Late on Thursday night, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to ban Twitter. 12 hours later, the site was blocked. Erdogan’s trouble with Twitter has been on-going; ever since the social media platform played a huge role in the anti-government protests of last year, the government has been finding new ways of curbing freedom… [Read More]
In freezing the Carbon Price Floor, George Osborne has taken some good advice.
The Chancellor is about to announce the budget for the next fiscal year and it is safe to say it will be littered with the words ‘recovery’, ‘job not done’ and ‘tough decisions’. As to what else, we have been told there will be one or two surprise ‘crowd-pleasers’ (another penny off beer?) and a… [Read More]
Both Ukraine’s territorial integrity and Russia’s respect for the 1994 Budapest memorandum are dead in the water. The EU and Obama are powerless to stop further land grabs. Avoiding bloodshed and establishing stability is imperative.
‘If one meets a powerful person ask them five questions: ‘What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?’ If you cannot get rid of the people who govern you, you do not live… [Read More]
Zero hours estimates are rising, through greater use and greater awareness. People deserve to be paid something for their time available.
Energy prices and Labour’s cost of living crisis campaign seem to have lost some momentum in recent weeks. The party political has been overshadowed by more important events in Ukraine. It could also be that Labour don’t want to sound too much of a Debbie Downer during the release of yet more positive GDP figures.… [Read More]
The Daily Mail, Guardian and Times all speculate that Nick Clegg’s Lib Dem leadership is teetering this morning. His riposte is surprising – to double down on his love for the EU at his party’s spring conference. He is to debate twice with UKIP leader Nigel Farage, on LBC radio on 26th March, and on… [Read More]
Much of the comment on events in Ukraine has been discussed through a push and pull narrative between the East and West; on one side, the EU is pushing for a modern, westward-facing Ukraine, and on the other Russia is desperately trying to pull the ex-Soviet state back into its orbit, using political puppet strings… [Read More]
Evidence to support Paul Collier’s claim that migration has greater social than economic effects is easy to find.