I am on the road in UK PLC taking the temperature ahead of the impending election. Luton is to be my first stop – I catch the 22.32 train from London’s St Pancras. What a station; what a train! A winter palace contrasted with an elderly cake tin. The cake tin takes off at...
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On the road in Luton
Israel, India, and tea for my daughter
An intriguing PS to my Biden blog . I mentioned the 22 Palestinian homes in the line of the Israeli bulldozers’ blades in East Jerusalem. Even I could not have predicted that as the wheels of Joe Biden’s vice presidential craft hit the Israeli runway tarmac, Israel would announce a vast planned “illegal”...
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As trade figures fall, is there an economic plan C?
The really concerning aspect of today’s trade figures is not that the £8bn deficit in goods trade is an 18 month low. It’s that this figure has occurred over two years after the pound depreciated by 25 per cent. Clearly you would expect to see a boost to exports by now. It is...
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Met drops Lord Paul expenses investigation
Lord Paul has disclosed that he’s had a letter from the Metropolitan Police saying that they have dropped their investigation into his expenses . The allegation was that he had claimed tens of thousands of pounds for overnight stays at a one-bedroom flat in an Oxfordshire hotel citing it as his main home. Other...
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What we’ve learned so far from the Iraq Inquiry
“There’s a wonderful phrase: ‘the Fog of War.’ What the fog of war means is: war is so complex it’s beyond the ability of the human mind to comprehend all the variables. Our judgment, our understanding, are not adequate. And we kill people unnecessarily.” Strong words from any lips, stronger still when spoken...
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