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Sunak's tax rates are too high - too high to justify financially or morally. But Liz Truss has already promised too much, too soon, and that would be just as bad (if not worse).

Liam Noble Shearer

Jul 18, 2022

Although Thursday's North Shropshire by-election result was surely a defeat for Boris, we may be beginning to see the roots of a Lib Dem resurrection.

Liam Noble Shearer

Dec 18, 2021

Boris Johnson can't have been too happy when he woke up this morning. But others in Parliament might not be so gloomy.

Liam Noble Shearer

Dec 17, 2021

The Tories backbench revolt means a whole lot more than a threat to the Prime Minister's leadership.

Liam Noble Shearer

Dec 16, 2021

This is The New Highlander, a newsletter about Thoughts, observations and essays about politics and economics..

Liam Noble Shearer

Dec 16, 2021

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