Running away is not the answer
Thursday, July 29th, 2021I noted this report in the Guardian: New Zealand, Iceland, the UK, Tasmania and Ireland are the places best suited to survive a global collapse
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The OECD does a tax deal and it is time for tax justice to begin to shift its focus for the sake of developing countries
Friday, July 2nd, 2021In another post this morning I made the comment that in many areas there are purists who think that there are perfect outcomes to the
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Brexit delivers Ireland a trade surplus with the UK, for the first time ever
Thursday, June 24th, 2021As The Independent has reported: A collapse in British exports to the Irish Republic since Brexit has handed Dublin an extraordinary trade surplus with London, new figures show. The
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The government's backing for One Britain One Nation day is profoundly wrong
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021There are so many things wrong with this (the video in the tweet can be played): Source: https://t.co/NU9MDbbeio — Politics For All (@PoliticsForAlI) June 22,
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There is not a single political front on which the Tories are winning right now
Sunday, June 20th, 2021I do not wish to be accused of optimism, but I simply cannot see how support for the Tories can last. As I have long
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Amersham and Chesham will not be the last to note the phenomenal cost of Brexit
Friday, June 18th, 2021I quote this from the Guardian news summary email this morning: British food and drink exports to the EU fell by £2bn in the first
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Northern Ireland’s political instability is growing
Friday, June 18th, 2021It is quite extraordinary for a political party leader to last less than three weeks in office, unless the party in question is UKIP, of
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I am ashamed of Johnson, and at least as fearful of what he might yet do
Monday, June 14th, 2021I wrote quite a number of tweets yesterday whilst watching the various press conferences that closed the G7 summit. The most popular was this: I
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How long for Boris Johnson?
Sunday, June 13th, 2021I have been intrigued, and also amused, by the reaction to Boris Johnson over the weekend. Take this from Beth Rigby of Sky News yesterday:
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