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Ancoats: A blueprint for city centre regeneration
By Matthew Williams Anyone who lives in and around the North West has probably heard of the recent revival of Ancoats, a forgotten neighbourhood of...
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How to create a do-it-yourself newswire to stay informed 24/7
By Ian Silvera How do you get your news? I doubt you calmly and slowly digest a print newspaper over a glass of orange juice and a bowl of cornflakes...
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EU Taxonomy legislation could make 2020 the year of the ‘green bull’ market
By Andrew Adie One of the great challenges facing those trying to drive through sustainable investments is the issue of measurement and comparison...
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2019: Boeing to Brexit, Thomas Cook to Topshop and Patisserie Valerie to Prince Andrew…what to expect in 2020?
By Alistair Kellie Well what a year that was…from Boeing to Brexit, Thomas Cook to Topshop and Patisserie Valerie to Prince Andrew. Reputations have...
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How the Thatcher myth attracts modern-day Conservatives to a no-deal Brexit
First written for and published by the New Statesman When Theresa May proclaimed that “No-deal is better than a bad deal” many saw it as half...
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Brexit won't return power to MPs in Parliament, because Parliament itself won't let them take control
First written for and published in The Telegraph Perhaps the most powerfully held aspiration for Brexiteers is to restore UK parliamentary sovereignty...
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A British free-trade deal outside the EU? History shows that's easier said than done
Written for and first published by the Telegraph Breaking up is hard to do – and never harder than when splitting the assets. If the Brexiteers get...
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History holds a sobering lesson for Lib Dems
This article was first written for and published by The Scotsman It was Disraeli who claimed Britain did not love coalitions. Actually, he said...
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