We have a Government, a Tory one. There has been a re-negotiation of our membership deal with the EU and the Prime Minister has announced a previously promised referendum in which government official policy is to back the deal and campaign for Britain to remain in the EU. Five Cabinet ministers have decided to oppose […]
The West and especially the UK never looses an opportunity to blame, pour scorn on or needle the Russians. Moreover there is never anything nuanced or thoughtful coming out of the political elements of either the foreign office or the defence ministry, who pedal the notion that they are not only right but righteous. Yet […]
The nation will be surprised to learn, many will be aghast, that Osborne is planning more cuts. This Blog did warn after the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement that it was based upon forecasts likely to be wrong. As indeed they are. The admission that the ‘economy is smaller than we thought’ is a show stopper, because […]
The news that Michael (Lord) Howard, the fourth Tory leader post Thatcher and the one who groomed Cameron and Osborne to lead the Tory party after him, has decided to join the out campaign comes as no surprise. He has always been eurosceptic and was one of the cabinet ‘bastards’ in the notorious live mike […]
One is becoming increasingly tired of these endless inquiries led by elderly but distinguished judges, which find that bad stuff happened but the bosses, those with responsibility, senior management, did not know about it and therefore cannot be blamed. This is rubbish. The bosses, by definition, are responsible whether they knew about the problem, heard […]
It is very good news for manufacturing and exports and business generally needs to be fleet of foot to take advantage the the opportunities which this presents. It is an open window which may close, so no delay. It provides scope for home production as imports will become more expensive. Since we import almost everything […]
The short answer is yes, so Cameron is right and Gove wrong? Well no. The true answer is they are both right if you express it all correctly which neither of them has. They have both left out the tricky bits which dent their cause. The deal is a legally binding international agreement with the […]
The report from Ofcom suggesting that Open Reach can be made an arm’s length company while still owned by BT is fundamentally ridiculous. In the end both companies are owned by the same people with the same shareholders. The proposal to allow other companies to put wires on poles and in tunnels is even more stupid […]
It is hard and unwise from this side of the Atlantic to try and call American elections, but it is becoming obvious that Trump now has momentum which may not be stoppable. He narrowly lost Iowa but has won comfortably everywhere else. Indeed the margin is going up. In Nevada he polled twice the votes of […]
Bit by bit we shall see key points emerge from the Remain and Leave camps to explain the superiority of their analysis and the better value of their offer. Although this Blog has declared it is for Remain no matter what, I will still unpick the detail of arguments deployed by either side in order […]