Societies that are both more equal, and economically performing better, will probably weather the social and economic storms better. The usual suspects - northwestern Europe beyond the UK, and possib… (View Post)

Torsten Bell is absolutely right. It shouldn't come as too much of a surprise, though - Sunak did absolutely nothing to stop the both economically and socially lunatic benefit cut last year, eve… (View Post)

Yes, I think a lot of those Australian figures are much older. (View Post)

A grim picture painted by the Greek consul who recently managed to escape from Mariupol. The Russian strategy seems to be completely destroy it as a working or viable city, even if all the buildings … (View Post)

The losses for Putin are very clear, though - huge loss of life, massive economic and reputational damage. (View Post)