Tory ministers responsible for tens of thousands of deaths have to be held accountable
Tuesday, May 30th, 2023As I noted on this blog in 2020 and 2021, the management of the Covid epidemic was a tale of unmitigated disaster in the UK.
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From darkness into bleak
Friday, May 26th, 2023My latest podcast with Tony and Martin from The Echo Chamber podcast in Ireland is now out. Recorded a little over a week ago, it
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Could hate win?
Friday, May 19th, 2023The obvious question to ask after this week’s National Conservative conference is how far can hate take the right? It was, after all, the one
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Sometimes even the Tories have to admit that nationalisation is the answer
Thursday, May 11th, 2023The Guardian has reported this morning that: As they note: TransPennine Express is to be run by the state after ministers announced that the failing
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Of course the Tories like first past the post: they win massively from it
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023Unusually, this blog post shares a press release. It came to me from the Electoral Reform Society (of which I am a member) and seems
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The banking system is just a charade as the failure of First Republic in the US proves
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023This weekend saw the second-biggest bank failure in US history. As the FT reported yesterday, US bank, First Republic was closed with the active involvement
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What a President might say that a monarch cannot
Monday, May 1st, 2023I noted an excellent speech made by Irish President Michael Higgins late last week. Given at the 20th anniversary of the Irish think tank TASC,
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Diane Abbott was wrong
Monday, April 24th, 2023Diane Abbott had this letter in The Observer yesterday: Abbott has apologised for the letter. Labour has removed the whip from her. They have reacted,
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Happy Easter
Sunday, April 9th, 2023Why say Happy Easter? Because whether the Christian religious aspect to Easter is of relevance to you, or not, this is a traditional holiday, or
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