by Lindsay Mackie | 6 June 2017 | Blog
What is wrong with the Tory Central Office inspired act-of -desperation, the ‘magic money tree’ meme? The first is the patronising tone: as if they were talking to idiots, as if there was nothing they could possibly understand about our economy. It is...
by Lindsay Mackie | 31 May 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 | 15 March 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 | 27 February 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 | 9 February 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...
