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Over the last eighteeen months since we started we’ve tried various ways to hold Q+As with readers. This time we’re going to try a mailbag approach. If you are a paid subscriber you can ask us questions to either (or both) of us in the comments - on any topic. We’ll pick our favourite ones (or at least ones we can answer) and publish a post with responses next week.
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Hi both
For Sam - more an article suggestion than a question but I would be interested to see your thoughts on how a Labour Government might succeed/fail. Specifically if you assume they have won next year's election with a workable majority (say 40 odd), two descriptions of how events might unfold over the subsequent four/five years - one where things go mostly right and they cruise to re-election, and one where things don't go so well and they end up as a one term government.
For Lawrence - if, as we hope, Russia loses the war in Ukraine, what impact/ramifications (if any) might this have for all the countries around the world that have tacitly or explicitly taken their side in this conflict?
Thanks
Alex
I just wanted to thank you for one of the most thought provoking blogs. I always look forward to the excellent analysis of both the father and the son.