Providing the answers that are needed
Friday, November 27th, 2020I have been asked by a number of people, from MPs onwards, to prepare answers to the types of questions being commonly asked about the
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So, so wrong Sunak
Thursday, November 26th, 2020Rishi Sunak got so much wrong yesterday. He is taking away the extra support those on Universal Credit have enjoyed this kast year. The NHS
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The government knows we're heading for a social, medical and economic crisis - and is going to let it happen. Never forgive and never forget that is my advice
Wednesday, November 25th, 2020As the Guardian reports this morning: The government has privately admitted the UK faces an increased likelihood of “systemic economic crisis” as it completes its
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Austerity is a sado-masochistic ritual for a powerful elite
Friday, November 20th, 2020Yesterday’s papers were full of reports that Rishi Sunak’s spending review, which will take place next Wednesday, will be framed by the worst ever public
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Rarely has there been a grislier Hallowe’en
Saturday, October 31st, 2020I have never had much liking for the tawdriness of secular Hallowe’en. If there was ever an indication of the corruption that markets can perpetrate
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What Labour should be saying when challenged on the cost of a lockdown
Wednesday, October 14th, 2020I have noted that Labour politicians are being asked the question, time after time, ‘Have you costed the circuit breaker?’ The question does, of course,
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The crisis to come
Thursday, October 8th, 2020I am thinking about the likely consequences of the current crisis. I am not seeking to analyse why we are in this situation. I am
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The next U-turn will be on Covid-19
Monday, September 7th, 2020Boris Johnson has now proved himself capable of U-turning on his own legislative decisions, passed only months ago. In that case it has to be
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Who subsidises who? Is London really the one doing the subsidising, or the one being subsidised by the rest of the UK?
Saturday, August 29th, 2020Further to my blog yesterday on whether London subsidises Scotland or, as I think likely, the flow is actually in the other direction, my University
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