Some More Nuts and Bolts of Edinburgh’s Economy.
There are two restaurants in this article. By chance, I was in the Southsider pub yesterday when I met a …
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Winners and Losers from Rising Wages and Falling Ones.
The three months before June had marked an annual rise of 5.2% in average regular pay, as measured in real …
Some Nuts and Bolts of Edinburgh’s Economy.
When I was leaving for work this morning, Polly and Tori were both on their knees in a cleared space …
A Marxist Interpretation of the Taliban’s Victory.
I have not so far encountered a Marxist or a neo-Marxist interpretation of the Taliban’s recent victory that has satisfactorily …
The Noctes Ambrosianae (No 26).
[SCENE: The courtyard of the Peartree. It is early afternoon and James is sitting at a picnic table in the …
A Marxist Reading of the Lockdown.
In the UK, there cannot be many people left now who in their heart of hearts think that the lockdown …
Podcast Review: Quid Pro Euro (96).
[The following contains spoilers.] “Quid Pro Euro” is written and performed by the comic actor Felix Trench and it is …
Labour Is Now The Party Of The Union.
It is now clear that Thursday’s panoply of elections has strengthened the different parties of government at Westminster and Holyrood. …
Keeping “Keeping Safe” Safe.
To everybody’s horror, the UK’s COVID-19 vaccination programme is exhibiting all the signs of being a wonderful success. The Office …
Brexit Has Been A Total Disaster!
One of the reasons why this website has been so opposed to Brexit is because it is surely inevitable that …
2020 in the words of Tychy et al.
“What was it that Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan once said?” The head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds …
Bombing Brexit Back to the Stone Age.
Several decades ago, when the average person had perhaps a more competent grasp of power politics than they do today, …
How to Defeat the Scottish Nationalists (Warning: Contains Traces of Machiavellianism).
Could Nicola Sturgeon’s own carelessness have already sown the seeds of her eventual knockout defeat? Here is her in January …
Podcast Review: Quid Pro Euro.
The year is 1995 and the European Union is awakening from history and becoming conscious. It is looking around blearily, …
Book Review: Flights.
Jasmine, the nice Muslim woman I’d spent the whole evening talking to, was telling me about her project: she wanted …
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