The lawyer and legal commentator David Allen Green (DAG hereafter) has taken exception to the comments I made earlier this week on the behaviour of
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The Bank of England increasing interest rates to 4% – as markets expect – could be enough to bring the whole economy down
I posted this thread to Twitter this afternoon: The FT noted this morning that “Financial markets are betting the Bank of England will more than
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It’s time to stop denying the truth
I posted this thread on Twitter in reaction to the lecture by Emily Maitlis, already noted here this morning: What Emily Maitlis seemed to me
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People are angry, and want solutions
Emily Maitlis, spelling out the dangers of populism and a world that has as yet not recognised them
It is very rare indeed that I realise that the morning news agenda requires that I watch a video of an event broadcast the night
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Let’s not pretend that the rule of law exists in the UK when most people are denied access to legal representation
I posted this thread this morning: I note that David Wolfson QC, who is also Tory peer Baron Wolfson of Tredegar, and who was until
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Bailing out failed energy companies is the worst possible way to deal with the crisis we face this winter
I have tweeted this thread this morning: Those close to the government appear to be realising that UK households have no chance of surviving the
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GERS is still CRAp
From this morning’s National newspaper as Scotland awaits the latest annual publication of Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland, the statement that has always been designed
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We have a choice. We can support lawyers who support justice: the woke ones, that is. Or we can support lawyers who promote injustice. Our government supports the wrong ones.
I posted this thread on Twitter this morning: I am fed up with Tory attacks on lawyers who defend people against injustice, discrimination, abuse and
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