It seems almost certain that the government will announce legislation to abandon the Brexit Northern Ireland protocol in the next few days. No coherent lawyer
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What motivates the Tories to impose hardship, by choice?
I tweeted these two paragraphs last night: I watched the Irish film, Arracht tonight. It is bleak, telling how English Tory landlords imposed starvation on
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The Tory commitment to democracy is decidedly limited
If the current UK government’s attitude towards democracy needs explanation I think that can be found in this FT report: The UK government is “interested” in
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The price that we might pay for the continuation of Boris Johnson’s premiership might be very high indeed
To understand precisely where the UK is going under Boris Johnson’s current leadership it is worthwhile considering yesterday’s events in Northern Ireland. As the BBC
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Politics is not a game without consequences. It really is time that the Tories realised that before more have to die.
Dominic Cummings said this on Twitter yesterday: He added: In other words, the Tories knowingly lied about both Brexit and its consequences for Northern Ireland
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It’s no surprise that Biden said no, but welcome nonetheless
Poor old Boris Johnson. All he ever wanted was a picture of himself in the White House as Prime Minister and first he was forced
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Sunak’s NIC rise is not just a disaster for most people, it’s a disaster for the whole idea of devolved government as well
Unless the government briefing machine has gone very wrong we are going to see the announcement of 1.25% increases in both employer’s and employee’s national
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Brexit delivers Ireland a trade surplus with the UK, for the first time ever
As The Independent has reported: A collapse in British exports to the Irish Republic since Brexit has handed Dublin an extraordinary trade surplus with London, new figures show. The
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Northern Ireland’s political instability is growing
It is quite extraordinary for a political party leader to last less than three weeks in office, unless the party in question is UKIP, of
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