Are we all to succumb to the outright nastiness of the small-minded nationalist outlook now?
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021According to the Guardian: Labour must make “use of the [union] flag, veterans [and] dressing smartly” as part of a radical rebranding to help it
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The ultimate goal of government is to deliver freedom from fear and ours is not doing that
Thursday, January 28th, 2021There are days when the most appropriate type of blog post are those that are full of policy ideas, and detail. There have been quite
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The so-called Unionists are killing the very thing they supposedly cherish
Thursday, January 21st, 2021George Osborne dropped an absolute clanger in The Evening Standard yesterday, when he wrote on Scottish independence. Having lamented that Northern Ireland’s departure from the
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Brexit is failing and the two leading parties are determined to block consideration of any alternatives. So where does that leave us?
Tuesday, January 19th, 2021I tweeted this last night: Just checking when would be the right time to admit that we’ve given Brexit a go and it really is
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We are facing wholly unnecessary economic risks and the only people to blame are the government
Sunday, January 10th, 2021I have to admit serious Brexit chaos has arrived sooner than I expected. Empty super market shelves are happening. Exporters quite literally cannot export. Delivery
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Northern Ireland’s food shortages and English indifference
Thursday, January 7th, 2021There were news reports yesterday that Northern Ireland is facing food shortages because hauliers and their customers do not appreciate, or believe, that there is
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Sunak fails again
Tuesday, January 5th, 2021I remember budget day last 11 March. I listened to Sunak in the Radio 2 studio and went on air to tell Jeremy Vine that
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2021 will be volatile
Thursday, December 31st, 2020I have reviewed the last year, both from the perspective of this blog and from that of the political economy. But what of 2021? Knowing
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2020: what a year
Wednesday, December 30th, 2020I have already reviewed 2020 from the perspective of Tax Research UK, but the wider perspective is worthy of comment, if only as the groundwork
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