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 […]
The new Type 31 frigates are to be built by Babcock who designed them to be a cheaper and more compact warship than the bigger Type 26, currently in service and under construction. The important thing is that they cost £250 million each, cheap in modern terms for a fully fledged ocean going warship with […]
No Prime Minister in our history has suffered such a string of humiliations and defeats in so short a time after taking office, making the Boris government the laughing stock of the much of the world. Unfortunately to many if not most of us who live under its erratic rule, it is no longer funny. […]
This is a very significant moment. Even if the UK Supreme Court finally rules in favour of the government, it will be on a point of law rather than the issue which offends the majority of MPs and a large slice of the voting public, especially among the young. Boris has not told the truth […]
John Bolton.This super-hawk who terrifies even hawks, should never have been appointed in the first place. Since he became NSA almost everything in US Diplomacy has failed. Iran, North Korea, Israel and the Palestinians, Afghanistan, China Trade War, the list goes on. Promises, expectations and many, many tweets but so little actual progress anywhere. The […]
We seem about to embark on a peculiar and entirely unnecessary democratic conflict which pits parliament against the people. But that is itself impossible because parliament IS the people. It is the only part of the whole structure of central government which is elected by the people, who send their representatives to Westminster to protect […]