Tag: austerity
Second helping or second referendums?
By Dorothy Bruce
The UK. The fifth largest economy in the world, so Tories incessantly boast. So, everything’s hunky-dory then. Even Brexit will turn out...
Meanwhile in Scotland: independence is a long game that can’t wait.
Commentary by Christopher Silver
Party conferences are strange beasts. At a time when politics is hobbled by a constant need to respond to the surreal...
Citizen: Remember that in austerity Britain, ‘it could be YOU’
Campbell Martin
'It Could Be You' - the slogan used by the National Lottery to encourage us into gambling, looking for a life-changing win that...
Eurozone on edge as Greece goes to the polls
By Martin Kelly Eurozone leaders are waiting anxiously as Greeks go to the polls today. This election, called after the May 6th stalemate, is...
Austerity is not the solution
By a Newsnet reporter If you have a mortgage, get ready to get poorer - mortgages are on their way up! In all...
UK Economic Umbrella In Crisis
by Alex PorterEconomy Editor Public confidence in the UK economy remains at rock-bottom according to YouGov economic trackers. (1)Asked about the state of the...