Trying to understand Brexiteers is nigh on impossible because they never intended Brexit to happen
Wednesday, August 21st, 2019The biggest claim made by Brexiteers right now is that Remainers do not understand them. If only we tried a bit harder it would be
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Whatever GERS reports today it's important to remember it's still CRAp - or a Completely Rubbish Approximation to the truth
Wednesday, August 21st, 2019Today is what is known as GERS day in Scotland. This means it is the day when the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland statement is published.
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Rewriting Johnson's letter with regard to Scotland will make uncomfortable reading for him
Tuesday, August 20th, 2019This comment was in the letter from Boris Johnson to Donald Tusk relating to the Northern Ireland backstop, to which I have already referred: The
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Johnson's letter to Donald Tusk was not written in good faith
Tuesday, August 20th, 2019Boris Johnson has made three suggestions concerning the Northern Ireland backstop in a letter to Donald Tusk issued overnight. They provide no basis for thinking
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How long would the government survive if there was a post No Deal crisis?
Sunday, August 18th, 2019According to The Sunday Times: Britain faces shortages of fuel, food and medicine, a three-month meltdown at its ports, a hard border with Ireland and rising
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Brexit: a tale of crisis foretold
Wednesday, August 14th, 2019I wrote the blog that follows in June 2016, just before the referendum. I have re-shared it before, but in the light of attempts by
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Reversion to the mean: what chance after Brexit?
Monday, August 12th, 2019I am not going to say that it’s a fact of life that everything reverts to the mean. Partly that’s because that’s not true of
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The letter I'd write to Michael Gove
Wednesday, August 7th, 2019Michael Gove has suggested that the EU is not willing to negotiate on Brexit. If I was in Brussels this is the letter I might
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A Northern Green New Deal Powerhouse
Saturday, July 20th, 2019Whereas the Green New Deal up to now has been discussed my most people in principle, Colin Hines and the Green New Deal Group has
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