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Jonathan Boff
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Military Historian. Writing a book on Economic Statecraft and Money as a Weapon of War (OUP, 2026). Strategy. Author of 2 award-winning books on the First World War. Professor at University of Birmingham.
Emphasis on the ‘last’?
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
After you, Peter
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Was this in it?
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We are going to end up with both eventually, I fear
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Rumours of a large drop off in foreign applications already
November 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Send the GV
November 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Definitely more Bethnal Green than Dorchester basement.
I fear that my man might have forgotten to pack my Liberty silk kimono in my overnight bag
November 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
In general I think rugby has a serious over-legislation problem and that it tries too hard to establish transparency and clarity on questions that must always be judgement calls. Leave room for the grey and trust the refs.
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Silly idea should be dropped asap.
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
You may not be interested in ICE.
But ICE is definitely interested in you
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
As you know, papers are highly sentient and only come in when they know a spell of good weather is forecast.
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Rhetorical or real?
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 AM
No presidents at all. So far
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
also possible: consent and evade
November 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
November 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Can’t see why they don’t just increase top rate of income tax or bring in a new highest band. Much less distortionary than a wealth tax and very few would count that as breaking a manifesto promise.
Central government mansion tax will cause new problems for local authority funding and autonomy too
November 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Good cast; nice costumes and sets; but the book was better
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM