How many U turns can a government make?
Monday, August 24th, 2020No one is surprised that this government made mistakes when dealing with coronavirus. Everyone would have done. Dealing with the unknown is always going to
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Replacing our existing economic heuristics is essential if we are to have any chance of recovering from this crisis
Thursday, August 6th, 2020I think it fair to say that whatever we once thought we knew about economics, we no longer know. Saying so, I am not talking
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The army is on standby for four crises this winter. Three indicate policy failure. The fourth alert is much more sinister
Thursday, July 23rd, 2020As iNews reports: Boris Johnson has ordered the army to plan for a potential quadruple crisis this winter involving a second spike of coronavirus, a
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From furlough to meltdown: the letter to send to your MP asking what they are going to do about the coming unemployment crisis
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020I have gathered from Twitter, rather than from comments here, that people want to know what they can do to draw attention to the fact
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Friday morning NHS thoughts
Friday, July 17th, 2020From my Twitter account:
Don't believe the unemployment statistics
Thursday, July 16th, 2020It’s become a recurring theme of this crisis that no one should believe government data because almost one of it is what it seems to
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The cost of Brexit is rising rapidly - and still no one can explain why we’re doing it
Tuesday, July 14th, 2020The cost of Brexit is now becoming apparent. Customs clearances are apparently going to cost business £7 billion a year. 50,000 new Customs staff are
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Are we up to the ethical challenges of Covid 19?
Tuesday, July 14th, 2020I watched football last night. That’s rare for me. But I thought I needed to unwind. Whilst watching I was, however, thinking about the challenges
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Does country-by-country reporting work? You bet it does....
Friday, July 10th, 2020It is 17 years since I wrote the first draft of what is now called country-by-country reporting (CBCR). Since then it has come a long
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