January 7, 2019
Can the United Kingdom as currently constituted survive Brexit? Probably not, suggests Murray Ritchie. Later this month Britain’s House of Lords will debate the future constitutional stability, or lack of it, of…
November 22, 2018
Just possibly, concludes Murray Ritchie. Just when Theresa May escapes one Brexit trap two more are laid. Having probably avoided a leadership challenge because the extreme Brexiteers have seemingly lost their courage,…
October 5, 2018
The UK as we know it might soon be a memory, writes Murray Ritchie. As Brexit approaches we hear ever-louder warnings that the constitutional make-up of the United Kingdom of Great Britain…
June 22, 2018
Glasgow is cost-friendly, has a good workforce – and might be in the EU when independent, staff reporters are told. Barclays’ headquarters in London could be in name only in a post-Brexit…
June 19, 2018
Could England become independent as Scotland quits the UK? Murray Ritchie says emboldened nationalists are now showing renewed optimism amid growing signs of impatience with their first minister’s caution. The SNP always…
December 11, 2017
There is no way the EU in its present mood of disenchantment with the UK will give us a break. Why would it, asks Murray Ritchie. So there we have it. We…
November 1, 2017
Determined to deal directly and only with state capitals, the EU has always kept the regions at arm’s length, writes Murray Ritchie. All across the European Union the “little people” are asserting…
October 16, 2017
When it comes to annual turnover, universities have overtaken other large industries, including advertising and marketing, air and spacecraft manufacturing sectors, Aban Contractor reports. Universities in the United Kingdom generated more than…
October 10, 2017
The UK’s devolved nations could be the rocks upon which a Brexit deal is wrecked, writes Murray Ritchie. For months Scotland and Wales have been complaining that Theresa May’s approach to Brexit…
July 21, 2017
A growing number of people want Brexit stopped before Britain does itself irreparable economic and international damage, writes Murray Ritchie. When the British diplomat – and true pillar of the Establishment –…