So much for a low tax, low inflation Chancellor. A 5p fuel duty cut will show that we have a high tax, high inflation Chancellor.
Monday, March 21st, 2022After a weekend where the Prime Minister has shamed the whole country with his awful attempt to equate the Ukrainian fight for freedom and the
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Who is a fit and proper person?
Sunday, March 20th, 2022Comment was passed here recently on the Daily Mail and I said, to the surprise of some, that I supply comments to them quite often,
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Sunak has a choice to make next week. He could provide the support most households in the UK will need if they are to be able to pay their bills in the next year. If he doesn't provide it, we're in meltdown
Saturday, March 19th, 2022I have just posted this thread on Twitter: This is a thread on the impact of price changes we were expecting as a result of
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Unless Sunak smells the coffee he's heading us for recession
Friday, March 18th, 2022I have an article in The Daily Mirror this morning (both the printed version, and on the web) in which I discuss what Rishi Sunak
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Rishi Sunak is the leader of the neoliberal pack when it comes to indifference towards the fate of ordinary people, whether in Ukraine or the UK
Friday, March 18th, 2022A theme emerged yesterday. It was of government and business indifference to real people. P&O, backed by Dubai – which is a key government ally
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Brexit has failed. MPs are admitting it. When will the government?
Friday, March 18th, 2022The Public Accounts Committee has published a new report this morning on the lack of apparent benefits from post-Brexit trade deals. The press release says:
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Why is Johnson begging that the UK become dependent upon Saudi Arabia, with its appalling human rights record? Is it that Johnson just loves a tyrant? Or is he just stupid when all the money that we need for a green transition is readily available in the UK?
Wednesday, March 16th, 2022As the FT reports this morning: Boris Johnson is hoping to line up major Saudi investment in British renewable energy on a visit to Riyadh
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When financial experts are this interesting, it is time to really worry
Tuesday, March 15th, 2022I can’t really apologise for the length of this quote from Zoe Williams in The Guardian this morning, when it is about me: Into the
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UK diesel and petrol prices are rising, and one of the biggest beneficiaries is HM Treasury, who is so far saying nothing about how it will react to this grossly unfair situation
Tuesday, March 15th, 2022As the Guardian has noted this morning: Petrol could soar to £2.50 a litre, while diesel could hit £3 and may even be rationed, experts
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