by The Editor | Dec 8, 2017 | Politics
I was a bit surprised to see Tory MP for Gloucester Richard Graham announcing on Twitter that US corporate giant Mars Inc had decided to relocate its European confectionery headquarters from Brussels to London – with the loss of over 500 jobs in Belgium: I was also...
by The Editor | Dec 8, 2017 | International
These are the terms of the agreement reached this morning between the EU and the UK as they relate to EU citizens making application to stay in the UK after Brexit: I have negotiated quite a lot of deals in my life. Most, thankfully, have been on the basis of mutual...
by The Editor | Dec 7, 2017 | Featured, Politics
Philip Hammond has been roundly criticised following comments he made to the Treasury Select Committee, suggesting that falling productivity rates in the UK workforce was due to more disabled people being in work. Giving evidence to the Commons Treasury Select...
by The Editor | Dec 7, 2017 | Politics
I’m not quite sure why there is so much excitement about these ‘trade talks’. They can only be very limited in scope. My understanding is that the EU will only formalise any deal once the UK is a ‘third country’. Which means that nothing will be finalised until after...
by The Editor | Dec 5, 2017 | Featured, Politics
A quick guide to solutions for Scotland to escape England’s fiasco Living next door to England is living next to a perpetual building site constructed on a PFI budget we paid for, and continue paying for the next twenty years. No matter how many times architects and...
