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In England, we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years between the perception that something ought to be done and a…

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Have we ever had such an incompetent government? Isn’t it so embarrassing? That is how the chattering classes seem to be reacting to the admittedly…

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The US Federal Reserve seems to be doing a slow U-turn on its previously hawkish monetary policy stance. Jerome Powell’s latest calming words have reassured…

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At one of my family gatherings over Christmas, I found myself arguing a somewhat radical position about what is likely to happen to the shape…

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The German SPD Social Democratic party is in deep crisis. A reluctant coalition partner once again with Angela Merkel’s CDU, poll ratings place the SPD…

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This is a very, very strange time for British politics. The Article 50 period runs out in a mere 81 days. Having thought it through,…

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Of all the unlikely pieces of news that have belaboured us in recent weeks, the news that Paddy Ashdown has died – with all his…

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‘Tis the season to be cheerful. In this, our last communication of the year, we again pick our political word of the year. Tempting though…

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Spain is facing a triple crisis that would overwhelm considerably more stable political systems. First, there is a deep unsolved economic and social crisis that…

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Jacob Rees-Mogg and Mark Francois could hardly hide their delight. Their attempt to depose Theresa May had of course failed but they had dealt her,…

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Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility. E. F. Schumacher What if there will be no economic growth in future? …

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Technocrats, commentators and business people are excellent at laying out what is necessary; what ‘must be done’ in public policy to move forward. Politicians, who…

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