I have not been writing much on my website – except some harmless football commentary. And although this is 1 April – this is not an April Fool’s story – indeed has any day been more over-rated or misused. This … Continue reading
Category Archives: Brexit
Fortunately the Guardian has summarised the main agreements that make up the trade and security deal finalised between the UK and the European Union on Christmas Eve with the UK due to exit the EU on 31 December. The Brexit … Continue reading
And so the inevitable came to pass and the Conservative Party members chose Boris Johnson as their party leader and therefore as Britain’s new Prime Minister. It was Johnson who led the pro-Brexit campaign three years ago – though more … Continue reading
So the Tory press claims a huge victory for Mrs May as the House of Commons votes to send her back to Brussels to renegotiate a withdrawal agreement that she has already signed. The EU meanwhile says that the deal … Continue reading
There is a lot of sensible stuff in the following – on where the UK is and where it is going. The trouble is that most of the UK’s citizens do not understand, want to understand or care to understand … Continue reading
That is indeed the question. Though to be honest the answer should be obvious. There was a referendum. The people voted to leave. Now there is an outcry from those who did not want to leave that there should be … Continue reading
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This is the Economist on the mark with a damning assessment of modern British politics! “It has been impossible to watch the general election without being haunted by a single question-cum-exclamation: surely Britain can do better than this? The best … Continue reading
I cannot vote in the 2017 UK General Election – I have lived away from the country for too long. But if I could vote I would be voting Labour – and this is the message why as articulated in … Continue reading
Here we go again. It is less than two years since Britain’s last general election, ten months since the Brexit referendum and nine months since Theresa May entered 10 Downing Street, replacing David Cameron. Yet today the prime minister announced … Continue reading
J.J. Patrick on Twitter, yesterday, offers this bleak short analysis of post Brexit Britain. You don’t have to agree with his analysis to know that it remains possible; and it is the sort of debate that Britain and its Parliament … Continue reading