There is no time to waste when you’re a real alternative government – and that is what Labour has now become. But they need to sort out their EU strategy. They already seem to have said that they want to have the same benefits outside the customs union as inside it (which seems a tad… Read more
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Brexit
About the decision, background and process of the UK leaving the European Union.
John Smith, Sliding Doors and the GE
Partisanship and the End of Politics (the coming of the neo-feudal state)
Since the US electorate (or more accurately, electoral college) put a reality TV personality and real estate mogul into the White House late last year I’ve become a committed viewer of a number of US news and current affairs programmes. Several of these – such and The Rachel Maddow Show and The Last Word with… Read more
If we close our eyes will we know we have left the EU?
I visited Northern Ireland numerous times in the 1960’s most notably perhaps was a School Civics trip from my Dublin school (St Paul’s Raheney) to Stormont in early May 1968. We were sponsored by Gerry Fitt (the then leader of the SDLP) who showed us around and I remember meeting Ian Paisley who was really… Read more
What is the Likelihood of a Train Crash Brexit?
It looks as if the UK and EU negotiating position are very far apart and no deal may be achievable. Please complete the poll below to give an idea as to how Progressive Pulse readers feel…. Read more
Brexit P1, The State of the Nation 2016
Introduction I’ve studied and worked in a number of countries including the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Ireland and Switzerland. In Germany referenda are banned at federal level under the 1949 Constitution. They had been used very effectively in the 1930s by Hitler and the NAZI party to subvert democracy. Right-wing populist, nationalistic… Read more