Many of us are tending to form the impression that our societies are fraying at the edges. In the UK, people have probably never been…
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The Brexit referendum was supposed to be an exercise in democracy. Instead it is turning out that the Brexit decision is being used to push…
For many it’s a disappointment. Some have no doubt heaved a sigh of relief that nothing very substantive is going to change. This week the…
I always listen to the actor Adrian Dunbar. Partly because he shaped my favourite film (Hear My Song) and partly because he is exactly my…
Both sides of the Brexit negotiations are sticking doggedly to their guns. The UK is determined to show that crucial items like the Irish border…
I have returned, as General Macarthur might have said. I was only gone a week to the calmer fields of Picardy, but I feel kike…
The Bank Holiday weekend may well be remembered as a momentous one in British politics. Something happened that would have been inconceivable as recently as…
What does respecting ‘the will of the people’ mean? Those in favour of an extreme Brexit claim that they are respecting the will of the…
By chance, last week, I watched a recording of Robin Cook’s resignation speech in the House of Commons. It was during the Iraq debate in…
I was called quite late a few nights ago by a reporter in Toronto to ask me why it was that I thought the Canadian…
Exit from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) may be one of the few things that offer Britain a real opportunity for a better future following…
Well, you have to, don’t you. There they are, inheritors of an economic tradition which suggests that they can only use interest rates to tweak…