Let me begin by restating again my position. I am emotionally and by blood attached to Europe. I think it imperfect but a powerful force for good. I think Britain should have joined right at the beginning (I seem to remember it began as the European Iron and Steel Community or some such). I think we […]
There are reports that some deal has been sorted to put to the Heads of Government Summit a complex selection of red cards and emergency breaks, supposedly to address the notion of a new settlement of Britain’s place in and relationship with, the EU. Cameron is set to hail the whole thing as a triumph and the […]
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The problem for Donald Trump is that he is so outlandish that he is only credible if he is winning. Therefore to fall at the first fence in the race for the Republican nomination is a very bad outcome. The unstoppable Trump is stopped already. Maybe it was a blunder to be absent from the […]
DOWNLOAD OR PAPERBACK Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s deputy and right hand man, flew to Scotland on a mysterious peace mission in 1941, which has never been convincingly explained, to meet unidentified politicians who wanted to end the war. The truth has been covered up for generations because to reveal it would somehow undermine the honour […]
This Blog is emotionally pro-Europe. You cannot come from a family split by war, cut off from its ancestral home, and shrunk by killing, and not be in awe of the fact that the continent which, twice in the last hundred years, has been torn apart by the biggest and most brutal wars in history, is now […]
There is almost no one in the British nation who will not be shocked by the news of the death of Sir Terry Wogan. He was an institution, a national treasure and a friend to almost everybody. Millions will have so many memories, all of which will be happy, of a personality whose unique broadcasting style, both on […]
There is a report by the OECD that the level of literacy and numeracy skills among young people in Britain is almost the lowest of all the developed countries and way behind the likes of Holland, Finland and South Korea. And we are not talking about reading Tolstoy; evidently some are floored by the instructions on an aspirin […]
QE in various forms is now very much part of the economic conversation, especially in connection with recent market turmoil. Dynamic Quantitative Easing (also called Peoples Quantitative Easing) remains under government, not bank, control and targets specific investment projects without borrowing, interest or repayments. It can reboot the economy, boost manufacturing and exports and enable sustained growth […]
There are reports that Russia is now really feeling the pinch of both Western sanctions and the low oil price and is having to cut its budget. No doubt the anti Russian lobby will gloat. This tends to be the same people who believe that Britain should walk out of Europe and go it alone. […]