We need markets. We need to end market abuse.
Friday, October 14th, 2016On a couple of occasions in the last week I have had to make clear that in my opinion the political left in the UK
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If the Brexit vote was based on a fraud why can't we re-run it?
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016The Guardian and Times report this morning that the Treasury is of the opinion that Hard Brexit might reduce UK GDP by between 5 and
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Random acts of austerity
Tuesday, October 4th, 2016Philip Hammond has said that pragmatism has required that he abandon George Osborne’s policy of seeking to balance the budget. He is right: since as
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Ideas and ego
Tuesday, September 13th, 2016One of the themes of my summer holiday with my sons was how the individual remains peculiarly human however great the consqeunce of their actions.
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The end of life as we know it
Sunday, September 11th, 2016Three years ago I sat on a train from Cambridge to London next to a person with whom I fell into conversation. As I recall
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Who is peddling fantasies? A riposte to Ed Balls
Monday, August 29th, 2016LBC Radio called me this morning to discuss Ed Balls’ suggestion that Jeremy Corbyn is peddling a left wing utopian fantasy. Because of family commitments
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The NHS needs to be funded with wealth taxes, not national insurance
Sunday, August 28th, 2016A Tory MP has suggested the solution to the NHS crisis is to increase National Insurance. It is staggering how wrong such a person can
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The left can win - but only with competence and vision
Sunday, August 21st, 2016This summer has not, so far, been a happy experience for those who want to promote social justice, which is a cause that does in
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What does Corbyn's Labour Party think about the private sector?
Wednesday, August 17th, 2016I am aware that I have been posing a number of questions aimed at Labour activists over the last few days but that’s because I
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