An American travelling in, say, Nigeria who is asked to make a cash payment for someone to ’smooth the process’ they should be doing as…
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An American travelling in, say, Nigeria who is asked to make a cash payment for someone to ’smooth the process’ they should be doing as…
They used to say that the interest rates of British banks were controlled by the eyebrows of the governor of the Bank of England. If…
Where are the best broadband services in the UK? Hands up anyone who guessed Hull. In 1904, “a quirk of history gave Hull and East…
Having worked with Tim Farron, albeit briefly, I found myself respecting his integrity, his ability to communicate with anyone and his capacity for what the…
Now the dust has settled on the election result (if not its consequences), it might be worth re-visiting the question about whether May calling the…
All good ideas and good policies become bad ideas and bad policy when taken too far. This is true as much in politics as it…
The GDP of Russia is $1.3 trillion, about the same as Spain’s. The GDP of the European Union is 15 times the size. Angela Merkel’s…
Back in the 1829, a strange rumour spread through the London poor that those in workhouses were being fed on the bodies of the dead….
Any deal between the DUP and the Conservatives will be a disaster for the Conservatives, the DUP and Northern Ireland – both sides should walk…
There are so many candidates for regular circles of life these days, from Halley’s Comet to the Kondratieff Cycle. I have been arguing for a…
Talk of a progressive alliance have been circulating ever since Theresa May called the election. And, on and off, for many years before that. Unsurprisingly,…
It has been an exhausting and unexpected night. One we will always remember, even more extraordinary than February 1974 – which I can barely remember…