A dull sense of dread hangs over this election
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024I won’t be the first, or last, to say this, but I wake this morning with a sense of dull dread. The idea that we
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The real crisis facing Labour
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024As I have noted in another post this morning. Labour apparently thinks that the biggest crises that it will face that will have the power
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There's one simple solution to every crisis that Labour thinks it will face. All it has to do is tax the wealthy more.
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024As the FT noted yesterday, Labour’s chief executive, Sue Gray, has drawn up a short list of crises that might hit a new Labour government.
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Governments fail when they act in the interests of powerful people
Tuesday, May 21st, 2024As is obvious from much of what I write, I believe that governments can be both benign and profoundly beneficial to the population of a
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The 5 million companies in the UK require a company law enforcement agency
Monday, May 20th, 2024I posted this YouTube video this morning. In it, I argue that there are five million or more companies in the UK. That’s one for
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Answer the ****** phone
Sunday, May 19th, 2024I posted this video this morning. In it I ask how many times have you been told your call matters to a company or government
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What Starmer did not say about education that he should have done
Friday, May 17th, 2024The Guardian notes this morning that: Teachers’ workloads are being increasingly stretched by their pupils’ mental health and family difficulties, according to MPs who were
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More drugs are not the only answer to the risk of heart attacks
Tuesday, May 14th, 2024The Guardian has reported this morning that: A weight loss injection could reduce the risk of heart attacks and benefit the cardiovascular health of millions
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Jacob Rees-Mogg is right: the Bank of England is a massive threat to our well-being
Monday, May 13th, 2024The Guardian has reported this morning that: Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused the Bank of England of “miserable incompetence” over its failure to reduce inflation more
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