the law aimed at blocking no-deal brexit

But the law would place important limitations on what a British prime minister can and cannot do even though Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said the government has said it will “test to the limit” the law in court. . ..

"official secrets" highlights lies of iraq war

British government, did produce study ostensibly around the decision-making leading to the invasion of Iraq and that report made no mention of Gun case. ... Official Secrets highlights that ultimately the charges were dropped against Gun — to spare British government..

friends of freedom, do not despair

The British economist John Jewkes (1902-88), in an article titled “The Economist and Public Policy” (1953), pointed out that those who claimed that economists could predict the future were “dragging their subject down to the level of astrology.” ..

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