Tag Archives: France

34 Days

Posted on September 27, 2019 by

Are these the end times?   Is the rapture about to start?   I haven’t got the first clue although I have just been listening to a podcast about the rapture and it is possible to suggest that Britain leaving the EU … Continue reading →

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60 Days

Posted on September 1, 2019 by

I have written over the past few days that all the sound and fury being expelled towards the Boris Johnson government is fighting the wrong battle.  No doubt the protesters in Whitehall would see things differently – suggesting the size … 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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Seeking the Snark

Posted on July 17, 2017 by

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 →

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What happens if there isn’t a European Union to leave?

Posted on February 13, 2017 by

Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves… I enjoy singing (poetic licence here I think) this patriotic anthem with the rest of my countrymen and women.   To me it also seems to encapsulate the buchennering free trading utopia that many … Continue reading →

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Drink or Drive

Posted on October 26, 2016 by

“It’s not Romania or Estonia who are leaving. It’s a big contributor so we have a lot of unanswered questions – and no good answers.” – Indrek Tarand This would be music to the ears of all those Brexiters who think … Continue reading →

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Why I’ll vote to remain…but

Posted on May 30, 2016 by

When will this whole Tory induced nightmare end?  Certainly not at the end of the EU referendum.  Whatever happens there the collapse of the Tory party will continue at a pace as   Blue on Blue fighting eats out the … Continue reading →

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Paris

Posted on November 14, 2015 by

I, like most people, have been shocked by what happened in Paris last night.   It is very easy, as some papers have this morning, to suggest that it was only a matter of time because of a or b … Continue reading →

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Known Unknowns

Posted on April 20, 2015 by

As the general election campaign grinds on it is very easy to think that it couldn’t get any worse but it could it really really could (the Americans don’t vote for a new President for almost another two years yet … Continue reading →

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Everything is Awesome

Posted on March 18, 2014 by

So that is that…the problems that have beset the European club rugby are all but sorted out and we can all go back to enjoying the game we love. So says Owen Slot in today’s Times newspaper. In this gushing … Continue reading →

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