong with the NHS, but now he's in office he apaprently needs consultants to tell him what he should already know
Thursday, July 11th, 2024As the Guardian has reported this morning: An independent investigation will be held into the performance of the NHS, the health secretary has announced. Writing in
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Is the Bank of England trying to undermine Labour's economic policy?
Thursday, July 11th, 2024Huw Pill, the chief economist at the Bank of England, is reported by brokers Hargreaves Lansdowne to have said something like this yesterday: Inflation is
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Labour could stop charging interest on student loans
Thursday, July 11th, 2024The next in my series of ‘Labour could’ videos is the one I published this morning. In it, I suggest that Labour stop charging interest
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The House of Commons needs to join the 21st century
Thursday, July 11th, 2024I have published this video this morning. In it, I ask how we can have a serious parliament that can do its job when there
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When will the UK stop being complicit in genocide?
Thursday, July 11th, 2024The United Nations High Commission for human Rights issued this statement this week: GENEVA (9 July 2024) – The recent deaths of more Palestinian children due
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Growth is not going to work for Labour
Wednesday, July 10th, 2024[NB: this post started life as a video, but the edit went wrong, so it has become a blog post instead. That might explain the
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