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1 week ago | 
the-tls.co.uk | Martin Ivens
In his rectangular map that flattened our spherical planet, the sixteenth-century Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator exaggerated the sizes of landmasses further away from the Equator. Viewers observe a larger North above a smaller South. Four centuries later, Mercator’s projection is still the standard view of the world.
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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | Martin Ivens
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has lessons that both Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch would be wise to pay attention to.
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2 weeks ago | 
the-tls.co.uk | Martin Ivens
To access over 1000 book reviews, essays and more, subscribe hereIn the period of extravagant mourning that followed Princess Diana’s death, the human rights lawyer Helena Kennedy complained that the country had entered “an era in which the public had lost its capacity for rational thought”.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Martin Ivens
Nigel Farage and his Reform party pose an existential threat to the Tories. (Bloomberg Opinion) -- How low can the Tories go? The UK’s so-called natural party of government suffered its worst election result in parliamentary history last year, and yet its decline hasn’t been halted.
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3 weeks ago | 
the-tls.co.uk | Martin Ivens
When William Blake spotted a tree of angels on Peckham Rye, his father threatened him with a beating. That’s English parenting for you. Blake’s visions persisted, but most of his peers took the same dim view of them as his father. Many thought him mad.
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1 month ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Martin Ivens
As the prospect of US tariffs threatens the global economy, the UK needs to escape its low growth, low productivity trap. With the wind in his sails from better than expected growth figures in February, Keir Starmer needs to put his foot down on the accelerator of change. The alternative is not-quite solutions that fail to deliver the supply-side reforms Britain badly needs.
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1 month ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Martin Ivens
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1 month ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Martin Ivens
As the prospect of US tariffs threatens the global economy, the UK needs to escape its low growth, low productivity trap. With the wind in his sails from better than expected growth figures in February, Keir Starmer needs to put his foot down on the accelerator of change. The alternative is not-quite solutions that fail to deliver the supply-side reforms Britain badly needs.
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1 month ago | 
bloomberg.com | Martin Ivens
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves should focus on boosting the domestic economy’s productive capacity.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Martin Ivens
Why Keir Starmer’s psychological profile is different from other prime ministers – and what it means for his dealings with Donald TrumpThe question “Who is Keir Starmer?” echoed across headlines before and after he took office in 2024. Despite leading the Labour party for years, his …
