As one who served in Her Majesty’s armed forces for 20 years, today’s the day I and many others, with or without direct military experience, take some time to remember all those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country since the First World War. Some of my buddies in a requisitioned trawler in the South […]
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 […]
Ah well, for us political anoraks, it’s going to be a long night. When it came to the EU Referendum, my head said Remain, my heart said Leave – and I voted Leave. When it comes to the US Presidential Election, my head says Clinton and something in me (it’s not my heart) says Trump. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Well, there we go. Democracy in action, whether you like the result or not. Remember, the European Union only does sham democracy. The UK does democracy in the raw. Let’s take a moment to look at some sentiments about the European Union. “I have never understood why public opinion about European ideas should be taken into […]
Once again the shameless cynicism of the British political class knows no bounds. The death of Mrs Jo Cox MP was indeed another one of those ‘beneficial crises’ which the Eurocrats love so much, appalling as it was. Short of a ‘Black Swan’ emerging from the flawed science of opinion polling, then I suspect that 50 […]
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