Tag Archives: European Union

72 Days

Posted on August 20, 2019 by

  When lost in a never ending storm it is always worth stating known facts rather than speculation based on speculation when trying to navigate your way out of the maelstrom .   So before I start to speculate these are … Continue reading →

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78 Days

Posted on August 14, 2019 by

There is one aspect of the Leave case that the Remain side doesn’t have an answer to – legitimacy.   They may bang on about Russian interference, lies on the side of buses or xenophobia but the Leave side won the … Continue reading →

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94 Days

Posted on July 29, 2019 by

This morning I watched the latest episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and it was mostly about Boris Johnson and Brexit.   Whilst it had the usual shapely observed whit about Boris I felt the overall damning assessment of … Continue reading →

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How dare the Brits do something so stupid?….Pt 2

Posted on July 13, 2019 by

Yesterday I wrote a piece about Brexit and Ireland – nothing new there – and how the political class in the Republic of Ireland, as represented by the Irish Times podcast Inside Politics, are starting to realise that for all … Continue reading →

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Then what?…

Posted on May 28, 2019 by

Having re read what I wrote yesterday about the problems that the Labour Party faces after the European Elections I feel I might have been a little harsh.  After all there is no suggestion that the party is about to … Continue reading →

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Bollocks to Brexit….

Posted on May 13, 2019 by

Here we go again…Nigel Farage is exactly where he wants to be at the centre of the news whirlwind.  He has never had to actually get his hands dirty with the business of governing this country but that doesn’t matter … Continue reading →

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Well that was a waste of time….

Posted on April 11, 2019 by

Matt Chorley – Red Box Newsletter 11th April 2019 Well that was a waste of time.   We had a referendum in 2016 which indicated Britain wanted to Leave the European Union (EU).  The Conservative government decided to make Brexit their … Continue reading →

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