There are some things that ‘should’ , it seems, be cheap: food, ‘labour’ and consumer goods are most usually cited…. What isn’t ever cheap is housing – whether purchased or rented – indeed any ‘real estate’ property is rarely cheap. Though it is virtually never mentioned, expensive housing inhibits the ability to compete ‘globally’ (to… Read more
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Brexit
About the decision, background and process of the UK leaving the European Union.
Stymied by your own government
The ‘Newsletter’ shows very worrying news from Northern Ireland, where transport providers estimate there are just five days before food distribution breaks down, Remarkably this includes Tesco, which is by far Britain’s largest food distributor and who, in my experience at least, are usually legally and technically proficient. Some of HMRC systems are thought to… Read more
Conservative reality
‘A single market without barriers—visible or invisible—giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the world’s wealthiest and most prosperous people. It’s not a dream. It’s for real.’ This is a quote from Margaret Thatcher How far have we fallen – and what utter incompetence has our current… Read more
Lies and revolutions…
I enjoyed this in a wry sort of way. I suppose if you’re a Trump supporter your lack of comprehension is quite likely to be multifaceted: When you’ve been lied to and taken it on board it seems to begin to change reality. And in order to believe it, people must disbelieve their senses, distrust… Read more
Brexit Project Fear is the Reality of an own goal – if not two or three
We have met this regretful, leave voting fish merchant before – he now thinks he’s ‘stuffed’, poor chap. Basically by carrying fish from several exporters in one load – his transport agent has warned him that if a mistake with his paperwork leads to the truck being turned back at the border he will be… Read more
Is this an omen?
A 10-metre-deep sinkhole has opened up on the former runway at Manston’s makeshift lorry park… Our government’s motto could so easily be ‘Sinkholes are us’……. Read more
Happy New Year…
Well I doubt it’s going to turn out a particularly happy new year but I did think that this twitter thread was persuasive (and accords too with my views). Although this new year is obviously not the moment that the UK is leaving the EU – we actually jumped 11 months ago. What tonight is,… Read more
I’ll bet this will be the best speech of the day
Not for the first time, I would encourage you to listen to Caroline Lucas’s hard-hitting – and moving – speech today:… Read more
What Passes for UK democracy
Someone who tweets as Buck Frexit! has nailed it: On the 23rd June 2016 people voted for a slogan It took 1644 days, 2 elections and over 2000 pages for ANYONE to know exactly what they’d voted for. It will be given just 1 day of debate across both chambers. In addition and notably, in… Read more
Der Spiegel has the measure of us…
Great Britain has been captured by lying gamblers, insignificant clowns and their claqueurs. And mainstream media became accessories to their evil master plan, Brexit. What a f***ing disgrace”, says @derspiegel Link is here. Our government is perfectly understood.. Großbritannien wurde von zockenden Lügnern, leichtfertigen Clowns und ihren Claqueuren gekapert. Und große Medien machten sich zu… Read more