by The Editor | Dec 9, 2017 | Politics
Imposing an unequal Treaty on a neighbour nation in which that nation will always be overpowered by the parliamentary votes and self-serving agenda of the dominant nation is normally described as governing a colony. In Scotland’s case, Scotland is leased to the Scots....
by The Editor | Dec 8, 2017 | Politics
Well what can I say? 18 months of bluffing, hyperbole and downright lies the first phase of the Brexit agreements have taken place and what has happened? Pretty much bugger all. The EU has set terms and May has accepted them. So much for taking back control etc. The...
by The Editor | Dec 8, 2017 | Politics
I was a bit surprised to see Tory MP for Gloucester Richard Graham announcing on Twitter that US corporate giant Mars Inc had decided to relocate its European confectionery headquarters from Brussels to London – with the loss of over 500 jobs in Belgium: I was also...
by The Editor | Dec 8, 2017 | International
These are the terms of the agreement reached this morning between the EU and the UK as they relate to EU citizens making application to stay in the UK after Brexit: I have negotiated quite a lot of deals in my life. Most, thankfully, have been on the basis of mutual...
by The Editor | Dec 7, 2017 | Politics
Much talked about of late has been the so-called £50 billion Brexit divorce bill. The usual minutely relevant mainstream media left-right paradigms dictate that one side—right-wing Brexiteers—are strongly against the settlement—protesting in their usual grown-up,...
