Posts by Gavin Rice
Friday, 21 September 2018
Shameless 'People's Vote' campaign will never accept Brexit
“I am very unhappy that the UK is leaving and maybe it would be better to make another referendum”. While..
By Gavin Rice
Thursday, 20 September 2018
Thank goodness Grayling is not in charge of no deal Brexit transport planning...
Oh wait, Chris Grayling is in charge of the government’s contingency plans on transport for a no deal Brexit scenario. This is..
By Gavin Rice
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Steve Bannon 1 - Economist 0 (own goal)
Steve Bannon, the American populist campaigner, Trump strategist and self-professed prophet of “economic nationalism” is in Britain and ruffling establishment..
By Gavin Rice
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
Ignore BMW - Brexit is a great boon for free enterprise
The British car manufacturer and leading UK exporter BMW has announced to workers and unions that it will shut its..
By Gavin Rice
Monday, 17 September 2018
In defence of Jacob Rees-Mogg and the diehard Brexiteers
Chequers. Backstop. Canada. Canada-plus. Free movement. Single Market. Customs union. Common Rulebook. Irish Border. Max Fac. The interminable to-ing and..
By Gavin Rice
Friday, 14 September 2018
Dalai Lama ding dong teaches European liberals a lesson on migration
Nigel Farage and the Dalai Lama. Not two names that you would expect to hear in the same sentence, especially..
By Gavin Rice
Thursday, 13 September 2018
Boris is right to call for tax cuts - they're the lifeblood of capitalism
In laying out a radical vision for post-Brexit Britain, Boris Johnson has declared his commitment to tax cuts. Writing in the Daily..
By Gavin Rice
Wednesday, 12 September 2018
McDonnell's Marxist employment reforms would wreck the economy
John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor, has declared that a Labour government would force all employers with 250 or more workers..
By Gavin Rice
Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Brexit: why no deal is really a good deal
“Brexit means Brexit”. That much-maligned, oft-ridiculed soundbite, for many the very embodiment of modern political message-control gobbledegook, was in fact..
By Gavin Rice