The UK’s Dubious Role in the New Tanker War With Iran
Unpacking the issues in the seizure of an Iranian tanker.
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“The Ten Brexit Questions No-One’s Giving a Straight Answer To”
A short Brexit update and some questions on the state of Labour.
Read more...Brexit: Will Boris or Won’t He?
Does Johnson have any Brexit wriggle room?
Read more...Liquidity Fears Hit Other UK “Equity Funds” as Investors Remain Trapped in Woodford Fund
Shares of one fund plunged 22% on Friday. Other funds under pressure, raising serious questions about just how liquid “equity funds” in the UK are.
Read more...Brexit Radicals
Looking for cheery news on Brexit? You’ll have to look awfully hard.
Read more...Brexit: Sleepwalking
The Brexit zombie lurches forward.
Read more...Brexit Dithering
The Bexit noise to signal ratio continues to be awfully high thanks to the Tory leadership contest.
Read more...Is Conservatism Running on Brand Fumes?
Why the foundations of conservatism are crumbling.
Read more...Is Theresa May Finally Over?
Is the bell finally tolling for Theresa May?
Read more...British Government Passes the Buck to Sweden Where the Military Offense Exclusion Protects Julian Assange From Extradition to the Us
The UK looks likely to welcome to pass the Assange hot potato to Sweden….which could turn out to be a lucky break.
Read more...Brexit: Stuck
Nearly a month into the EU’s Brexit extension and no progress.
Read more...Brexit’s Disaster Socialism
Why disaser socialism looks as dodgy as neoliberalism’s shock doctrine.
Read more...Plastic Watch: Debunking the Technofix Fairy, Biodegradable Bags Don’t Degrade
‘Biodegradable ‘ plastic bags were still intact and capable of carrying shopping three years after being exposed to the natural environment: some arguments and evidence not to rely on the technofix fairy to solve the plastics crisis.
Read more...John Helmer: The Julian Assange Case Now Puts the US on Trial in a British Court – Is There a Get-Out-of-Jail Card for Assange?
A disucssion of legal issues in the Assange extradition case.
Read more...Festering Brexit
Even though the Good Friday/Easter weekend is coming up and Brexit matters are thus in low gear, the UK still seems stuck in its pattern of confusing motion with progress. A short list of updates: Labour-Tory talks still going nowhere. I’m not sure it would be progress even if the negotiations were going somewhere, since […]
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