For the UK Government “no deal” has never been better than a bad deal – and it’s now paying a price for such weakness
THE BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS commence again this week and as usual EU actions will be widely influenced by political consideration. The EU’s inception, the Schuman plan (prepared by Monnet), created the European Coal and Steel Community ...
Catalonia – why we are where we are
THE ST ANDREWS ACADEMIC, Clara Ponsati, is facing extradition to Spain. The Vice Chancellor of the university has come to her defence, as have many other people in Scotland, on the grounds that Ponsati is being “targeted ...
How capitalism works; let’s hail a ride with Jaguar and Waymo
WHEN I FIRST READ that Jaguar has an order for twenty thousand of its new i-Pace cars from Waymo, part of the Google empire, to become self-driving “ride-hailing vehicles”, I was puzzled. But then I ...
Where will Tory party drift take us?
ONE YEAR TO GO until we leave the EU. No doubt this weekend the main coverage is that of the Good Friday Agreement being 20 years old. So much the better there is such an ...
