An agreement to extend grace periods would avoid the Government having to do so unilaterally, as it did previously.
The problem is that spiralling spending demands quickly use up the options which voters don’t notice. Eventually you need other big sources of revenue,
The President’s instincts on Ireland and his approach to trade pull in different political directions.
And the longer the impasse goes on, the stronger argument becomes that hypothetical risks to the Single Market are overriding political stability.
Political leadership is needed in Belfast no less than in London – in some respects, even more so.
His first premiership was accidental and cut extremely short by Gladstone – but ‘Dizzy’ did manage to make the Queen a Tory.
The suspension of the vaccine will lead to more problems in areas that are already struggling with their roll outs.
Despite a surprisingly liberal migration policy, the bulk of the post-Brexit evidence so far suggests not.
If strict East-West checks and North-South checks are problematic, the only solution left standing is to minimise the former by rewriting the Protocol.
Japan, Korea, Taiwan and now China, have all invested heavily in new technologies – through government support for new industries.
We need to have a debate about which taxes are least damaging to economic growth. Over the long term, corporation tax ranks as being one of the worst.
The final part in ConHome’s series this week on the future of the United Kingdom.
One would suspect that the Government’s primary objective will be to stabilise and bed down the new relationship with Brussels.
The proposal put forward by the Centre for Brexit Policy meets the EU demand for protection of its Single Market while also protecting the province.
It is a shame that IRA violence – and Westminster neglect – undid the hopeful and constructive spirit in which Stormont was born.