I often talk about the far right, because I think it exists, that real people and far too many politicians are part of it, and
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The one organisation with no answer to the issues in Northern Ireland is the UK government
This Tweet was put out by the Peston programme on ITV on Wednesday based on polling Queen’s University Belfast had done: https://twitter.com/itvpeston/status/1628520534089646092?s=20 That is a
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The SNP leadership campaigners need to get grips with the economic realities Westminster creates for them
I made my first intervention in the SNP leadership debate in the columns of The National newspaper in an article published late yesterday. In it
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Sunak does not have a £30 billion windfall. Instead the economy has a £30 billion cash deficit it cannot do without.
I often wonder when it might be that the idea that we tax and then spend will be replaced with a proper understanding of the
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The Irish question
Issues relating to Ireland have been troublesome for British politics for centuries. Since 1802, when the Irish parliament was subsumed into that in Westminster, the
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The Lords are fighting back against fascism
The House of Lords considered the government’s draconian public order Bill last night and according to the Guardian inflicted a series of defeats on the
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The failings of Companies House
I published this glossary entry under the title of the Registrar of Companies yesterday. I am trying to add between ten and fifteen entries a
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What is a company?
This glossary entry was published yesterday. Does it work? It would be good to know if this is the sort of detail people want. There
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How much will it cost to get rid of the shit?
I only very slightly apologise for the language in my headline. I can’t do more, because I am beginning some accounting research on the liabilities
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