Why is no-one talking about the high cost of Brexit?
Leaving the single market and customs union is believed to have reduced UK trade in goods to the EU by £14 billion a month, writes Murray Ritchie. While the United Kingdom slithers…
May 30, 2022
Leaving the single market and customs union is believed to have reduced UK trade in goods to the EU by £14 billion a month, writes Murray Ritchie. While the United Kingdom slithers…
May 23, 2022
Anthony Albanese, Australia’s 31st prime minister, is offering a different kind of politics, starting with inclusion not division, writes Geoff Kitney in Canberra The elephant in the room that Australia’s political leaders…
March 1, 2022
When Russians went to the polls in March 2000, they had high hopes for democracy and stability, writes Geoff Kitney. They had chosen a new course under a new young leader. Twenty-one…
January 24, 2022
Brexit is causing a curious stasis in UK politics in the four constituent nations. It is as though no-one really knows what to do next, writes Murray Ritchie. 2022 looks like being…
January 17, 2022
When Novak Djokovic took up residence at Melbourne’s Park Hotel for a few days, the world noticed the desperate refugees locked in with him. But he has left the building and the…
January 12, 2022
For better or worse, further variants must be anticipated, writes John Egan. Governments around the world will be holding their breath. Many have taken a big bet that the latest coronavirus variant…
December 14, 2021
The UK should beware when it looks to Australia for a solution to ‘stop the boats’. The cost to the Australian taxpayer of detaining asylum seekers has been estimated at A$4 million…
November 15, 2021
The Glasgow COP26 outcome was the best we could have expected – those wanting more and branding it a failure were never going to be satisfied, writes Murray Ritchie. So the enemy…
November 10, 2021
Battles to save the planet have re-ignited inter-generational conflict, writes Geoff Kitney. In Australia, the young are taking on the big mining companies whose wealthy owners wield immense power. Beware the children….
November 1, 2021
COP26 is being billed as the most crucial summit in the history of the world. After all it is only attempting to save said world from extinction, writes Murray Ritchie. It’s tempting…