Monthly Archives: January 2019
BREXIT | AN OPEN LETTER TO MY MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
My Member of Parliament is Mr Douglas Ross (pictured above), a Scottish Conservative & Unionist MP. He’s a good MP, a decent man who seems always to keep the balanced best interests of his Moray constituents in mind. Mr Ross is a football referee when he gets the chance; I wish he would spend more […]
BREXIT | WTO = ARMAGEDDON (AGAIN)
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is an inter-governmental organisation based in Geneva with about 600 staff which regulates international trade. It is a negotiating forum for its members to create international trade rules, and an organisation to oversee how they put the rules into practice. For example, WTO agreements place limits on tariffs (which tax imports) […]
BREXIT | AN APPEAL TO REMAIN VOTERS
Situation The British government has all but failed to fulfil the decision of the British people that the United Kingdom should be taken out of the European Union (aka Brexit). Under the Article 50 process we now have just 50 working days (even fewer Parliament-days, I believe) until the date on which the UK must […]