23 November 2011 Diary of a Corbynista EU Withdrawal Bill, Philip Hammond budget coming – no end to the excitement 15 November So begins the 8 day marathon that is the EU Withdrawal Bill. The Daily Telegraph has on its front page photos of 15 potential Tory rebels. 16 November If you were the Housing… Continue reading Issue 130:2017 11 23:Diary of a Corbynista (Don Urquhart)
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Issue 79: 2016 11 10: Week in Brief: UK
10 November 2016 Week in Brief: UK Government BREXIT VOTE: The Government is to appeal against the High Court’s ruling that giving notice to leave the EU under Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon requires an Act of Parliament. The Attorney General’s argument that, because the action was under an international treaty it could… Continue reading Issue 79: 2016 11 10: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 79: 2016 11 10: Enemies Of The People? (John Watson)
10 November 2016 Enemies Of The People? What Mrs May needs to do now By John Watson For those who thought that there was a limit to the amount of nonsense that could be talked over a few days, the reaction to the Divisional Court’s decision in the Article 50 case must come as a… Continue reading Issue 79: 2016 11 10: Enemies Of The People? (John Watson)
Issue 62:2016 07 14: The great national investment opportunity(Frank O’Nomics)
14 July 2016 The Great National Investment Opportunity A case for long term hypothecated bonds. by Frank O’Nomics Amidst the posturing, politicking and hyperbole of the Tory leadership election mess there may have been a very good idea which merits a full evaluation and, potentially, prompt adoption. It came in the manifesto delivered by early… Continue reading Issue 62:2016 07 14: The great national investment opportunity(Frank O’Nomics)
Issue 48: 2016 04 07:Week in Brief: Financial
07 April 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY NOT A BLAST: The fall-out from Tata’s announcement that it will close its steel business in the UK if it cannot find a buyer continues to have major political and economic ramifications. These include China’s announcement of increased tariffs on the type of steel which… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07:Week in Brief: Financial
Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Week in Brief UK
07 April 2016 Week in Brief: UK EU REFERENDUM DEBATE: This week: John Whittingdale, the Culture Secretary, said that the national living wage will fuel immigration unless we leave the EU; 200 health professionals published a letter in “The Times” warning that Brexit will result in a worsening of public health as Britain loses the… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07: Week in Brief UK
Issue 39: 2016 02 04: Lynching Google (John Watson)
04 February 2016 Lynching Google Analysis of a tax witch-hunt. By John Watson What are the ingredients of a witch-hunt? No, put down that recipe book, I am not talking about a new form of gateaux but rather the sort of thing that went on in mediaeval England with ducking stools, ostracism, stocks, lynchings and… Continue reading Issue 39: 2016 02 04: Lynching Google (John Watson)
Issue 6: 2015 06 11: Peeling the Union
11 June 2015 Peeling the Union by J R Thomas The unexpected surprise of the Queen’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament was the proposal to introduce an “opt-in” rule in regard to trade union political levy systems. The political levy (readers will not be surprised to learn) is used by the trade unions… Continue reading Issue 6: 2015 06 11: Peeling the Union
Issue 5: 2015 06 04: Week in Brief: UK News
4 June 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS TONY BLAIR: Tony Blair has given up his role as Quartet representative in the Middle East. The Quartet, comprising the UN, the EU, the USA and Russia, was mandated by the United Nations in 2002 to mediate for peace in the Middle East and to support the development… Continue reading Issue 5: 2015 06 04: Week in Brief: UK News
Issue 2: 2015 05 14: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
14 may 2015 Week in brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY WATERFORD WEDGWOOD: Two of the oldest manufacturing companies in the British Isles, Waterford (fine crystal) and Wedgwood (fine china), brought together in a highly leveraged merger which ended in financial distress and administration in 2009, have been sold for US$437m. The vendor is the USA… Continue reading Issue 2: 2015 05 14: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
