Migration: you ain’t seen nothing yet...
This morning's short video has now been published. In it I argue that whatever our politicians say, migration is going t ...
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Labour’s fiscal plans: small-minded, totally unamb...
If I have despaired at the efforts of the Tories, LibDems and Greens when costing their manifestos, think about my horro ...
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There is a magic money tree...
In my short video this morning, I argue that any politician who says there is no magic money tree is not telling the tru ...
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Plaid Cymru: not frightened to share its ambition,...
The major political parties' manifesto continue to roll. Labour grabbed the most attention yesterday, but Plaid Cymru al ...
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Every budget is wrong. Politician’s estimates are ...
This is my latest election-related video. The video is available here. The transcript is: In this election, every poli ...
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The weird world of tax anomalies...
UK journalists have been paying attention to tax anomalies this week, as I have in this morning's main video. This comes ...
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The Bank of England is stagnating the economy. Unl...
In the real world, rather than in that of elections, there is data in employment out this morning. The Office for Nation ...
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The LibDems tax proposals needed a lot more though...
The LibDems have been the first to release their manifesto for this election. To support it, they have published their ' ...
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Why do politicians only talk about working people?...
I put this short video out this morning. In it, I express my surprise that our politicians only seem to think that what ...
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Why aren’t politicians talking about the joy of ta...
I published this video this morning. In it, I ask why no politician wants to talk about the positive aspects of taxation ...
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Summer evening...
I should be talking about the demise of the Conservative Party as we have known it this morning. Everyone else is. I cou ...
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We’re in for a mighty political ride...
Newspaper columnists are queueing up to speculate upon the demise of the Conservative party. Most are presuming that the ...
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Any politician who says they won’t talk about hypo...
I have published this video this morning. In it, I refer to those politicians (all of them) who say they 'won't discuss ...
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Labour will not be taxing wealth...
As the FT reports this morning: The Tories introduced the lifetime pension cap. Based on the value of a fund, and not j ...
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No one’s best interests are served by Labour havin...
My short video post for this morning addresses a key issue in this election, which is that absolutely no one's best inte ...
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The BBC leaders’ debate: a sorry affair for the ri...
I endured last night's television debate between the major political parties, largely by tweeting about it. Part way thr ...
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One in four children can now claim free school mea...
As the Guardian has highlighted this morning, new data shows that 2.1 million children now qualify for free school means ...
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Why is the BBC ignoring Scotland?...
This is my third video of the morning - this time a short one (i.e. under one minute). You can view this here. The tran ...
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There is a vacuum in our politics. Who will fill i...
As some readers will know, Danny Blanchflower and I (he, at one time of the Bank of England monetary policy committee) h ...
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Will Starmer appease Russia?...
Today's YouTube short video is this: You can watch it here. The transcript is: It's quite likely that Trump will be re ...
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Is the BBC deliberately slighting the SNP?...
This tweet, posted yesterday, is entirely fair: Staggeringly, the BBC failed to include the SNP's list in its summary o ...
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