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Kwarteng follows dirty work at Treasury with bonus cap farce

After sacking the his top official, the new chancellor’s next act was politically crass and insensitive. It does not bode well

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18, 2022

Liz Truss: No energy rationing or new taxes if I become prime minister

Her rival for the Tory leadership, Rishi Sunak, said he was telling the country what it needs to hear about the future.

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2022

11 things Rishi Sunak said that could come back to haunt Liz Truss if she wins

Liz Truss is expected to be named Prime Minister after a summer of vicious infighting. Her rival Rishi Sunak has landed a string of damaging blows along the way which could pose problems for the Tories

Daily Mirror · Aug 28, 2022

Brexit was bad, but Boris Johnson’s glib lawbreaking is much worse

The PM’s damaging slogan about leaving the EU is as nothing when compared with his attitude to following his own rules

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2022

Anti-onshore wind campaigner put in charge of council’s ‘green masterplan’

Lincolnshire county council’s Colin Davie has vowed to ‘restart old fights’ and oppose new onshore wind

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2022

Lady Howe of Idlicote obituary

One of the first ‘people’s peers’ admired for her intellectual independence and commitment to public service

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2022

We’ve been running the economy hot — and are about to pay the price

John Maynard Keynes famously wrote that “practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.” Yes: new trends in economic thinking can be wrong. That’s what seems to be happening now. The rapid rise of inflation over the…

Evening Standard · Feb 3, 2022