Yesterday pro-Russians occupied the Donetsk regional assembly, declared a People’s Republic, announced a referendum on joining Russia then appealed for Russia to invade as a ‘peace keeping force’. Oleksander Turchinov, interim Ukrainian president, says this deliberate ‘second wave’ recreating the ‘Crimean scenario’ to ‘dismember’ Ukraine, was coordinated by Russian special forces.
The 2014 budget encouraged saving but only for the wealthy.
David Nicholson ceases to be Chief Executive of the NHS Commissioning Board, more usually termed NHS England, while calling for a transformation of the service. As Paul Corrigan observed in ‘Inside Commissioning’ it is odd to expect his successor to bring about changes he himself has not achieved in eight years. One aspect that has… [Read More]
The daily churn of debate in Parliament can amass into a blur over time. The rise and fall of GDP, house prices, the EU, are all issues that come and go while rarely seeming to progress before some other incident diverts the House’s attention. But every now and then, something happens that can conceivably be… [Read More]
George Osborne is now setting his sights on a return to “full employment” in the UK as the Conservatives seek to improve their offer to voters at the next general election. The need to make best use of the UK’s labour capacity is addressed by the entrepreneur and economist John Mills in his latest Civitas… [Read More]
The pro-EU pressure group British Influence has published research updating key economic indicators of the EU’s importance. They admit that the figures used until now – 3 million jobs and £3,300 per household – are outdated. Their new numbers, commissioned from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), suggest that 4.175 million jobs (13.3%… [Read More]
Adolfo Suarez, the former prime minister of Spain who played a key role in Spain’s transition to democracy in the post-Franco era, has died at the age of 81. Suarez and his party, the Union of the Democratic Centre, presided over Spain’s transition from an authoritarian dictatorship to a fully-fledged democracy. General Francisco Franco had… [Read More]
Last night saw the first of two ‘In vs Out’ EU debates between the leaders of the Liberal Democrats and the United Kingdom Independence Party. SO this blog isn’t an exercise in patting myself on the back, I’ll just say now; seven (and a half) of my predictions were right. Clegg said what Clegg would… [Read More]
Resetting the clock or the exchange rate can recalibrate hours of daylight or purchasing power, only don’t be late with breakfast on Sunday.
In the debate between Nigel Farage and Nick Clegg, Mr Clegg insisted that only 7% of laws and regulations stemmed from the EU and he insisted that a study by the House of Commons Library backed him up. If he was referring to this report, then his claim is incorrect. After carefully explaining all the… [Read More]