In what way is immigration relevant to the Brexit debate? Those on the hard, quick Brexit side of the debate claim that immigration was one…
In what way is immigration relevant to the Brexit debate? Those on the hard, quick Brexit side of the debate claim that immigration was one…
One of the first policies enacted by the innovative New Zealand government of David Lange in the late 1980s was to remove all agricultural subsidies….
France wants the hardest of hard Brexits. Or so it had recently been reported in a memo by Jeremy Browne, following a meeting at the Banque de…
The Brexit debate is moving on. The main issue at the moment is the shape and nature of any transitional deal. Our recent report has put forward…
I was recently chatting to the chairman of a FTSE 100 company. I suggested that the UK economy reminded me of a failing company in…
I have seen it many times in the business world. The Chief Financial Officer promoted to be chief executive but never stops actually being and…
I recently came across this article by Jan-Werner Mueller that de-constructs what ‘populism’ really means. Mueller has also authored a book titled What is Populism? In summary,…
In 1978-9, the famous Winter of Discontent brought down the Callaghan government. At that time the Labour government was trying to enforce a 5% pay…
There are some who will wish to pretend that the result of the general election had no bearing whatsoever on the Brexit negotiations the UK…
Our new report A Very British Brexit suggests that, paradoxically, the 2017 general election result provides the political context in which the Brexit process can be delivered…
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…
The rise of Corbyn appears to be the big surprise of this general election, so we have commissioned two blogs – one on either side…