by Lindsay Mackie | May 31, 2017 | Blog
The first thing we’re not talking about is ‘we’. Who are we, when it comes to this General Election in particular? And, to sign in for that master class in linguistics, what do we mean when we say ‘talking’? I’m not about to attack...
by Lindsay Mackie | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog
In our pamphlet, Absent Corporations – out now – my colleague David Boyle describes the conclusions of an entrancing document which looked at the world’s mega rich corporate giants. The document was published in 2005 by Citibank and it examined the...
by Lindsay Mackie | Feb 27, 2017 | Blog
Two ongoing stories demonstrate with pellucid clarity how populism gains first a foothold and then strength against a political elite which seems to have lost its way entirely. First is the new business rates. Due to start in April, the new rates are widely predicted...
by Lindsay Mackie | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog
In a week when Parliament is making an attempt to widen and deepen the discussion around Brexit and the conditions of our departure from the EU, a new report from the New Weather Institute – Brexit – The Blackbird Leys Memo – warns that the...
by Lindsay Mackie | Jan 8, 2017 | Blog
Green isn’t always positive. If you are so green you would make a cabbage blush; it means you are naive at best, ignorant and thoughtless at worst. That seems pretty much to be us, the voters. If we had taken proper care to safeguard the short lived Green...
