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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What will Starmer do with power?...
This is this morning's YouTube short video: The transcript is: An opinion poll published in the Daily Mail recently su ...
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A question for the leaders’ debate...
I was asked this morning to ask for the party leaders' debate this week. I recorded this video whilst having a coffee wh ...
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Has the IFS been reading the Taxing Wealth Report ...
I ask this question because, as the FT has noted: In the Taxing Wealth Report 2024, I argue for a number of reforms to ...
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Why are English political parties so desperate to ...
This is my YouTube short video this morning: The link is here. This is the transcript: There are three English parties ...
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Is there too much testing in schools?...
This is my YouTube short this morning: My suggestion is that everyone thinks that there is too much testing in schools, ...
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Do we really need to learn trigonometry?...
This is my YouTube short of the day - based on my frustration that schools teach maths that is irrelevant to 99.8% of th ...
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Maths is great, but not if it’s taught to imply th...
I seemed to stir up a hornet’s nest with regard to maths education here based on a YouTube short video I posted yesterda ...
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Wes Streeting seems to hate the NHS...
This is my YouTube short this morning: The transcript is: Wes Streeting seems to hate the NHS. He's written an article ...
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The NHS is being dumbed down...
This is my YouTube short this morning: You can watch it here. The transcript is: The NHS is being dumbed down. What I ...
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Accounting Streams at Leeds...
I have been discussing accounting education at a conference at the University of Leeds for the last couple of days, and ...
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The Greens really will be the biggest losers in th...
I found this opinion poll outcome, sent to me by Ipsos Mori this morning, fascinating: Labour apart, the Greens have th ...
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Multiplier effects...
This is today's YouTube short video: The issue is important. Watch it here. The transcript is: At this election, ask ...
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