It is only on rare occasions that I agree with Sir Ed Troup, the former first secretary of HM Revenue & Customs. He arrived at
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Yesterday’s papers were full of reports that Rishi Sunak’s spending review, which will take place next Wednesday, will be framed by the worst ever public
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As this morning’s Politico email briefing notes: British officials fighting climate change reckon that if each person in the U.K. sent one fewer email a
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The priorities of our government in the UK are now clear. They can spend more buying PPE that is not needed, and in some cases
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I was invited to sit in on a meeting of the Young Fabians in Scotland last night, where they were discussing whether Scotland could afford
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I suppose I should praise Boris Johnson for announcing what he calls a Green Industrial Revolution’ in the FT this morning, but I find it
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Tim Rideout has drawn my attention to a poll that the Scottish Currency Group had included in a recent Scot Goes Pop opinion poll in
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As the Guardian and many other papers note this morning: Politicians across the spectrum have reacted angrily after Boris Johnson dismissed devolution as “a disaster north of
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Slipped into the Politico newsletter this morning was this, which I have not seen in other media as yet: The PM is considering a “temporary
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