Leaving debt for the grandchildren
Tuesday, August 30th, 2022I have posted this thread on the merits of having a national debt on Twitter this morning: It is often said that if the government
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We could massively reduce the price of energy in the Uk - by changing the way we regulate energy prices
Monday, August 29th, 2022I posted this thread to Twitter this morning: There is much talk happening on how to solve the so-called cost-of-living crisis. Most of it fails
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The band might be back on the road
Saturday, August 27th, 2022Lunch today: From left, me, Jim Henry, Prem (Lord) Sikka and John Christensen. In 2002 Prem introduced John and me and so became what we
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Methinks the lawyers doth protest too much: a reply to David Allen Green
Friday, August 26th, 2022The lawyer and legal commentator David Allen Green (DAG hereafter) has taken exception to the comments I made earlier this week on the behaviour of
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It’s time to stop denying the truth
Thursday, August 25th, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter in reaction to the lecture by Emily Maitlis, already noted here this morning: What Emily Maitlis seemed to me
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Bailing out failed energy companies is the worst possible way to deal with the crisis we face this winter
Wednesday, August 24th, 2022I have tweeted this thread this morning: Those close to the government appear to be realising that UK households have no chance of surviving the
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We have a choice. We can support lawyers who support justice: the woke ones, that is. Or we can support lawyers who promote injustice. Our government supports the wrong ones.
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: I am fed up with Tory attacks on lawyers who defend people against injustice, discrimination, abuse and
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Indifference to the suffering of others is the attitude of the modern Tory
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022I always remember a conversation I had a few years ago on a train between Cambridge and London. I was writing about tax and the
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As the Bank of England relentlessly seeks to drive the economy towards recession Sunak and Truss think the government should sit on the sidelines and watch the disaster unfold
Wednesday, August 17th, 2022Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak both ruled out support for energy price caps during the Tory leadership hustings last night. As I have discussed, there
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