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Category Archives: Brexit
Here’s a country that had everything….
The other day I rewatched V for Vendetta for the first time in our Post Trump/Brexit era and I found myself being chilled to the bones. The first time I watched this movie, some time ago, it was a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Brexit, Donald Trump, drawing, Politics
Tagged drawing, Lewis Prothero, Nude Woman, portrait, V for Vendetta
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Seeking the Snark
It is a while since I wrote about the gift that never stops giving – Brexit. To recap it has ended the career of one Prime Minister and will almost certainly consume a second over the next two years; It … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Politics
Tagged Brexit, City of London, European Union, European Union Commision, France, President Macron
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So how hard will it be for Labour to form the next Government?
With every sign that the agreement between the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the Conservatives not being finalised anytime soon it is now perhaps the time to look at the chances of the Labour Party forming the next government should … Continue reading
Jeremy Corbyn didn’t win anything
I know that this is probably not the thing to point out today but despite a huge surge in the proportion of people who voted Labour (10% increase in the percentage of the vote is a remarkable achievement but Labour … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Conservative Party, General Election 2017, Labour Party, Politics, Scottish Independence
Tagged Conservative Party, Democratic Unionist Party, DUP, General Election, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Liberal Democratic Party, Nicola Sturgeon, Ruth Davidson, scotland, SNP
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We Live In Strange Times
Yesterday I was out walking in the nice warm sun around Melton Mowbray and the Eye Valley – today I am taking antibiotics for an infection in my leg – although the walking isn’t connected with the infection I probably … Continue reading
Unknown Territory
As the dust settles over the local elections in England, Wales and Scotland one thing is becoming very very clear – all the Tories have to keep saying on the mythical doorstep to voters is…Jeremy Corbyn. The Sunday papers are … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Conservative Party, General Election 2017, Labour Party, Politics
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Here we go…Here we go…Here we go…
Back in September 2016 I sketched out a possible path towards Jeremy Corbyn becoming the next Prime Minister. I have to say it was just a little bit of fun and quite honestly I can’t see it happening any time … Continue reading
Complexity’s complexity
There was a time when much of Britain celebrated Easter, the holiest Christian festival, at a different time to the rest of Western Europe. This was due to the way that the monks at Iona calculated the date of Easter … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, European Referendum, Politics
Tagged Brexit, Celtic, Easter, European Court of Justice, Germany, Holy Roman Empire, Iona, St Patrick, Supreme Court, Synod of Whitby
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“…cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war…”
So the letter is signed, sealed and ….(I’m not sure how it is delivered) but no matter. The rollercoaster of all rollercoaster rides starts today. After the best part of nine months of posturing this is it. Britain … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, European Referendum, Politics
Tagged Boris Johnson, Brexit, European Union, Nigel Farage, Theresa May, World Trade Organisation, WTO
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I’m sick to death…
Another day another deluge of garbage, hatred and misleading statements – I’ve had enough of it all: I’m sick to death of the SNP; I’m sick to death with Brexit; I’m sick to death with remain; I’m sick to death … Continue reading
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