This is ten minutes of painful entertainment in a comedy programme of 24 years ago with Messrs John Bird and Fortune taking the mickey out of John Major’s Eurosceptic MP’s. As the general laughter suggests, the ideas of the Eurosceptics seemed ludicrous. Today it is unfortunately no more than the truth – if still equally… Read more
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Brexit
About the decision, background and process of the UK leaving the European Union.
Johnson’s terminological inexactitudes – and outright misleading statements
Sorry – but this was just too straight obvious not to repost. Terminological inexactitudes are actually a Churchill term for lies are not permitted in the House of Commons – remarkably since they are now issued daily by this government…. Why on earth have we elected an everyday lier as Prime Minister? Surely the only… Read more
David Lammy nails it
(Personally, I also feel Labour would have been better served to take this line in the last election) Johnson said on the steps of Downing Street that he’d bring the country together. But every chance he gets he has a go at Islingtonian “remainers” – the area where he used to live – so presumably… Read more
Russia report surely represents prima facie Johnson’s Misconduct in Public Office
Or how the Tories have completely broken the already shaky, British democratic system. I was aware some time ago that French television had filmed people in Aaron Banks ‘Go Skippy’ insurance (now prominent in offering European Health Insurance for next year’s holidays, as there’s no opportunity like one you’ve prepared for yourself) ringing people up… Read more
The perfect Brexit Summary
And we seem to have a government that is mad enough even with easily the worst pandemic outcome in the EU to actually leave finally at the end of 2020 with no further transition period. It is getting harder to be optimistic at Britain’s future prospects…… Read more
What have we done to our future?
The consequences of Brexit look at least as disastrous as Project Fear. I suggest that that has indeed actually turned out to be Project Reality. Not that that makes its imminence any easier to stomach. Ian Dunt of Politics Home is of a similar opinion- he suggests that, What was treasonable metropolitan hogwash is now… Read more
Basic Brexit killer question
To which Gove – other than excessive politeness has no answer whatsoever: This suggests, I very much fear, that Gove is conning us to suggest that all is well – when it absolutely isn’t. I hope he goes to Stirling and that Alyn Smith holds him to account…. Read more
The Brexit train:
Empiring ourselves
I am impressed with the latest Marina Hyde article – as I often am – but this particular one has a lovely conclusion: The difference is that we’ve brought it all home now. Having run out of other countries to do it to, Britain is now British empiring itself. Do read if you don’t know… Read more
‘Job retention reward’ is in effect nothing of the sort
I think Keir Starmer speaks truth unto power here – and indeed Sunak shot himself in the foot – something that this Brexit government is decidedly adept at – by admitting that there was deadweight in his own proposals, Of course government creates its own money so it is not that it is spending money… Read more