The difference betweem the EU and almost any other trade partner, is that they don’t come to negotiations looking at areas of agreement and discussion. They come with their existing rigid Treaty-defi… (View Post)

Charge council tax, at the unoccupied house rate, from one year after PP is given. (View Post)

One might reasonably suspect that the Chinese price paid for Russian gold, bears as much of a resemblance to the globally-traded price as does the sale price of Russian oil. There’s been rumours arou… (View Post)

Ukraine is definitely having a good morning. First one Russian general finds himself liquidated with a Moscow car bomb, and now video emerges of two Russian fighter jets taken out by partisans well i… (View Post)

Are we seriously back talking about what “A” customs union, rather than “THE” customs union, looks like in practice? Ask the Turks what “A” CU looks like, it’s terribly one-sided. (View Post)