Brexit: May’s Sweatbox
A short overview of Constitutional and procedural issues that impact Brexit.
Read more...Category Archives: Europe
France’s Great Debate
One in two French citizens wants to participate in Macron’s Great Debate across France. High stakes for Macron and French democracy.
Read more...Brexit: Chasing Their Tails
More Brexit dithering, but at higher velocities.
Read more...Repeating the Mistakes of 1914?
n their enthusiasm for a new cold war against China and Russia, the western establishments of today are making a mistake comparable to that of their forebearers in 1914.
Read more...Brexit: Chaos
Despite May’s epic Brexit loss, she’s still barely changed her course of action.
Read more...How Shocking Was Shock Therapy?
Poland managed to escape a lot of the “shock doctrine” treatment, yet has gone hard right. What happened?
Read more...The Euro at 20: An Enduring Success but a Fundamental Failure
The euro will stumble forward. No one will be happy with its operation. Equally, no one will leave.
Read more...Brexit: Circling the Drain
The latest chapter in the Brexit shaggy dog story.
Read more...Advertising Trade Association Presses for Federal Data Privacy Regulation
Advertising trade group calls for federal data privac regulationy, in an obvious attempt bet that Washington won’t toughen standards nearly as much as California has done and other states are also considering.
Read more...Don Quijones: Retail Melts Down Before Christmas in the UK, Spreads to Continent
After “the worst-on-record unbelievably bad” November, even e-commerce gets hit, not just brick & mortar, on fears Christmas sales could be terrible. Can we make out any a silver lining in this retail meltdown, signs of a shift necessary away from fast fashion toward a more sustainable future?
Read more...Brexit: “Managed No Deal” and Referendum Unicorns Dispatched, but How Long Before Anyone Notices?
More seemingly bad news for the UK on the Brexit front…save none of this should come as news.
Read more...The UK’s Reform of Limited Partnership Law: Dead on Arrival (I)
Scottish Limited Partnerships and International Crime: NO evidence??
Read more...Brexit: Unicorns Rampant
The UK continues to flail about as the Brexit clock keeps ticking.
Read more...Brexit: Endgame
As the Brexit clock is running down, so too are the available plays.
Read more...Yellow Fever in France
Almost everyone agrees on the analysis of what caused the yellow jacket movement: the growth of inequalities, the marginalization of certain regions and social categories, austerity and neoliberal politics. Then accounts diverge.
Read more...