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Tax Trouble for the Tories

Sunak's tax rates are too high - too high to justify financially or morally. But Liz Truss has already promised too much, too soon, and that would be…

Jul 18, 2022 •

Liam Noble Shearer

December 2021

The Resurrection of the Liberal Democrats?

Although Thursday's North Shropshire by-election result was surely a defeat for Boris, we may be beginning to see the roots of a Lib Dem resurrection.

Dec 18, 2021 •

Liam Noble Shearer

A bomb for the Tories on Super Thursday

Boris Johnson can't have been too happy when he woke up this morning. But others in Parliament might not be so gloomy.

Dec 17, 2021 •

Liam Noble Shearer

Notes on Boris' Backbench Blunder

The Tories backbench revolt means a whole lot more than a threat to the Prime Minister's leadership.

Dec 16, 2021 •

Liam Noble Shearer

This is The New Highlander, a newsletter about Thoughts, observations and essays about politics and economics..

Dec 16, 2021 •

Liam Noble Shearer

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