For England things can only get worse
Saturday, November 17th, 2018If you want to know why Brexit happened read the press release from the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights I have just republished. That
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The UN Rapporteur’s statement on human rights in the UK should make you angry, or wonder where your empathy has gone
Saturday, November 17th, 2018I thought about summarising the United Nations High Commissioners Office for Human Rights Special Rapporteur’s report on the UK, issued yesterday. But then I read
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Nothing will be the same again, whatever the Cabinet decides today
Wednesday, November 14th, 2018Today may be historically important for the UK. We are told there is a Brexit Deal, but we have no idea what it is. The
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It is time to imagine the worst
Monday, November 12th, 2018This is the week when the UK has to agree a deal with the EU, or the inexorable March of time means nothing can be delivered
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Is it deliberate?
Tuesday, November 6th, 2018I am blogging from another hotel in another country, again, this morning. And I am reflecting on a question asked of me yesterday, by someone
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Tax rises? Bring them on as we will all be better off
Tuesday, October 16th, 2018The UK is a low tax nation. I point this out because the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said that if we want to balance
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The wreckers are getting their way
Tuesday, October 16th, 2018I am in very many ways surprised that the EU is still negotiating Brexit. Last December the only thing that has ever been agreed during
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The DisUnited Kingdom
Monday, October 15th, 2018It’s hard to be an optimist this morning. The EU says the Brexit problem lies with the UK, as if that is news. We know there
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Nationalism comes in a variety of forms
Monday, October 1st, 2018Sean Danaher published one of his typically thoughtful pieces on Northern Ireland on Progressive Pulse yesterday. It is well worth reading in full, but I
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