The Independent View: A solution – world government
As the world descends and travels into the catastrophic circles of economic chaos, globalisation seems vulnerable and suffering from nationalist rhetoric. With a growing centralised global economy,...
View ArticleOpinion: The morning after
I walked around the City of London this morning. Sunlight filtered through the banks and sandwich bars of the narrow streets, occasionally reaching the road, more often than not reflected from the...
View ArticleOpinion: A Diminished Clarke – a picture of electoral calculation and...
What Ken Clarke has been sent out to do (FT.com – requires registration) – and has been willing to do – diminishes him. It can hardly diminish his party. Ken Clarke is a fervent European but he has...
View ArticleLibLink: Cable in Mail
Vince Cable’s regular slot in the Mail on Sunday was out yesterday; here’s a brief extract: I have been going on for ages about the way banks exploit the taxpayer guarantee. One simple step is to make...
View ArticleThe Myth of “Strong” Government
As their hopes recede of using our broken voting system to secure a majority government on a minority of support in the country, the Party most set against reform, the Conservatives, and their media...
View ArticleOpinion: Time for that Lib Dem tax cut in full?
“Under a Liberal Democrat government, you will not have to pay any income tax on the first £10,000 you earn.” So said the manifesto on which we fought last year’s election. And while we didn’t get a...
View ArticleLibLink | Vince Cable: We agree to differ on restoring economy
Business Secretary Vince Cable writes today at the Financial Times on the Coalition Government’s approach to deficit reduction, in response to the International Monetary Fund’s endorsement. He explores...
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What the IMF says about the UK and global economy
The economic headlines have been dominated by the IMF’s latest forecast, with seemingly grim news: UK economic growth forecasts slashed by worried IMF. The Guardian contrasts the IMF’s downgraded...
View ArticleThe politics of sluggish growth: good for the Tories, bad for Labour, and as...
Today saw the publication by the IMF of its latest growth forecasts. UK growth prospects are downgraded once again. Growth in 2012 is now forecast to be -0.4% (the most recent quarter’s strong showing...
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5 points on Clegg’s admission that Coalition was wrong to cut capital spending
Nick Clegg has sparked a flurry of excitement with his admission in an interview for The House magazine that the Coalition cut capital spending ‘too far, too fast’ to coin a phrase. Here’s what he said...
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