Do we really need to learn trigonometry?
Sunday, June 2nd, 2024This is my YouTube short of the day – based on my frustration that schools teach maths that is irrelevant to 99.8% of the population
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The chance that there might be a fascist regime in the USA before the year is out is very real
Friday, May 31st, 2024The conviction of Donald Trump in New York should not have been a surprise. Others had already been found guilty of related offences. The fact
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Multiplier effects
Thursday, May 30th, 2024This is today’s YouTube short video: The issue is important. Watch it here. The transcript is: At this election, ask any politician you speak to
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Why won't Labour end child poverty at this election?
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024I posted this video to YouTube this morning. In it I argue that Labour is saying it cannot afford to end child poverty. That, however,
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Sunak can find the cash when it comes to pensioners. The question is, who will he make pay the price?
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024The FT features a story in all the papers this morning, highlighting Sunak’s bung to pensioners, who are the only group left in society likely
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Starmer’s incredible claim that he cannot afford to tax wealthy people
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024This is an excellent interview with Keir Starmer by Beth Rigby. Q: You said you’d raised taxes on the top 5% of earners when you
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Election question 3- Why won't you charge the equivalent of National Insurance on investment income?
Sunday, May 26th, 2024This is the third in my series of video questions published to coincide with the general election: The transcript is: Why won’t you charge the
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YouTube short election questions: why won't UK politicians end child poverty?
Saturday, May 25th, 2024This is today’s YouTube short election question: Yesterday’s question was viewed by more than. 4,000 people. This is the transcript for this one: If only
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You have to tax wealth to grow an economy
Friday, May 24th, 2024I posted a new YouTube video this morning in which I argue that politicians refuse to tax the wealthy because, they say, they might run
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