Brian Monteith

1 week ago | capx.co | Brian Monteith

17 June 2025 @TheBluetrot Photo: TERESA SUAREZ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Photo: TERESA SUAREZ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Starmer's deal with the EU rests on vagaries and rhetoric Closer alignment with Europe has the potential to destabilise Northern Ireland The claim about making EU e-gates available for travel to the continent unravelled within a day Now that a little time has been allowed to digest what Keir Starmer’s EU ‘reset’ actually means, it has to be said it is looking far less...

1 week ago | msn.com | Brian Monteith

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1 week ago | scotsman.com | Brian Monteith

While Starmer drives the Labour tank forwards – and then abruptly into reverse – the hopes of his disciples are crushed on the Westminster lawnThe first anniversary of Sir Keir Starmer’s election victory is fast approaching and we can expect a major public relations initiative to celebrate the occasion. The offering is likely to be thin gruel. Were the election to be held again now I would expect there would be far fewer people voting for Starmer and his party than a year ago.

2 weeks ago | scotsman.com | Brian Monteith

For those of us who have taken the trouble to engage with Reform UK’s personnel and their activities – so we might understand their concerns, ambitions and the motives behind them – the performance of Britain’s disruptor party at last Thursday’s Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election did not come as a surprise. Labour’s victory was a shock because the SNP – and John Swinney in particular – had itself promoted the narrative of a Labour collapse as part of its campaigning tactics.

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Brian Monteith

Although please understand, the intention is not to reward pensions with successful returns but to use pension funds to provide investment in Labour's favoured industries without having to raise taxes further or borrow at high rates in the markets. It is essentially a way of subsidising risky government interventions in the economy.