The history of country-by-country reporting is pretty much like that of any new idea seeking to change public policy. First, they ignore you. Then they
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Larry Elliott, writing in the Guardian this morning, summarises exactly why human life on our planet faces an existential threat: In their different ways, the
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I struggled to see themes in this morning’s news that were initially worthy of comment. Then I realised that is almost certainly deliberate. The UK
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As the FT reported a couple of days ago when discussing  corporation tax and corporate accountability: Now the Global Reporting Initiative, a not-for-profit setter of
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The government has announced its response to Flybe. The only key point is this: As part this work and ahead of the March Budget, the
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Boris Johnson has replied to Nicola Sturgeon’s formal request for a referendum on Scottish independence: The reply is worrying for a great many reasons. Forst,
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The EU reconfirmed its commitment to what it calls its Green Deal yesterday. What it also made clear is that much of the €1 trillion
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I have to report another appointment. This time I have been appointed a visiting academic at the University of Sheffield where I am working with
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For all the reasons I noted yesterday I am disappointed to note that the government appears to have bailed out Flybe. I might add that
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