England: articles on the entire country

England analysed.

Banking and Financial Services   

Competition emerges on the high street. The arrival of Metro Bank is followed by Lloyds Bank's divestment of 632 'Project Verde' branches. Will customers benefit from genuine competition at last? September 29, 2011.

Perhaps building societies are trendy again.  During demutualisation 1989-2000, they fell out of favour.  But the sub-prime mortgage debacle ended all that.  April 2, 2011.

Economics  

Comparing English cities with countries.  It's shocking news.  April 10, 2011.

Education    

Apprenticeships are back in vogue.  If Parlophone/Virgin A&R think they're cool, suddenly vocational training is seen as sexy again.  April 20, 2011.

Boys suffer from co-education. Co-ed schooling is damaging boys' chances by feminising education. September 26, 2011.  

Keep cool.  It expands the mind.  May 10, 2011.   

Nothing in life is truly free. But, in a civilised society, education has to be. November 9, 2011.

Teaching the history of England. An unfashionable pursuit gets ignored. How can society integrate without an understanding of how England evolved? September 28, 2011.

Health   

An expensive necessity.  The NHS is a dream which long life and beaucracy are killing.  May 15, 2011.

Media   

Journalism is depressing.  And depression induces complacency leading to unproductivity.  We need to break this cycle.  April 1, 2011.

Politics   

AV isn't proportional.  Nor is it the answer.  So why vote for a new system which won't be proportional?  April 30, 2011. 

Beware of PR as it may boost extremism.  As support for big tent parties declines, the EU watches the inexorable rise of the Far-Right.  Why?  May 5 2011. 

Beware of PR (Part Two).  Does it boost extremism?  May 5, 2011. 

European Decision Day looms. 27 October is the date set for parliament to vote to allow Brits their say on Europe. Bring it on. October 18, 2011. 

Foreign Policy:  Protecting the National Interest.  The intervention in Libya protects English interests and will prevent a massacre by the Libyan government.  March 30, 2011.

House of Lords: Out of the frying pan. And into a land of fifteen year stints. April 23, 2012.

Human Rights: Marriage for homosexuals? By 2015. November 22, 2011.  


Is the Euro-crisis making a UK break-up less likely? Just as Scottish independence becomes more popular in Scotland, and Plaid opts for secession for Wales, the EU starts to break. September 24, 2011.  

Local election winners and losers.  Was it really Labour's night?  May 7, 2011.   


Royal Wedding:  England celebrates, but Scotland?  Like at the Golden Jubilee, crowds will turn out in England.  But monarchists are rarer North of the Border.  April 22, 2011.  

Should schools teach personal financial planning?  With a big minority not planning for redundancy or retirement, perhaps we've got it wrong.  April 4,  2011. 

The prospect of one-party rule?  Conservatives might dominate English politics if Scotland left the UK.  Could the Scots choose independence?  April 27, 2011.


Retailing 

Bans boost business.  Jack Wills is naughty but clever.  Just what you'd expect from an iconic student brand.  April 6, 2011.


Sport 

Football:  top teams run up debts of £3bn.  So was it right to create the Premier League, when now its harder for England to form a squad?  May 8, 2011.