By Catherine McBride – 4 minute read IT WOULD APPEAR that everything is being blamed on Liz Truss. According to The Independent “There is little prospect of a post-Brexit trade deal with Brazil in the near future because of strained relations between Britain’s Conservative Government and the new administration of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.” But read a bit further [...]
By Catherine McBride – 8 minute read THE CHANCELLOR’S mini-budget was both encouraging and disappointing. First, the good news. The Chancellor announced most of the things that Liz Truss had promised to do during her election campaign. This is a welcome surprise, for many years now despite having voted for Conservative Governments - smaller government [...]
By Catherine McBride – 4 minute read (If you missed Part One before Friday's mini-budget, go here first.) ONE OF THE BEST THINGS about the Chancellor’s speech is that it did most of the things Liz Truss had promised to do during her election campaign. It seems incredible to say this but for many years now, [...]
By Catherine McBride – 7 minute read THE MEDIA has moved on from the Conservative leadership election and Royal funeral and has now started to worry about the falling pound – but should we? The Pound is low relative to the US dollar, but so are most currencies at the moment, except interestingly for the [...]
WHILE MOST PEOPLE are worried about coming shortages: fuel, food and even water, there are still some members of the Twitter fraternity worried about surpluses. Specifically gluts of agricultural products – or what most of us would call ‘food’ – being imported into the UK from Australia and New Zealand. Increased supply of food usually [...]
