27 March 2020
Nearly four years after the Brexit referendum, the EU is still clinging to the hope that it can keep control of Britain away from the British people, according to a leaked document.
27 March 2020
During the coronavirus pandemic Cuba is standing out as a shining example of international solidarity and the expertise and medical treatments possible when a country is run in the interests of its people.
20 March 2020
Pandemics are a force of nature with potentially devastating consequences. No one can prevent them from starting, but we can exercise some control on their spread and impact.
20 March 2020
Policy makers are taking full account of a paper from the Imperial College COVID-19 Response team published on 16 March. They are right to do so.
20 March 2020
The stock market is in freefall and shares are collapsing in value. Havoc is being created – fortunes are being made – by financiers selling Britain short.
12 March 2020
Airline pilots trade union BALPA reacted with dismay to the budget announcement of increases in airline passenger duty. It had been calling for a six-month suspension.
11 March 2020
A new poll conducted by Survation has found that voters believe that the privatisation of public services as increased regional inequality and harmed “left behind” parts of the country.
5 March 2020
Chinese firm Jingye Group has confirmed plans take over British Steel at a price of £70 million, and to invest more than £1 billion in the company, which collapsed in May last year.
2 March 2020
Widespread industrial action on the tube has moved a step closer as transport union RMT prepares to ballot its members on strikes over pay and hours.
The government has started consulting over what its new “Global Tariff Policy” should be.
Leaving the EU is some job, and like any job, if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well. And we intend to do it wholeheartedly.
We want to get Brexit done. But we’ve just had a 42-month tutorial in why we not to leave things to the establishment. What do we need to be vigilant about?
