Posts by Mark Fox
Monday, 14 January 2019
Parliament is sovereign and the Commons can do what it thinks right
As we wait it is worth sweeping the rubble of the weekend’s media coverage away, to try and make a..
By Mark Fox
Friday, 11 January 2019
From the Gracchi to Nero – H.H. Scullard’s enduring classic
2019 is a significant year for events and anniversaries. It is 80 years since the Battle of the Atlantic (the..
By Mark Fox
Thursday, 10 January 2019
We need to sort out Britain's productivity problem once and for all
The latest set of productivity figures show once again the UK lagging lethargically behind comparable countries. Latest figures show the weakest..
By Mark Fox
Wednesday, 9 January 2019
Parliament asserting itself is good news
Slowly but surely Parliament is asserting itself over the Executive. The House of Commons – which voted to approve the..
By Mark Fox
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Brexit was always about more than economics
Even by the standards of Brexit Britain the last few days have involved much sound, fury and hyperventilation in Parliament..
By Mark Fox
Thursday, 13 December 2018
It's time for the House of Commons to just get on with it
As the dust settles around Number 10 and the rubble is cleared away from the corridors of the House of..
By Mark Fox
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Constitutional crisis? Nonsense. Parliament is doing its job
Tuesday 4 December 2018 will go down in history for many reasons. Americans queued up to walk past their 41st..
By Mark Fox
Saturday, 1 December 2018
George HW Bush - the last President from the greatest generation
In his very good biography of George Bush, Destiny and Power, Jon Meacham tells how on winning the nomination of..
By Mark Fox
Friday, 30 November 2018
Book review: Capitalism in America - A History by Alan Greenspan and Adrian Wooldridge
It would be difficult to find two more distinguished economic commentators than Alan Greenspan – former Chairman of the Federal..
By Mark Fox