07 December 2017 Lens on the Week UK AN IRISH KNOT: Forget when and what the DUP knew. Forget whether the choreography of Mrs May’s meeting with Mr Juncker was premature. The problem of the Irish border which currently bedevils the Brexit negotiations is a real one and the best way to disentangle the strands… Continue reading Issue 132 :2017 11 07:Lens on the week
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Issue 111:2016 06 29: Post-Election Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
29 June 2017 Post-Election Diary of a Corbynista Extracts by Don Urquhart 9 June At just after 10 pm the exit poll summary said “HUNG PARLIAMENT”, and so it was to remain until this morning when we are just waiting for Kensington and Chelsea. Piers Morgan was right to point out that the Tories had… Continue reading Issue 111:2016 06 29: Post-Election Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
Issue 111:2017 06 29:Back to Basics(J.R.Thomas)
29 June 2017 Back to Basics The Tories’ dilemma by J.R.Thomas So, the deal is done, the ink is drying, the further picking of fruit from the government’s magic money tree is about to begin – to be packed into crates marked “Northern Ireland” Mrs May might have solved one problem but it seems that… Continue reading Issue 111:2017 06 29:Back to Basics(J.R.Thomas)
Issue 109:2017 06 15:So What? (Adam McCormack)
15 June 2017 So What? Markets may be wrong in their initial reaction to a hung parliament by Frank O’Nomics When economic historians of the twenty-first century come to assess the impact of key events on bond and equity market charts they will struggle to pinpoint the 2017 general election. Beyond a reaction in the… Continue reading Issue 109:2017 06 15:So What? (Adam McCormack)