I don’t know what you make of the new TV series about Boris Johnson. It’s called This England, and apparently, there’s a sequel already in the works about Liz Truss. It’s going to be called This England, torn to shreds.

 I once worked with a very wise man. I’d better not tell you his name because you’ll all be after him. He was one of those men who was generous with his time and had buckets of insight from years of challenging experience.

Call it what you like, privatisation is wrong  — morally and economically — and we should always have resisted it

The fact is that social media — and especially Twitter — can’t deal with big stuff

I admit to being slow. I have a degree in economics. It’s pretty old, and it sure wasn’t a highly distinguished degree in the first place. And it has slowly dawned on me that I haven’t a clue what economics is really about.

My colleague Terry Prone listed nine brilliant ways to resign properly yesterday. I have three simple rules to follow if you want to avoid having to resign at all.

Michael Collins was supremely well-organised and efficient in a lot of what he did. And he was ruthless, writes Fergus Finlay

Despite the public address announcements elsewhere at the track, it was really tense and quiet beside the throwing area. We were there for Katie (she’s my granddaughter), and we were all nervous.

The UK is heading for an economic and social calamity not seen for 30 years or more, writes Fergus Finlay

So here’s a focus group for you. It’s not a representative sample, but focus groups aren’t meant to be. It’s serious people, all around my age, both genders, mixed political views, having a serious discussion about Irish politics.