Labour's Gaza motion is a new low from Starmer
Tuesday, February 20th, 2024This is the SNP motion on Gaza to be put forward for debate in the Commons tomorrow: That this house calls for an immediate ceasefire
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When the middle class is being gutted by the economy the Tories have created we are in trouble
Tuesday, February 20th, 2024The Financial Fairness Foundation has a new report out this morning of which they say: This paper outlines key findings from Caught in the middle?
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Barclays: seeking to maximise profit, whatever the cost
Tuesday, February 20th, 2024As the FT notes this morning, Barclays Bank has announced a reorganization of its business as a result of which: Barclays is … planning to
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Might a party that thinks Badenoch is the answer to any question ever likely to be fit to govern again?
Tuesday, February 20th, 2024Kemi Badenoch went to the House of Commons yesterday to insult a man who is understandably upset at being sacked by her for doing something
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Why can HM Revenue & Customs restate its account for the tax gap fourteen times in fourteen years?
Tuesday, February 20th, 2024I am now working on the last major section of the Taxing Wealth Report. This refers to the administration of HMRC. My focus was initially
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Reflections
Monday, February 19th, 2024I often say that I write this blog primarily for my own benefit, to work out what I think about things. If others happen to
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Labour's tribalism makes it a profoundly small minded party. And small-mindedness is the enemy of most things of value, including peace.
Monday, February 19th, 2024As the Guardian has noted this morning, Keir Starmer said this yesterday to the Scottish Labour conference: I have just returned from the Munich security
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Standardised, neoliberal, ‘we have to accept the world as it is’ politics is leaving people with no choice when they are desperate for an alternative
Sunday, February 18th, 2024On a Sunday morning when the most obvious conclusion to draw about current political debate in the UK is that the two leading parties are
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Recession hits
Sunday, February 18th, 2024Well worth watching, although it will not provide you with any cheer:
