Might Theresa May tell the truth?
Saturday, September 29th, 2018There is an editorial in the Guardian this morning that suggests Theresa May should tell the truth on Brexit. I presume that whoever wrote it
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Venn diagrams for our time: advocates of technical solutions to the Northern Ireland border issue
Sunday, September 23rd, 2018A guest Venn diagram from John Murray:
Northern Ireland has already got a tax border in the Irish Sea so let's stop pretending otherwise
Thursday, September 20th, 2018Theresa May and the Unionist politicians of Northern Ireland are somewhat disingenuous when it comes to their argument that there should be no border down
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We need a new approach to banking
Monday, September 17th, 2018I had an article in the Daily Mirror on Saturday on the tenth anniversary of Lehman and what it meant. You can read the online version here.
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The European perspective on Brexit: yesterday’s news.
Sunday, September 16th, 2018Three days with postgraduate students and others in Copenhagen was interesting last week. The underlying assumption of the EU Horizon 2020 Coffers project which provides
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The divided UK
Thursday, September 13th, 2018The following was posted by Charles Adams on Progressive Pulse a couple of days ago, and I thought it well worth sharing: Something that I
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GERS is not a meaningful account but is just a political stunt. It is time all nationalists treated it as such
Friday, August 24th, 2018I have been a critic of GERS. As a result I have exposed weaknesses in its methodology that I think are significant. Those weaknesses include
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Visit by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights to the United Kingdom
Sunday, August 12th, 2018I think it appropriate to draw attention to this call for evidence that many in civil society, as well as concerned individuals, might want to
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What Labour should be doing now
Tuesday, July 31st, 2018I was asked this in an email yesterday; the sender knows who they are: You’ve strongly criticised Corbyn’s Labour for not acting, and I’ve supported
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