Although this original post may be a bit aged I came across it for the first time recently and in spite of being not convinced of its core point, nonetheless, it may have something to say on the balance of payments. I have given time to the author before and like him more because he… Read more
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European Union
We should never have left – but there’s an easy return…
I’ve signed the petition to rejoin the EU – because, well, we should never have left*. But we have. Given that; Labour has to be fervently encouraged – and to encourage the electorate – to rejoin the single market and also the customs union. This would be a unilateral UK decision. Then, once we are… Read more
The Big Illusion…
Anne Rovan is Europe correspondent for the conservative French newspaper ‘Le Figaro’ and has just tweeted: Only just over a month to go… I have to wonder whether Brexiter Redwood… will get his (in this case eminently reasonable) wish before Barnier spills the beans……. Read more
Brexit keeps on giving
According to the Times The EU is prepared to ease post-Brexit border friction if Britain drops its plan to create a “Singapore on the Thames”, according to senior diplomatic sources. So the predictions that Brexit discussions would be continuous seem, just 21 days in, already to be correct. Brexit will never be ‘done’ although in… Read more
Sovereign people..
This letter to the Times from the performing arts community bemoaning the bureaucratic difficulty of working in Europe includes Roger Daltrey who was a prominent Brexiter. He is quoted: I have not changed my opinion on the EU. I’m glad to be free of Brussels, not Europe. I would have preferred reform, which was asked… Read more
Welcome to Vassaldom
These remarkable pictures are of Europe’s biggest fish market, Peterhead. Just compare with its more usual activity shown on their website here. This lack of life is all caused of course by the mountain of red tape Brexiters have imposed on the country, rendering swift fresh food distribution to European markets virtually impossible. The emptiness… 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
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