Category Archives: UK

Brexit: Stumbling

More Brexit posturing, but also some hardening of positions when both sides would need to give to get a deal.

Brexit: The Barnier Cliff

December 31 is a Barnier deadline too.

This Is What Can Happen When a Cross-Border Bank Merger Goes Horribly Wrong

As Banco Sabadell’s disastrous acquisition of UK TSB has shown, a bank merger can founder due to botched IT integration.

Brexit: HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME

Little Brexit motion and less progress as the clock runs.

Brexit: Decisions

The Brexit trade talks illustrate that not deciding amounts to a decision.

Peat: Superhero of the Biosphere, in Need of Global Protection (and Yours)

Drained peatlands and peat fires emit around 10% of our greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, land-use change and forestry, yet there seems to be little effort to prevent this.

Nick Corbishley: Bankruptcy Looms As Cash-Starved UK Local Councils’ High-Risk Real Estate Bets Sour

UK councils were already in trouble due to austerity, inflated charges for services, and mismanagement. Covid is set to generate bankruptcies

Waste Watch: Carbon Emissions to Increase in the UK from Waste Disposal; Yet Another Reason We Need To Cease Making So Much Plastic

Absent immediate and drastic action to limit plastics use, global emissions will increase as incineration is used for waste disposal.

How To Break the Covid Doom Loop

Are repetitive short lockdowns a viable way to tame Covid-19?

Brexit: Standoff

Will Johnson pull the Brexit plug today, or decide to fight another day?

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.