First let me re-state the position of this Blog. I am a Remainer and the only satisfactory outcome for me is the recall of Article 50 and the closing down of this whole Brexit adventure. I said at the beginning that Brexit may turn out to be an undeliverable concept. By the end of tomorrow […]
So far yes, but in a situation as fluid as the current fiasco, anything may happen. But the DUP must tread with very great care. They are a Leave party in a Remain country or province. Unionists no longer have a majority in the Assembly, which is why they are making so many difficulties about […]
By a normal measure very bad. But for Trump not so bad. It is the very nature of his presidency that the electoral college votes of almost all heartland America went to Trump. They did not vote for an honourable and righteous man but for the very antithesis. They backed Trump, not because he was […]
It can come as no surprise to anyone that the Boris plan is hitting the EU buffers, because it offends against all the principles that underpin the EU as a political as well as trading union. It offends against the good Friday Agreement because an all Ireland economy and social order, now enjoyed, will be […]
Somehow the DUP mamanges to put about the fake news that it speaks for the majority in Northern Ireland. It does not. In the 2017 general election it won 36% of the votes cast. In the 2016 Brexit Referendum Northern Ireland voted to stay in the EU by a significant margin, 55.8% Remain – 44.2% […]
The reason the Good Friday Agreement works is because it uses the umbrella of the EU to acknowledge all of Ireland as one country for the practical purposes of everyday life and business. One economy, freedom of movement, domicile, goods, services, capital and labour. No borders. Two systems of government. One a fully functioning independent […]
The government appears very gung ho about its ability to leave the EU on October 31st without a deal, when that option has been blocked by parliament. Something is going on behind the scenes and I think the reason Boris keeps saying that he will obey the law, but we are leaving on October 31st, […]
It is now clear that Boris and his glued on adviser, Dominic Cummings, have a plan which they believe will deliver not just Brexit, but a thumping majority in the Commons, giving five years of a new kind of post Thatcher Conservatism, based on popular social policies, an end to austerity and a tempting borrow, […]
Every political commentator is agreed. None of them have seen anything like the abuse and vitriol of Boris Johnson’s Prime Ministerial performance of yesterday evening. It has polarised parliament, united all elements of the opposition and made any prospect of compromise fade out of sight. The contempt for women and the abusive tone, stoking a […]
Yesterday was one of the great seismic moments in the long evolution of the English structure of government, with its reach into the three other nations of the Union. It was an historic repositioning of the power balance between the Executive and Legislature. The date will live as a milestone in our country’s journey through […]