Wednesday, September 18, 2019

My Brains Trust - part I

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I liked the idea of the little “brains trust” Paul Collier gathered round him when he was writing “The Future of Capitalism”. One of the c...
Saturday, September 14, 2019

Brexit – and its different levels of “explanation”

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There have been lots of theories about “How Brexit happened” with the “explanations” generally turning out (at least in the newspapers an...
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Monday, September 9, 2019

High Drama in the Commons

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Quite remarkable scenes in the House of Commons  as the government's suspension of Parliament is subjected to challenge. There's ...
Sunday, September 8, 2019

Is this a Coup d’Etat?

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Quite astonishing that this question apparently is now the heated topic of conversation the length and breadth of the benighted land I once...
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Saturday, September 7, 2019

Johnson's Real Game?

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Blogposts zap into cyberspace and rarely get a response. Boffy’s Blog is one of blogs I recommend on my blogroll and is run by someone wh...
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British PM threatens to defy the Law?

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After two posts on “Life and Death” issues, it pains me greatly to find myself returning to UK politics and Brexit. And I do so only to h...
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Thursday, September 5, 2019

The irresistible rise of the "Wrinklies"

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“Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully” Samuel Johnson There ce...