The warfare state can rescue Britain
Tomorrow’s Spring Statement should recognise a simple truth: economic and national security are now inextricable.
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Tomorrow’s Spring Statement should recognise a simple truth: economic and national security are now inextricable.
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A Chancellor playing a long game must hope she does not have to wait too long.
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It wouldn’t be straightforward, but such a measure is possible.
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Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Whether or not the Labour government achieve its overarching will define its record.
The Chancellor doesn’t see Germany’s “war Keynesianism” as a model to emulate.
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Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Keir Starmer has discovered that technocratic management is not enough – his party needs political leadership.
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What story will Labour tell if the economy doesn’t improve?
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The question Labour needs a better answer to.
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Rachel Reeves is not just facing an economic crisis – she is suffering from a failure of philosophical imagination.
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Rachel Reeves needs to chart a course out of our broken economic model.
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The Chancellor now understands that the politics of her role are as important as the economics.
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Despite her rhetoric, the Chancellor doesn’t always put higher GDP first.
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Or is it just another win for the attention economy?
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Bond market traders should not be trusted with the fate of a Labour chancellor.
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Climate catastrophe, tech bros kissing Trump’s ring, and a flailing British economy… maybe it would be better to ignore it…
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The Chancellor is caught between the neo-Croslandites and the neo-Blairites.
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Britain is living through a technological revolution. Labour cannot afford to panic on the economy.
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Ministers wrongly believed that ending the Tory psychodrama would be enough to boost the economy.
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