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Thursday, February 22nd, 2024Every Doctor – which campaigns on NHS issues and most of whose many members work in that organisation, put the following out this morning. You
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Starmer is high in the pantheon of charlatans who have sought high office in this country
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024The true story of what was behind yesterday’s debacle in parliament is made clear in an article in The Guardian: The reality is that Starmer
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After the debacle of last night, Labour look like grubby power-grabbers intent on achieving their personal goal of office irrespective of who or what is harmed as a consequence
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024Let me summarise what I think happened in the House of Commons yesterday. The SNP tabled an opposition day debate calling for a permanent ceasefire
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How long will it be before Labour does a U-turn on its promised reform of workers' rights?
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024One of the few remaining vaguely radical policies to which labour is supposedly committed is the reform of worker’s rights. This is from the front
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The UK's education system is aberrational in the interests of permitting private sector profit. Why do we put up with that?
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024I have just noticed a new report published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (‘OECD’) in January this year on the relative roles
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In a decent parliament we’d have a decent Speaker
Wednesday, February 21st, 2024The SNP sponsored debate on its Gaza ceasefire motion has now begun in the House of Commons, but not before another row has developed. As
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HMRC have deliberately taken tax collection out of our communities and the price that we are paying for that is very high
Wednesday, February 21st, 2024I am continuing to work on data from HM Revenue & Customs on its accounts, the tax gap and other issues related to its management
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There will be no peace until the voices of the people of Gaza are heard
Wednesday, February 21st, 2024The resolutions being tabled for debate today in the House of Commons are all available on the Order Paper for the day, which is available
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Why we need to transform the education of accounting undergraduates in the UK
Wednesday, February 21st, 2024I am speaking at an online conference on accounting at South Bank University this morning. My theme will be the need for reform of undergraduate
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