Category Archives: UK

Brexit: Running the Clock Down

Why Brexit motion should not be confused with progress.

Brexit: Confrontation

The Brexit process is as ugly as ever.

We Must Defeat the US Trade Deal

Why signing up to a US trade deal would mean a loss of sovereignity for the UK.

Importing Inequality: Immigration and the Top 1%

Data from UK tax records with new information on migrant status to show that that migrants are highly represented at the top of the UK’s income distribution.

Brexit: Snake Eyes

Boris Johnson is pressing his Brexit luck, which wasn’t looking all that hot.

We Lost Because We Weren’t Big Enough (the Left in the UK and the US)

Where now for Anglo-American socialism?

Brexit: Pear Shaped

A desperate Government Brexit ploy, perhaps conceived to increase its negotiating options, has quickly become an own goal.

A Levels: Government’s U-Turn Has Left Universities in the Lurch

The A-level crisis is increasing pressures on UK universities already stressed by COVID-19, as are their US and Australian counterparts.

UK Government Accused of New “U-Turn” on Local Covid Contact Tracing with Outsourcing Giants Serco and Sitel

“Local councils should be doing the whole lot, not just the mopping up. Serco and Sitel are cherry picking and doing the easy bits and leaving the difficult stuff to local authorities.”

Austria Confirms OPCW Report On Skripal Faking by the British – Vienna Exposes Financial Times Lies and Cover-Up

Revealing a big hole in the official Skripal story.

Brexit: Running Down the Clock?

Brexit is not going much of anywhere, and it still isn’t clear if this is by accident or design.

Beneath the Bluster, Boris Johnson’s ‘New Deal’ Offers Nothing New

Boris Johnson’s effort at a New Deal Big Lie goes splat.

Some Basic Lessons for the Governor of the Bank of England, Who Seems to be in Dire Need of Them

The Governor of the Bank of England had a major “put foot in mouth and chew” episode.