Category Archives: UK

The UK’s Post-Brexit Review of ‘Retained EU Law’ Risks Undermining Democracy

Brexit requires the Government to disentangle domestic law from EU law. The preferred plan is to hand more power to unaccountable ministers

Bad as QE Was, Unwinding It Rapidly Could Be Worse

Getting out of super low interest rates and unwinding QE is proving to be easier said than done.

Remember That the Tories Are Only Getting Rid of Johnson To Make Things Worse

What happens to and after Johnson which is very much in play.

Most People Want an Active Government, Working on Their Side. It Is Time Those Seeking Power Took Note.

The UK government, like its US counterpart, is not held in much respect. Does this create an opportunity?

Climate Change: Adapt for the Future, Not the Past

Climate adaptation in the global South needs to be addressed through development. Moving from de-risking to diversification requires a developmental state committed to ‘green’ industrial policy – involving investment and technology.

The Campaign to Protect Christmas Profits from Omicron

Omicron updates along with some of the considerable noise.

Go Private for the Treatment You Need, NHS Tells Patients

NHS patients are being refused treatment, discharged too early and pushed towards private referrals.

An Increase in Interest Rates Would Be An Act of Class Warfare

While increasing interest rates to combat this inflation is bone-headed, the Fed has long wanted to be out of super low rate terrain.

“Want to See a Modern Country Commit Suicide? Take a Hard Look at Britain”

Post Brexit Britain is not doing at all well, and things are not going to take a turn any time soon.

Net Zero, Insulation, Boilers, and English Dampness, or Symbol Manipulators Versus Existing Conditions

The English gas boiler as a microcosm of Anglosphere elites’ inability to come up with realistic carbon reduction schemes.

Brexit: David Frost’s Bluster Can’t Wish Away the Northern Ireland Protocol

Many Brexiters see Article 16 as a ‘get out of jail free’ card for the Northern Ireland protocol. Here’s why they’re wrong

Never Mind the Pandora Papers: Why Secrecy Still Rules in the UK

Thanks to poor drafting and a lack of enforcement, anti-secrecy legislation intended to make it clearer who owns UK companies isn’t working

The Neverending Brexit: Flailing Johnson Set to Try to Renege on Commitment to Respect Good Friday Agreement

Boris Johnson is expected to eyepoke the EU by reneging on the Norhtern Ireland protocol, presumbly to distract from domestic shortages.