What International Affairs Mean To Our Everyday Lives
Kerry Jones October 10th 2021 We may live on an island but we share this planet with many other countries, which is why International Affairs are so important. Our [...]
Kerry Jones October 10th 2021 We may live on an island but we share this planet with many other countries, which is why International Affairs are so important. Our [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 29th June 2021 The effects of COVID-19 are still disproportionately being felt by the travel industry - one industry that is unlikely to return to [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 15th June 2021 Boris Johnson yesterday announced that the so-called "day of freedom" is to be delayed by a month. He insists however that it [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 1st June 2021 It's not news that there was a significant shift towards the Conservatives at the recent local elections in England. Much of this [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 11th May 2021 It's been a while since my last look at the state of the economy, and at first glance, it seems to be [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 23rd February 2021 Boris Johnson has announced plans to move the country out of lockdown. Provided all goes well with the opening of schools and [...]
Anne Marie Waters Sunday 21st February 2021 This May, our local elections return. These were cancelled in 2020 because of COVID restrictions, and it's still unclear exactly how the logistics [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 9th February 2021 In recent weeks, an odd occurrence took place on the stock market. It has caused a significant shift in the attitudes of [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 26th January 2021 It will come as no surprise to you that I am about to give bad news about the UK economy; particularly unemployment. [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 19th January 2021 China's economy is the only major one to grow in 2020. It's no wonder, because it cashed in on the very pandemic [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 5th January 2021 We are only days in to 2021 and once again, Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has shaken the money tree [...]
Anne Marie Waters Sunday December 13th 2020 Following the bulk of a year where we heard little but coronavirus, Brexit is back in the headlines. The reason is a [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday December 8th 2020 News on the British economy this morning is dominated by two things: Brexit and the COVID-19 vaccine. Will we be able to [...]
Anne Marie Waters December 1st 2020 There is a short documentary on the BBC website looking at the financial situation for the poorest people in Burnley. A church representative [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday November 24th 2020 The run-up to Christmas is vital to the life of some businesses. Retail sales peak at this time of year and for [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday November 3rd 2020 It's the development we were all dreading; another lockdown. England will enter a second lockdown - though one not as severe as [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday October 27th 2020 Two articles have caught my eye this morning; how jobs are continuing to be lost due to local lockdowns, and the impact [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday October 20th 2020 The world economy is moving fast and it isn't easy to keep up. Last week I gave you some detail on the [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 13th October 2020 I'll return to my series of reviews of Thomas Sowell's Economic Facts and Fallacies in the coming weeks, but for now, Rishi [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday October 6th 2020 In recent weeks, I've been covering the work and ideas of American economist Thomas Sowell by reviewing his book Economic Facts and [...]
Anne Marie Waters September 29th 2020 In this series of blogs, I'm looking at some of the ideas of the American economist Thomas Sowell, and specifically his book Economic [...]
Anne Marie Waters September 22nd 2020 In the first of this blog series (you can read part one here) I looked at the concept of fallacy as put forward [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday September 1st 2020 You may be familiar with Thomas Sowell, the American economist. If not, I recommend his work. He grew up in Harlem and [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday August 11th 2020 It feels as though this column only ever features bad news, but that is hardly surprising given the times we are in. [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday August 4th 2020 The word that takes centre stage this week is unemployment. Big names are laying off staff in increasingly worrying numbers, and we [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 28th July 2020 The UK hospitality sector, it was reported today, dropped a massive £30 billion worth of sales during lockdown. Revenue plummeted by 87% [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday July 21st 2020 I say the state of the economy today is unknown because it felt like the only appropriate word (other than "terrifying" which [...]
FOR BRITAIN ECONOMICS ECONOMIC MANIFESTO VIDEO PRESENTED BY ANNE MARIE WATERS 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 [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday July 7th 2020 It's back! Our economy has now pretty much re-opened, so how is it going? The short answer is: mixed (again). The re-opening [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 23rd June 2020 So, we've got the first week of post-lockdown high street trading under our belt, but how did it go? A mixed bag. [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 9th June 2020 The news doesn't get much better. The coronavirus crisis carries on and on, our economy gets weaker and weaker, and the pinch [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday 2nd June 2020 On the 15th of June, some shops in Britain will re-open, but we're not quite clear yet how this will work. Will [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday May 26th 2020 Former BBC 'Dragon' Theo Paphitis has declared that "retail will never ever be the same again" when economic life begins to stagger [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday May 12th 2020 If you're a book lover, like me, there will be books in your life that fundamentally change the way you view the [...]
Anne Marie Waters Tuesday May 5th 2020 Almost a quarter of the UK's workforce is currently funded by the Government. Figures show that 6.3 million people are now paid [...]
Anne Marie Waters April 28th 2020 The Government has promised £60,000 to the families of health workers whose relatives die from coronavirus. The measure was announced by Health Secretary [...]
Anne Marie Waters April 21st 2020 An extraordinary thing has occurred on the world markets; the price of oil has fallen below zero for the first time in history. In [...]
ANNE MARIE WATERS’ SUNDAY COLUMN Why we must ban the buyback of shares Sunday April 12th 2020 Why now? The coronavirus crisis has once again necessitated a government bailout [...]
Anne Marie Waters April 3rd 2020 When a person comes to the end of their working life, they have paid their dues. It's time to relax and enjoy life, [...]
by a retired fund manager and For Britain member Our economy and indeed, the global economy, is in a far more fragile state than we are being told. There is [...]