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Sir Keir Starmer is to leave the House of Commons, resigning on the first day after the summer recess and opening the possibility of a very difficult by-election for Labour in his Holborn and St Pancras constituency, where the Greens have a very strong level of support, and Andrew Feinstein ran him a close thing in the last general election.

Let me relish the idea of L...


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As the FT noted in an article this weekend:

If you thought American socialism was all Marxist reading groups and picket lines, think again. These days, it is just as likely to be softball leagues, crafting clubs ...


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I am aware, from emails from several people and the lack of comments on this blog over the weekend, that there was a problem with the blog over the weekend, with many people unable to post comments at all, though some still got through.

I apologise for that. The indefatigable Andy Moyle, who supports the blog on IT issues, found the reason last night. The offending cod...


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Kemi Badenoch reshuffled her Conservative Party shadow cabinet over the weekend. In the process, she sacked, amongst others, Mel Stride, who had been her Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. The most interesting thing is that almost everyone, as a result, shrugged their shoulders and said, ‘So what?’ They might also have added, ‘Who was Mel Stride?’

It is an extraordina...


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Britain’s economic rules are not laws of nature. They are political choices. And if those choices prevent us from tackling inequality, failing public services, inflation and climate change, then we need new rules.

In this video, I explain why the economic rulebook that dominates government policy is failing us.

Fiscal rules turn arbitrary accounting targets into...


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