Is Britain broken?
How could a new government start to turn the UKs fortunes around? Frank McKenna offers some ideas.
Britain
A week in America | 12 August 2022
Is Britain stuck in the 70’s? Martin reflects on a Summer trip back to the UK and wonders if we are marooned in a time warp.
You have to stand up to a bully – but will we?
Do Brits – or indeed the West – have an appetite for a war with Putin? We can’t even have a mature debate about Fracking, and we love cuts in defence spending. Frank McKenna’s latest blog reflects on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Britain’s Waning Power in America
In the latest blog from the U.S. Martin Liptrot discusses how the American news channels view us Brits.
So, this is global Britain!
Jim examines what the government’s vision for “Global Britain” means in the light of humiliation in Afghanistan whilst at home the shortage of EU lorry drivers is affecting supermarket supplies and car production. He also comments on an important trade union election.
Time for another sea change 40 years on?
40 years ago Britain underwent an economic and social revolution when Margaret Thatcher was elected to champion free market capitalism. Now that concept is under challenge and Jim asks is it time for Labour’s counter revolution?
Post Brexit Britain is a scary place
Whether you voted to leave or stay in the European Union two years ago, it cannot have escaped your attention that since the result there… Read More »Post Brexit Britain is a scary place