The chaos in English schools at present is deeply significant. A tiny proportion of pupils are meant to have returned to school: half of them
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Unless landlords and banks take the biggest hit from this crisis we are going to see massive increases in poverty
The realities of the world we now live in are daily becoming more apparent. I noticed an article yesterday that made me reflect on a
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The government’s response to the climate crisis is to spend a little spare cash on cycling and walking and to set up a working party
This written answer has just been published by the House of Commons: Asked by Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion) Asked on: 20 May 2020 Department for Business,
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Understanding the Bristolian politics of Edward Colston
This comes from Bristol Live in 2017: The white, male, decidedly privileged, elite. These were the people who were really tipped into Bristol harbour yesterday.
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Scotland is not amused
I can’t help but share this from The National in Scotland today, for whom I wrote on occassion: THE SNP will win an overall majority and have
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One per cent of Jersey’s population took part in a Black Lives Matter demonstration
I am known as a critic of Jersey. But that is unfair. I love Jersey – it’s a fantastic place. I have been a critic
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Mythbuster: modern monetary theory
Myth Modern monetary theory is just a bunch of lefty economists saying that we can borrow without limit and that tax does not matter because
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Dover is wholly unprepared for Brexit, even if Calais is
An article in the FT this morning explores issues concerning the future of the Dover — Calais trade route. As the article notes, at present
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The scale of the economic crisis about to hit us is almost unimaginable
The FT has an article this morning that suggests that there will be at least 5 million people unemployed in the UK once the furlough
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