Why the Tories are still in government is a conundrum. One can be bitter about how Labour turned against the workers, but this is simply intolerable. And do not forget the accomplides of the Tories, the LibDems.
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Economics
Prem Sikka: The takeover of GKN shows that the UK can’t build a sustainable industrial policy without reducing shareholder power
Does the UK have an industrial policy? Such a question is likely to become more acute as the UK seeks to forge new priorities to compete in the post-Brexit world. An answer can be teased […]
EU politics
Oliver Norgrove: Burst pipes: Why water privatisation failed
Privatisation in Britain has ended ih high prices, poor service, and the infrastructure in tatters. Yet the Conservative Party still sees it as a great British success. Read here
Environment
The Irish Times: EU critical of ‘severe’ weaknesses in Ireland’s fisheries controls
This is the lovely thing about the EU. So many beautiful laws concerning car emissions, taxes, workers’ rights, financial regulation, etc., but so full of loopholes (especially when it is about profits) that no one […]
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