To be read from the bottom up, posted on my Twitter account a little earlier today:
Now we need an END
I was asked to speak to the Cross Party Group on Sustainable Energy in the Welsh Senedd (parliament) yesterday. I had already done so in
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Let’s hope for Donald Trump
I really don’t wish Trump ill. I’ve had Covid 19. It was not fun. In fact, I think it was the most ill I’ve ever
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What is the future for England?
The following paragraphs were written as tweets. Each was, then, constrained to 280 characters. And as they were posted separately, and not as a thread,
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Where are we going now?
Preparing appropriate basis for estimating unemployment is going to be one of the challenges of the coming year
I note that Sky News has recorded that: Britain’s benefits system is bracing for up to four million unemployed in the coming months as the
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When the question ‘Who is going to pay for the coronavirus crisis?’ is asked the answer is ‘The government, and it’s already done so.’
Because I have been a little distracted over the last few days I did not look at the Office for Budget Responsibility’s report on the
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Three risks, one cauldron and Johnson’s future in the balance
I recorded for Alex Salmond’s television programme earlier this week. The broadcast is out tonight. In it Peter Oborne and I discuss the current state
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People still aren’t getting just how bad unemployment might be
As the Guardian reports this morning: More than a third of UK employers plan to make staff redundant over the next three months, according to
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