The Miliband magic
What political leader in Opposition has ever stopped in its tracks what looked like irresistible momentum towards a disaster? No, I can’t...
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It’s not just bankers, it’s lawyers too
While bankers remain hate figure no.1, it is important to recognise that many other top occupations have joined the Gadarene...
Read this entry » A Eurozone bust is not far away, certainly in 2012
As if the woes of decade-long austerity, pay freeze, and demolition of the NHS and Welfare State were not enough, the signs...
Read this entry » DECC run by the energy companies?
One of the unnoticed offsets from the Huhne resignation is that the grip on the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)...
Read this entry » David Miliband’s right about a debate, but it cannot ignore the most fundamental problems
There is much to welcome in David Miliband’s call for a ‘comradely and serious debate’ about the future for...
Read this entry » Who will police the police?
It’s not just the well-reported antics of Mark Kennedy that call in question the activities of undercover policing against...
Read this entry » Why are the banks treated with kid gloves whilst the poorest are made homeless without any demur?
Business, SMEs in particular, need funding fast, so why doesn’t Osborne just order RBS and Lloyds to ratchet up the...
Read this entry » As Hester still gets £6m bonuses, the utterly destitute lose Social Fund
There are two different universes at Westminster, completely disconnected. One is about Hester who has sacked thousands...
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Who rules Britain? The government or the bankers?
Hester’s virtual £1 million bonus is an icon of everything that is currently wrong with Britain. He is the personification of a self-engrossing...
Read this entry »Does anyone seriously believe that swallowing Tory austerity measures whole makes Labour credible?
There seems to be a plague going round the Shadow Cabinet, which is quite catching, the symptoms of which appear to be seriously muddled economic...
Read this entry »Why do the Tory devils have all the best tunes?
By any standards the IDS so-called welfare reforms are extremely harsh, victimising the poorest for the follies of the ultra-rich bankers, bashing...
Read this entry »-0.2%: Cameron can run, but he cannot hide
Cameron’s seeking to explain away yesterday that the national economy was now shrinking by 0.2% in the last quarter of 2011 won’t...
Read this entry »The cause of the slump is still misunderstood
The news that the public sector net debt has now passed the £1 trillion mark isn’t really news since it’s long been on track to reach...
Read this entry »The real reason the Tory polls are up
Why are the Tories now standing at their highest polls since the election? This has of course given Ed Miliband’s Blairite enemies, both...
Read this entry »Pay freeze to 2020 – unless you’re a banker
By a striking coincidence turkey-fattening season in the City, otherwise known as bonus time, happens to be rolled out at the same time as the rest...
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