Does Iowa mark the beginning of the end for democracy?
Tuesday, January 16th, 2024As the Guardian has noted this morning: Last night, the race for the US presidency formally started – and Donald Trump has won the first round
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Will the Tories ditch Sunak and go for PM number 4?
Tuesday, January 16th, 2024As the Guardian notes in an email news alert this morning: Rishi Sunak is facing a Conservative meltdown over the Rwanda deportation bill after two deputy
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Labour can secure all the funding it needs: the problem is that it thinks it has to come from the City
Monday, January 15th, 2024Phillip Inman noted in The Observer yesterday that: Rachel Reeves wants to increase spending on the UK’s crumbling infrastructure should Labour win at the polls.
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How to manage the supply of public goods
Monday, January 15th, 2024As I noted yesterday, it is not just the Post Office that is failing badly at present; HM Revenue & Customs is as well. As
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The Tories face being wiped out by the TCP ( the Tory Continuity Party), which is also known as LINO (Labour In Name Only)
Monday, January 15th, 2024The Telegraph features a constituency-based opinion poll of 14,000 people conducted by YouGov, funded by unknown Tory supporters, this morning that predicts that the election
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Lessons from Ronnie O'Sullivan
Monday, January 15th, 2024I loved this quote from Ronnie O’Sullivan, noted after he won the Masters Snooker title for the eighth time last night, becoming both the youngest
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It's not just the Post Office that needs reform: HM Revenue & Customs does as well
Sunday, January 14th, 2024I have posted this thread on Twitter this morning: There is justifiable outrage right now about the fact that the Post Office has been able
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Raptor action
Saturday, January 13th, 2024There is something staggeringly beautiful about the winter landscape and its colours. A day like we’ve had in East Anglia makes that all the more
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Why are HMRC understating the number of Tax Commissioners by 14%?
Saturday, January 13th, 2024An, as yet, unpublished part of the Taxing Wealth Report is on the governance of HM Revenue & Customs, which I have long felt to
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