Global Shipping Issues: Brexit Complications and The New Normal
There are some extremely worrying headlines coming out of the mainstream press about an issue that has been brewing for
Petrol: Can We Get The Army In To Drive Tankers, and Essar: What’s It All About?
In the midst of all the problems with petrol at the pumps – caused by a Remain-leaning BP executive or
Dystopian Dispatches
Friday 10th September: what do I need to know? Universal Credit The Tories are revolting – I know they are, I hear
Dystopian Dispatches: July 21st
What do we have today? There’s Covid, (going badly) Brexit, (going worse) and Northern Ireland (what can one say?). Democracy is
First of July Roundup: Red Sky In The Morning?
Today: Northern Ireland, Supermarket Shortages, Batley and Spen By Election, China. Brexit: The Sausage Wars Are Over – For Now! Yesterday, the
The Day After Brexit – Five Years On
We all have stories like this to tell, don’t we? Those of us for whom “being European” was an identity?
Social Care: The Poisoned Chalice
Tomorrow’s meeting on social care – billed as a solution-providing exercise to an issue that has long been delayed –
Why We May Believe Cummings About Johnson and Hancock . . .
. . . but it won't make any difference to this post-truth government. So Johnson thinks Hancock is hopeless -
October the First And The Supply Chain Crisis.
Driver shortages, the imposition of inbound customs checks from October 1st, continuing shipping concerns, the container crisis – they are
Biden, Brexit, Sovereignty, Sausages, and Macron miss-steps – or does he?
(Also NATO meets today to consider China – but, apparently, still wants to avoid a Cold War: more soon.) So the