Friday, 5 April 2019

Why are we in this political mess?

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I am sick and tired of being told that the 2016 referendum gave the government a mandate to leave the EU. It did not. It did not because i...
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Tuesday, 2 April 2019

If the Tories lose an election before we leave, Brexit is unlikely to happen.

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There is more talk of a general election, although of course that does not mean it will happen. In that context I frequently hear people s...
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Friday, 29 March 2019

Will Brexit make austerity worse?

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There seems to be some confusion among some on the left about the impact of Brexit. Statements like ‘Brexit will make austerity worse’ by ...
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Tuesday, 26 March 2019

Left behind movements do not just reflect deindustrialisation, but also geography, inequality and lack of representation.

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There was extensive analysis after the UK EU referendum of the characteristics of those who voted for Brexit and those who didn’t. A robu...
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Friday, 22 March 2019

Labour’s Brexit stance is a tragedy for Labour but the current Brexit mess is an entirely Tory failure.

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Before deciding that I’m writing about Labour when I should be writing about the disaster that is Theresa May, please read to the end. ...
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Tuesday, 19 March 2019

Brexiters are stopping Brexit because they need to believe in the fantasy of Global Britain

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It now looks like May will not get a chance to put her deal to parliament for a third time today, thanks to a ruling from Speaker Bercow. ...
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Friday, 15 March 2019

Triangulation or bipartisanship does not work when one side goes off the scale

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Brad DeLong describes himself as a Rubin Democrat, which he defines as “largely neoliberal, market-oriented, and market-regulation and tu...
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