Anything that looks like reversing Brexit will unleash the demons of sections of the press and populist politicians. But the people were never asked what sort of Brexit they wanted. This could easily be fixed now by a referendum on rejoining either the single market, or the

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The evidence: UK real living standards have fallen 31.1% in sixteen years And there was a steep fall in the last year, 2023 This data calculates real, inflation-adjusted output per person, from public sources. But no politician will admit to this record: they promise growth, but

The evidence: UK real living standards have fallen 31.1% in sixteen years And there was a steep fall in the last year, 2023 This data shows real, inflation-adjusted output per person, from public sources. But no politician will admit to this record: they promise growth, but

The GDP growth puzzle explained After the budget, I said Reeves announced inflation would be higher than GDP growth for 2024 to 2029. When Hansard published her speech, she used the words "real GDP" and referred to the OBR budget documents. The OBR budget documents use the

The empty phrase "To govern is to choose" appeared in the FT after the budget. It's wrong. The budget shows all the problems of Britain's centralised system of absolute power. Hemmed in by the need to avoid fights with the right-wing media, the budget offers economic nonsense,

How is the UK ever going to force a Brexit rethink on an unwilling establishment? Labour, Tories and Reform will never face facts, so only the Liberal Democrats provide a chance under the present system. But the LibDems did not campaign for the EU at the last election, shame on them -

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Political donations should be restricted. One person one vote, not one pound one vote - or worse still, XX pounds buys you a meeting with a minister / the PM (certainly in Tory days) / the suspicion of an honour (but nobody can prove it) Hence my proposal for democracy vouchers

This morning I made a quick list of what is wrong with British political governance. Here it is, unsorted, with overlaps. Have I missed anything major? 1. Mess caused by failed policies of austerity and Brexit 2. Starmer planning next GE around NHS, avoiding Farage in red wall

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Full marks to Mandelson/McSweeney creating an artificial news event about intents to negotiate a trade agreement. Gave Trump an easy win, hides the concessions that will annoy many Brits and will be overlooked when the detail slips out later

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New edition of Reinventing Democracy offers UK an original solution to its political woes einpresswire.com/article/816228…

If Keir Starmer is to survive in UK Prime Minister then he must face the two issues that people will respect: rejoin the EEA (Single Market) pdq as a minimum, and say that "no tax rises for working people" has to be limited to income of below £250,000 and capital of below £10

Is any one else with cross-border or cross-language search needs finding Google now somewhat frustrating? I can no longer search google.co.uk or google.it or google.ch - instead I have to let google decide what language/country I want, or

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