In case you missed it, a good write up in the Guardian for an important report on wealth in the UK. One in ten households now have sufficient assets to make them nominal millionaires. Seems like an appropriate place for this great tune by UB40.
Sunday assorted links
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1. Claims about social resilience (NYT). 2. “Macau is trending toward 0.49
births per woman in 2024.” Bryan Caplan is tagged in the tweet. 3. Those
new ...
On lying politicians and bullshitting scientists
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Greg Sargent writes: I disagree with Sargent’s statement that “The reason
Trump regularly tells lies that are very easy to debunk . . . is to assert
the po...
Local elections 2024 summary (Saturday 4th May)
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What we know at 8.20pm on Saturday 4th May 2024, after 106 out of 107
councils, 2640 councillors, 11 Mayoralties (including London and estimated
West Midla...
Why, deep down, we’re all ultramarathoners
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Jasmin Paris is not built like ordinary mortals. Last month she won a
moment of fame after completing the Barkley Marathons, a race so brutal
that only 19 ...
High on their own supply
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[image: High on their own supply]
There was a point on the BBC’s Question Time last week where the Minister
for Policing Chris Philip, who was until re...
Daisy Dunn interviews me in The Daily Telegraph
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‘Face ghosts or they will have their way’How the ancient Furies escaped
from the pages of Edith Hall’s library to cast a shadow across her life
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How do we stop a resurgence of fascism?
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Is it bad to write for hard-right outlets?
There is no doubt that the Overton window has shifted to the right during
the last decade or two. It is now c...
Thatcherism is dead: Thatcherism lives
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Thatcherism is dead. It has ceased to be. It has expired and gone to meet
its maker. It has kicked the bucket, shuffled off this mortal coil and
joined the...
A brief note on the blog and on COVID-19
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The subject of COVID-19, a virus that burst forth from its rom obscurity in
(most likely) one population or another of wild mammals in China to become
a gl...
The Harsh Truth About India’s Godmen
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Late last month, two Indian states and the national capital were upended by
rioting mobs protesting their spiritual leader’s conviction on two counts
of ...
The US Treasury’s missed opportunity
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The US Treasury recently published the first in a series of reports
designed to implement the seven core principles for regulating the US
financial system ...
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