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The Falkland Islanders have spoken: the world (and the left) must listen
Ninety per cent of Falkland Islanders voted on their future and of those, 99.8 per cent voted for the islands to remain a British overseas territory. We must stand by the Falklands. They have spoken loud and clear, now the world, and the left, must listen
Time to put Hezbollah on EU terror list
The EU is strongest when it acts as one in the world. The weakness or reluctance of one member state impacts us all, and especially the people living in the shadow of Hezbollah’s destabilizing activities.
Unionist unity raises its head again
Internal unionist navel gazing following last weeks’ Mid Ulster by election has been exacerbated by allegations that the DUP and UUP last year held serious negotiations over a possible full merger.
The childcare crisis: a problem made in Downing Street
The childcare problem that David Cameron is trying to solve is one of his own making.
The FT tears apart austerity economics (again)
Martin Wolf has a blistering piece in today’s Financial Times (£) challenging David Cameron’s stubborn adherence to austerity economics.
Fraser Nelson: wrong on cutting taxes for the rich
Fraser Nelson has a piece in the Spectator this morning in which he claims that the way to ensure the rich pay their way in taxes is to…cut their taxes. There is an elephant in the room, however.
The treasury friendly Niesr graph
Here we have the fully adjusted, treasury-friendly Niesr economic graph which takes account of Britain’s economic realities.
We must resist the privatisation of aid
The evidence for privatising aid is thin. So let’s at least have the debate before subjecting millions of people in the global south to free market experiments.
Responsible Capitalism: a European wave is building that Labour should ride
A year ago, Ed Miliband set out his vision of Responsible Capitalism, saying Labour was “determined to stand up against the vested interests that are imposing a surcharge culture on people”. In the past few weeks in Germany, the German trade union movement (DGB) has developed the idea of a new Marshall Plan for Europe. It is this kind of joined up thinking that we urgently need to build a credible alternative to austerity.
Economic output down in three months to March
Economic output declined by 0.1 per cent in December, January and February, suggesting an economy that continued to flat-line in the first two months of this year, according to the latest data from NIESR.