The Deficit Myth, book review When Margaret Thatcher claimed that the UK’s economy could be compared with personal finance she tricked the public into believing an economic lie that snared…
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If you have not already started, tune into The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty (BBC2 Tuesday 9pm-10pm and Thursday 11:30pm-12:30am) now. It is not the usual Beeb pap but a…
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Craig Murray, former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan (sacked by Straw for blowing the whistle on torture) reviews the leaked document that charted the weaponisation of anti-semitism claims and details sabotage…
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Jeremy Corbyn’s manifesto of 2017 was not the disaster the leaker had hoped. Far from it. The promises to renationalise rail, post office, power and water were welcomed by the…
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Just in case you thought Covid-19 was really over and done with, the impression Johnson and Starmer have conspired to give to justify forcing our kids back to school so…
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1. e4 e6 2. D4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Be3 b6 6. Qd2 h6 7. O-O-O Bb7 8. h4 d6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Kb1 a6…
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When I was young it was always something of a mystery why the then Soviet Union dominated chess. It was like the sun and rain, just a fact of life. Later,…
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When it comes to terrestrial TV there are only two free stations worth turning to for news and current affairs, and they are not the BBC, ITV or Sky. They…
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What’s left of the Labour Left is up in arms over the nigh-on instant sacking of its failed leadership contender, Rebecca Long-Bailey – probably one of the most naive MPs…
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Whatever happened to Labour Friends of Palestine? Self-declared Zionist and opponent of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign (BDS), Lisa Nandy, is to the surprise of many on the Left, the…