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This is brilliant, by the way.
David S. Moon@daimoon.bsky.social · 2mo agoI have a provocatively titled piece in the latest issue of @renewaljournal.bsky.social, in which I propose that among the lessons of the “Epstein files” revelations is the value of a properly directly, healthy paranoia suited to an age of opaque networks, dark money, and unaccountable elites. (1/2)
Great piece!
Andrew Fisher@fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 2w agoAndy Burnham has said he wants to “end 40 years of neoliberalism”, which saw a “draining away of economic, social and political power”. One of the chief architects of that process was Nigel Lawson. My contribution to @theipaper.com's 'Who broke Britain?' series ... inews.co.uk/opinion/tory...
Keir Starmer has done a trade deal with Donald Trump that could end up costing our NHS £45 billion - and, experts say, cause more Britons to die than Covid. So why is hardly anyone talking about it? My column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer’s goodbye gift to Britain: a US pharma deal that could be more lethal than Covid | Aditya Chakrabortty
The deal on medicine imports will cost the NHS billions and take funding away from doctors, nurses, cancer scans and the rest, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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"Rather than pushing ordinary investors into the FTSE, Reeves and any successor would be better off pushing them into a specialised bond to build council housing, issued for 30 years and with a reliable rate of return." 👏 We couldn't agree more 👉 positivemoney.org/uk/update/re...
@chakrabortty.bsky.social · last mo.They say the big threat to Andy Burnham or any new Prime Minister is the bond markets. There is scarce evidence to back that up. The real problem are the people in front of him in this photo: his own Labour MPs. More in my column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
They say the big threat to Andy Burnham or any new Prime Minister is the bond markets. There is scarce evidence to back that up. The real problem are the people in front of him in this photo: his own Labour MPs. More in my column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s not the bond markets Andy Burnham should be afraid of. It’s his own MPs | Aditya Chakrabortty
To stay popular with the public – and his backbenchers – he’ll need to make big changes fast. That means changing the way the government borrows, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Ten years on, we’re living with the ghosts of Brexit. Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe know that – the rest are playing catch-up www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ten years on, we’re living with the ghosts of Brexit. Reform and Restore know that – the rest are playing catch-up | Aditya Chakrabortty
Starmer’s EU reset is aimed at the conference room. Meanwhile Farage and the hard right mine ethnic resentment on the streets, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Zombie Blairites still have British politics in their grip – it’s time to break free Tony Blair’s departure as PM should have prompted a fresh start for Labour. But Starmer’s sad, backward-looking government remains in his thrall My column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Zombie Blairites still have British politics in their grip – it’s time to break free | Aditya Chakrabortty
Tony Blair’s departure as PM should have prompted a fresh start for Labour. But Starmer’s sad, backward-looking government remains in his thrall, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Labour is heading for a wipeout in this week's election, and there's at least one less we can all learn: never fall again for the line about ‘grown up’ politics My column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As Labour heads for a wipeout, a lesson: never fall for the 'adults in the room’ line again | Aditya Chakrabortty
Presenting himself as a serious, sensible ‘grownup’ was essential to Starmer’s rise to power. His premiership has revealed how hollow that message is, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Ten years after Brexit, this is the UK: a divided nation frozen in time My column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Ten years after Brexit, this is the UK: a divided nation frozen in time | Aditya Chakrabortty
Tribalism has not faded over the past decade. Instead, new research reveals our politics has become ever-more polarised and fractious, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Britain faces its third national crisis in half a decade: who will pay the price this time? My column
A third inflationary shock in less than a decade is coming: who will pay the price this time around? | Aditya Chakrabortty
Brutal past experience has taught us that a cost of living crisis doesn’t affect us all the same, because we don’t all go into it with the same income or wealth, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrab...
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This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet? My column on the headline you probably haven't heard, yet which affects you, your family and friends. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet?
The news that healthy life expectancy is in decline in Britain exposes a serious truth about the state we’re in, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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The fracture of the left wing vote will have two contradictory results: There will be a swing away from Labour to the left in local elections. Reform will benefit in any national election. Thanks to Starmer, the left is splintering just as the right is unifying around Farage.
The Guardian's Jillian Ambrose unpicks the many tens of millions in state support that Jim Ratcliffe's businesses have accepted, after the billionaire railed against people on benefits (and claimed Britain was being "colonised" by immigrants while himself having moved to tax-free Monaco).
Ratcliffe says immigrants cost too much, while Ineos lobbies for state funding
Billionaire’s business has in recent years claimed UK and EU support for refineries and chemicals plants worth about €800m
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"everyone has to get back to the office because the important thing about business is human interaction" is dying, but "white collar jobs will be replaced by AI agents within 18 months" cannot yet be born; in this interregnum a variety of morbid symptoms appear.
If the PM reckons Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for spreading this exact same lie, should the Home Office apologise too, or? 🤨
The essential, fatal truth about Keir Starmer: there is less to him than meets the eye. Much less. My column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Behold the incredible shrinking Starmer: the PM who promises more while giving less | Aditya Chakrabortty
It is not just this doomed government but the Labour party itself that is disappearing before our very eyes, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Are Britain’s big parties dying because class politics is finished? Maybe, for “class” in terms of jobs. But class defined by property is only getting more powerful NEW COL www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/723...
The Green surge shows UK politics has reached a turning point – and it has surprisingly little to do with Zack Polanski One man is driving the rapid realignment of the British left, and his name's not Zack. My column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Green surge shows British politics has reached a turning point - and it has surprisingly little to do with Zack Polanski | Aditya Chakrabortty
At a party event in a school hall in Lewisham, people told me how disillusionment with Labour has led to this moment, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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An important reminder ❤️ The people have power, too. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/29/minneapolis-revolt-donald-trump-america-people-power
The Minneapolis revolt tells us this: even in Trump’s America, the people have power too | Aditya Chakrabortty
After months of community resistance, the president backed down. Leadership from below succeeded when politics as usual
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The Minneapolis revolt tells us this: even in Trump’s America, the people have power too My column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Minneapolis revolt tells us this: even in Trump’s America, the people have power too | Aditya Chakrabortty
After months of community resistance, the president backed down. Leadership from below succeeded when politics as usual failed, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Really important piece this. We urgently need to wake up to the scale of the risks faced by the water system. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What happens when the taps run dry? England is about to find out | Aditya Chakrabortty
It’s not just Tunbridge Wells – a country famous around the world for its rain is in danger of self-imposed drought, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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'The UK is lurching into a future that, when you stop to think about it, is both alarming and remarkable: a country famous around the world for its rain imposing on itself a drought.' My column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What happens when the taps run dry? England is about to find out | Aditya Chakrabortty
It’s not just Tunbridge Wells – a country famous around the world for its rain is in danger of self-imposed drought, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Say what you will about Trump, but unlike Starmer he knows his own power – and how to use it My column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Say what you will about Trump, but unlike Starmer he knows his own power – and how to use it | Aditya Chakrabortty
The right is unafraid to show its might on the world stage – meanwhile the PM is tinkering with potholes, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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It’s worth asking: what would be too much for these people? What would they not be willing to do, if this is fine. And the answer, realistically, is “nothing, all is terribly possible”.
Don’t dignify Trump with talk of a ‘new world order’ – there’s nothing new or ordered about this chaos My column on Greenland, Venezuela and Donald www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t dignify Trump with talk of a ‘new world order’ – there’s nothing new or ordered about this chaos | Aditya Chakrabortty
The US president’s grotesque theatrics on the world stage are an opportunistic distraction from his falling domestic ratings, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Want to understand the sickness of Britain today? Look no further – a novel explained it all 20 years ago My column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Want to understand the sickness of Britain today? Look no further – a novel explained it all 20 years ago | Aditya Chakrabortty
The racism, the predatory politics, the banality and cruelty: we struggle to make sense of it, but JG Ballard foretold everything we are living through now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Keir Starmer has signed a new trade deal with Donald Trump, on medicines. British ministers claim it is "world-beating" and will help tens of thousands of NHS patients. The reality is it will cost the NHS billions and lead to thousands of deaths. My column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What will be the cost of Keir Starmer’s new medicines deal with Donald Trump? British lives | Aditya Chakrabortty
More than £3bn that could have been used for UK patients will go to big pharma for its branded products, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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I’d naively expected the “deal” requiring the NHS to pay more to US drugs giants would become a scandal But Fleet Street has looked away. Except for Aditya Chakrabortty www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What will be the cost of Keir Starmer’s new medicines deal with Donald Trump? British lives | Aditya Chakrabortty
More than £3bn that could have been used for UK patients will go to big pharma for its branded products, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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