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The case for boycotting the United States
March 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The case for boycotting the United States
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Spotted in Canada…
March 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Spotted in Canada…
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When the world changes, so should the Chancellor www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... Reeves thinks she is boxed in when. it comes to government spending. But that's because she has not realised the world has changed - and so should she if she's going to meet the needs we now have.
When the world changes, so should the Chancellor
As Toby Helm and Phillip Inman note in The Observer today:
Labour MPs know there are three short-term options for Reeves. But they also know that all of them would be hugely damaging politically.
One...
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February 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
When the world changes, so should the Chancellor www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/02... Reeves thinks she is boxed in when. it comes to government spending. But that's because she has not realised the world has changed - and so should she if she's going to meet the needs we now have.
Oh, I’m sorry, tech bros – did DeepSeek copy your work? I can hardly imagine your distress
February 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Oh, I’m sorry, tech bros – did DeepSeek copy your work? I can hardly imagine your distress
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Today, the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board set the #DoomsdayClock at 89 seconds to midnight.
Read the full statement explaining their reasons, concerns, and recommendations: bit.ly/3Eg8S1r
Read the full statement explaining their reasons, concerns, and recommendations: bit.ly/3Eg8S1r
January 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Today, the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board set the #DoomsdayClock at 89 seconds to midnight.
Read the full statement explaining their reasons, concerns, and recommendations: bit.ly/3Eg8S1r
Read the full statement explaining their reasons, concerns, and recommendations: bit.ly/3Eg8S1r
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I worry about bats and newts, more than I do about flying and other useless growth objectives.
January 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I worry about bats and newts, more than I do about flying and other useless growth objectives.
Kemi Badenoch was supposed to make the Tories serious again. She has failed
January 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Kemi Badenoch was supposed to make the Tories serious again. She has failed
Carter’s book on Israeli ‘apartheid’ was called antisemitic – but was it prescient?
January 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Carter’s book on Israeli ‘apartheid’ was called antisemitic – but was it prescient?
The five-minute city: inside Denmark’s revolutionary neighbourhood
December 10, 2024 at 1:29 PM
The five-minute city: inside Denmark’s revolutionary neighbourhood
Benjamin Netanyahu is a wanted man – and he has only himself to blame
November 23, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Benjamin Netanyahu is a wanted man – and he has only himself to blame
November 22, 2024 at 6:51 AM
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The politics of privilege are what the farmers’ protests are all about www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/11... Yesterday’s farming demonstrations revealed what these protests are all about. Farmers want state subsidies for the wealthy and are indifferent to the cost to the state of supplying them.
The politics of privilege are what the farmers’ protests are all about
I was on Sky News last night, supposedly debating the inheritance tax charge on farms.
I say supposedly for a good reason. I went on presuming that we might have a calm discussion, but it became very...
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November 20, 2024 at 8:32 AM
The politics of privilege are what the farmers’ protests are all about www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/11... Yesterday’s farming demonstrations revealed what these protests are all about. Farmers want state subsidies for the wealthy and are indifferent to the cost to the state of supplying them.