Tuesday, 25 August 2026

Media regulation is partly about protecting individuals and groups from powerful organisations and the wealthy, but it is also about protecting democracy.

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  Are pile-ons by the media on individuals acceptable? It depends on the individual. If it’s a politician then probably yes, in that the pol...
Tuesday, 18 August 2026

Signs of recovery in comparative UK economic growth

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  I haven’t talked about recent UK macroeconomic data for some time, mainly because there hasn’t been any new story to tell. To recap, growt...
Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Unpicking the legacy of neoliberalism

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  Neoliberalism as an overarching ideology for UK government died with the Brexit referendum in 2016, just as it did in the US with Trump’s ...
Tuesday, 4 August 2026

Long term fiscal projections are a good antidote to politicians talking about tax cuts

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  Every July the OBR publishes fiscal projections looking fifty years ahead. Each year the headline is the same. The public finances are on...
Tuesday, 28 July 2026

The relationship between capital, plutocracy and populism

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  In a recent post, where I discussed the Conservative party’s newfound opposition to net zero, I noted that one attraction that switch had ...
Tuesday, 21 July 2026

The political barriers to radical tax reform

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  Want more public services, help with the cost of living, a simplified tax system and a reduction in the public sector deficit? It sounds l...
Tuesday, 14 July 2026

How Right Wing Populism came easily to the Conservative Party

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  All the evidence points to the alarming extent of man made climate change. This isn’t just evidence available to scientists, but the every...