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I’m an economist – this is when interest rates will go down

WASHINGTON, DC – The Bank of England is going to cut interest rates in the coming weeks, but the timing and scale of these will depend as much on...

yesterday 10

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Hamish Mcrae

I have nothing against tantric sex – just don’t call it therapy

When I read about the ongoing court case against the sex therapist Michael Lousada, I shuddered. In case you missed it, Mr Lousada is being sued by...

yesterday 10

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Kate Lister

I lost myself to motherhood - this is how I found my way back

I know the exact moment I realised I’d lost myself to motherhood. I was in the kitchen making dinner when my husband walked in and switched the...

yesterday 8

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Hannah Fearn

Labour has squandered its chance to become the party of ethical standards

On 4 January, Keir Starmer set out his New Year’s resolutions with a speech, in which he promised “change” no fewer than 20 times. His specific...

yesterday 10

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Kate Maltby

Rishi Sunak’s new problem: a six-month leadership parade

Rishi Sunak cannot catch a break. Any relief this week that the much mooted coup against the Prime Minister post local elections failed to come to...

previous day 10

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Katy Balls

Rishi Sunak’s hung Parliament fantasy means one thing for the Tories: doom

It’s a pitiful sight: a prime minister reduced to arguing that he is only going to lose by a little bit, rather than a lot. But that is the...

previous day 10

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Ian Dunt

April was wet and miserable – but the warmest on record. Here's why

Weather is not climate. This is worth remembering because it being cold and wet outside your front door does not mean global warming has stopped....

previous day 10

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James Dyke

You're not afraid of power are you, Keir?

An abundance of caution is in generous supply in Labour’s approach to power. Election campaign co-ordinator Pat McFadden’s cautious response to...

tuesday 20

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Anne Mcelvoy

London is relentlessly criticised – but this city was right on Brexit and right on Susan Hall

I’ve known Sadiq Khan for a long time. Unlike Susan Hall – his intolerant, blinkered and spiteful Tory adversary – he is sharp, free thinking,...

tuesday 20

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Israel’s political position is now weaker than before the Hamas attack

The Israeli army has ordered 100,000 or more Palestinians in east Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, to evacuate in a move signalling that an...

06.05.2024 20

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Patrick Cockburn

What next for the Tories? With 2000 councillors gone, hard work and little hope

Cannon to the left of them, cannon to the right of them – into the valley of death rode Rishi Sunak’s 989 Conservative councillors. Theirs was not...

06.05.2024 10

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Mark Wallace

A further lurch to the right won't save the Tories – but Sunak doesn't want to listen

The mood was very tense as the votes were recounted in Coventry, then totted up in Sandwell. Then came the rumours, followed by the first pictures...

05.05.2024 20

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Ian Birrell

Axing Now Teach suggests this Government's stupidity has no limits

Imagine you are the Government and you have an unprecedented teacher recruitment crisis, with the numbers signed up for this academic year almost...

05.05.2024 9

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Stefano Hatfield

I used to scorn those who grieved people they had never met – now I understand

CJ Sansom, the author of the Shardlake series of historical mysteries (and two standalone novels), has died and I am sad. I used to talk to myself...

05.05.2024 2

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Lucy Mangan

The seeds for future defeats are already being sown by Labour

Pick a bellwether seat, the places that decide elections and where iconic voters are sometimes named after (like “Worcester woman” in 1997),...

05.05.2024 10

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Andrew Fisher

A Tory recovery is not beyond the bounds of possibility

The most remarkable feature of the local elections is that so few of them are local. They are seen by voters and commentators alike as a verdict on...

05.05.2024 4

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Vernon Bogdanor

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