What I got right, and wrong, in 2019
Another year, another set of howlers.
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In our era of inequality, luxury capitalism is thriving
While the British high street declines, Harrods, Selfridges and Harvey Nichols are turning over record profits, fuelled by a new…
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How Britain’s tax havens imperilled the welfare state
Spending promises will be meaningless so long as the rich can dodge taxes and hide wealth offshore.
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It’s easy to hate baby boomers – but resentment dulls our political imagination
Castigating the luck of one generation blinds us to the failures of the system that delivered it.
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There are problems with Labour’s tuition fees policy – but not that it’s regressive
The policy amounts to a transfer from the very affluent to the merely affluent.
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Would Labour’s plans to nationalise BT Openreach be legal under EU rules?
Nothing in EU rules prohibits nationalisation – they do however have implications for how you run nationalised and privatised services…
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Week Two: “The Liberal Democrats are getting squeezed“
The New Statesman team discuss the campaign’s second week.
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Labour loves nostalgia. But we succeed when our politics is about the future
There’s a market in offering toughness on immigration and nostalgia for an imagined past – but it’s not one that…
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