Ten questions Rachel Reeves owes Britain an answer to

It was no coincidence that President Richard Nixon was nicknamed "Tricky Dicky." His administration in the White House perfected the use of the "non-denial denial" - an answer to a question that at first glance seemed to rule out some action, but on closer inspection left the door open to the possibility or proposal . WHERE.

In an attempt to appeal to our desire for certainty while leaving room for maneuver, this duplicitous approach is regularly employed by today's politicians.

For example, Labor denied that it had plans to charge tuition fees and then additional fees at the 1997 and ...