What Labour has to do to get its act together
Tuesday, December 13th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: Some people have asked me why I seem to be complaining as much about Labour as the
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We need the return of the state
Tuesday, December 13th, 2022Neoliberalism is built on lies. For decades the deceit at its core has been ignored because it appeared to deliver prosperity. It does not any
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We are entering a new political era. The only problem is that very few politicians seem aware off this
Monday, December 12th, 2022It is my usual morning practice to scan a wide range of news sources before deciding what to write on this blog. Doing that this
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We need public sector pay rises to create an economy that works for everyone
Sunday, December 11th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: I wrote a thread yesterday, and some people have said I did not go far enough in
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Sunak's talk of a £28bn cost of public sector pay rises is total CRAp
Saturday, December 10th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: Rishi Sunak has claimed that to pay a 10% pay rise to all public sector employees will
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Politicians have to deliver. They are the people who are not doing their jobs in the public sector right now. It is time they did.
Thursday, December 8th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: The government is, apparently, planning to legislate for new performance standards that public sector workers must meet
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Fraud is implicit within neoliberalism’s rotten culture
Wednesday, December 7th, 2022Over the last two decades I have spent quite a lot of time tackling the issue of corruption. Tackling tax evasion has always been a
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An update
Sunday, December 4th, 2022I have now spent a fortnight pretty much under the weather with long Covid. This is a part of a five-month episode since early July
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Privatisation: withdrawn from public life
Friday, December 2nd, 2022I took part in an excellent seminar yesterday on the role of the Big 4 accountants. Amongst those also presenting was Fabio de Masi, who
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