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It is so easy being blue
The increase in defence spending that the government was lying about yesterday is apparently being financed by cuts to a bloated civil service, again…
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The last refuge of a scoundral
In the run up to the local elections the Tory government holds a photo op with serving soldiers to announce a massive hike in defence sending. I am not…
Apr 24
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Sold out
So the Rwanda Bill is now law and the government is going full steam ahead to try to deport as many people as possible before an election. Hiring…
Apr 23
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A modest proposal
I see that our Prime Minister is going to have a press conference outside No. 10 again. Presumably about the Rwandan flights bill, right on the middle…
Apr 22
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Where to start?
I didn’t blog yesterday as I was travelling on what we laughingly call a “motorway system” in the UK. But what a cornucopia of cock ups have fallen into…
Apr 20
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Understatement
In a wonderful example of stiff upped lipped British under statement the Institute for Fiscal Studies has released some research under the headline…
Apr 18
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Why the Bank is independent
The Bank of England has a delicate balancing act, it doesn’t want to cut interest rates until it is sure inflation is under control but then it knows…
Apr 17
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Headroom is no room
So the Chancellor now has more “headroom”, just because the new financial year is upon us. Since the Chancellor sets a five year target for borrowing as…
Apr 16
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Both are right
Today’s FT has interviews with both Gordon Brown and Ken Clarke, agreeing with each other, well some of the time. Gordon Brown points out that he warned…
Apr 15
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Follow the money
I wrote recently about the dismal performance of the London Stock exchange, and this morning following a story about AstraZeneca on the radio I looked…
Apr 12
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Turning corners
Rishi Sunak is obviously hanging on for something, anything which will enable him to say that the British economy is turning a corner. His best hope is…
Apr 11
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Third time lucky
What links Boeing, the Post Office scandal and possibly Lloyds Bank? The answer quite obviously management that wants to take risks. Boeing was turned…
Apr 10
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