Category European Union
2017: TO WHAT CAUSE ARE YOU DEVOTED?
Nigel Farage Mr Nigel Farage MEP elicits mixed emotions. Some folk warm to the bloke and dislike his politics. Others recoil at the man, but like his ball skills. Some people think he’s the bees’ knees in all respects; others simply despise everything about him. Whatever your opinion of Nigel Farage, it’s very difficult not […]
2017: WHAT REALLY MATTERS
‘Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies’ Aristotle (384 – 322 BC) Who Would Have Thought It? Did you anticipate the extent to which the EU Referendum would cleave into families and friendships in the way that it did, threatening relationships almost to destruction? Indeed, in some cases, destruction occurred. To take just […]
BERLIN ATTACK: TIME TO UNITE THE STATES OF EUROPE?
Here’s how the conversation went. As is the norm these days, the incident occurs – in this case a truck is driven into shoppers at a Christmas market in Berlin – and folk take to social media to observe and comment. Like it, or not, that’s what happens. I popped out of the woodwork and […]
THE BBC: FIGHTING FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION (STILL)
Yesterday, as I was driving through the Highlands, I listened on my radio to the BBC’s midday news programme The World At One (or ‘WATO’ as its known). The programme was being presented by Martha Kearney. By the end of the hour, in my head I had written the following letter to Mr Roger Bolton. […]
PRESIDENT TRiUMPh
If the BBC – or ‘Auntie Beeb’ as we in the UK refer to the institution, affectionately – was in mourning after the outcome of the European Union Referendum, she’ll be positively suicidal this morning. Almost choking on his words, James Naughtie, the BBC’s special correspondent in Washington, has just announced – at 0735 hrs […]
BREXIT: WELL, THAT DIDN’T LAST LONG, DID IT?
An Open Letter to the Prime Minister Dear Mrs May Your Conservative Government, albeit with whatshisname at the helm, spent £9 million making the case for the UK to remain governed by the European Commission. Indeed, your Government and the Conservative Party bet the farm on the British people toeing the line and voting in […]
DOUGLAS CARSWELL MP: ON THE MATTER OF THE BREXIT SELECT COMMITTEE
Mr Douglas Carswell MP has had the following thoughts on the matter of MPs voting for Hilary Benn MP to chair the Brexit Select Committee. I feel sure that Mr Carswell won’t mind me re-posting his comments here but if he does, doubtless he’ll let me know. ‘MPs have voted for Remainer Hilary Benn to […]
BREXIT: WHAT IS PARLIAMENT’S ROLE?
The Irony It’s ironic really. Parliamentarians have spent the past 40 years ignoring resolutely the latent wish of 17.4 million of their constituents, namely that the UK should leave the European Union. Having voted emphatically to invite the British people to express their wish, one way or another, in the form of the EU Referendum, […]
BREXIT: SCOTIT NEXT?
The Scottish National Party (SNP) is arguing that the Scottish people voted for the UK to remain in the European Union; therefore, since the UK is now set to leave the European Union (aka Brexit), Scotland should be allowed to remain in the EU. For this to be made possible, there should be a second […]
EU REFERENDUM: WHAT NOW?
Post-EU Referendum analysis of the principal reasons for voting one way or the other threw out the following key conclusions. Remainians voted primarily out of fear of the economic and social consequences of us leaving the EU: honourable and fair enough. On the other hand, we Leavers voted primarily for self-determination: equally honourable and fair […]
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