The government must create all the money needed to keep people, companies, banks and our economy going now, without limit
Sunday, March 15th, 2020Between 1845 and 1849 Ireland suffered what was called a potato famine. About a million people died. A million more emigrated. Each was about a
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The Green Bridge: From Tackling Coronavirus to Tackling Climate Change
Saturday, March 14th, 2020Posts that originate on this blog quite often end up being reposted on Brave New Europe. This morning the direction of travel is in the
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There are better forms of democracy for the UK
Monday, March 2nd, 2020I felt that this report from the Electoral Reform Society (I am a member), issued this morning, was worth sharing in full since many here
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England’s declining life expectancy is clear indication of a chronic political malaise
Tuesday, February 25th, 2020As The Guardian has noted this morning: Life expectancy has stalled for the first time in more than 100 years and even reversed for the most
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Are we all being gaslighted by the government?
Sunday, February 23rd, 2020Gaslighting is a term that has relatively been recently come into common usage to describe a particular form of behaviour. It can refer to a
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We’re living at a point of instability
Sunday, February 16th, 2020It’s always curious when two writers you like pick a common theme at vey similar moments. Larry Elliott and Fintan O’Toole have done so this
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Julian Smith was the best of a very, very poor bunch
Thursday, February 13th, 2020There is lots of talk in the media about Julian Smith having been the best Northern Ireland Secretary for years. Come on! Look at the
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How Johnson's bridge to Ireland would work - for the benefit of the City of London
Wednesday, February 12th, 2020There is much discussion in the media on Johnson’s proposed bridge to Ireland. The focus is on whether it’s affordable. Or feasible. Or will achieve
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Johnson's bridge is exactly what we do not need
Tuesday, February 11th, 2020Ben Wray from Scottish think tank Common Weal has the best summary on Johnson’s infrastructure plans that I have read today. As he puts it:
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