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• Latest Posts

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    So how much money did British Gas make last year, again?

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    It’s got nothing to do with privatisation. Companies like Gazprom, Aramco and...

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    Well surely they do operate in the UK, otherwise how would they extract such wealth...

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    “The profit made by private companies has been simply phenomenal, yet this has been...

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    Apparently, 45% of the electoral college back a centre-left candidate and 35% support a...

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    It’s true what you both say about being stuck in 1997, but the problem with this, rather than message, is policy....

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    The problem with Harriet Harman is simple. Were she to take leadership of the Labour party, it...

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