The 2016 UK Referendum, whether to stay in the European Union, was the largest vote in UK history. 17.4 million people voted "Leave" and it seemed clear that Britain wanted to leave the EU and that this would happen. The tail wagging the dog However, we live in an era when the tail wags the …
Category: Politics
Brexit has (not yet) arrived
Today was meant to be Brexit Day. At 11 p.m., when this post is published, the UK was meant to leave the European Union – postponed for a third time. However, I hope that the end is in sight, now that a General Election has been called for 12 December 2019. Brexit 1 was 29 …
Representative democracy
Brexit has demonstrated the importance of voting for the person whom you want to represent you in the House of Commons. The current situation of a minority Government bound by the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 has highlighted the following issues: Direct and Representative democracy Should an MP honour the wishes of the country in a …
New highs and new lows in the EU Project Fear
EU Project Fear has reached new heights and Remainers' skulduggery has reached new depths. BBC Newsnight reported tonight that Jean-Claude Juncker said: “a Brexit without an agreement would lead to the collapse of the United Kingdom”. A threat or a prediction from this false prophet of doom? Is the wish the father of the thought? …
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Trusting the Prime Minister
Boris Johnson is fair game in the Brexit civil war. It is open season with the impeaching of the American President Donald Trump and revisiting Johnson's record when he was the mayor of London. It shows the spirit of the age but it is compounded by those who cannot see themselves. As the Scottish bard …
The Supreme Court rises to the occasion
The Supreme Court has illustrated how to restore judicial judgments in the UK to objective facts instead of subjective beliefs. Instead of trying to read Prime Minister Boris Johnson's motives, as the Court of Session judged, Lady Hale, President of the Supreme Court, specifically excluded this in her statement explaining the unanimous decision of eleven …
The political left and right
It is common to hear commentators refer to the left and right in politics and it is a sure put-down to call someone far right or far left. Such terms mean something to the politically-minded but because many people are not political it is more helpful to use other, more exact descriptions. People have different …
The argument for mature politicians
David Cameron said in today's BBC programme The Cameron Years that he never had enough time as Prime Minister to make decisions but plenty of time to think about them after his period as Prime Minister. “I do brood hugely, and the truth is, as Prime Minister you don’t have enough time, sometimes, to think, …
The father of lies
Biblical ignorance has found its way into the Supreme Court in London, U.K. Aidan O’Neill Q.C., barrister for Joanna Cherry MP, declared today to the Supreme Court justices that “the mother of parliaments has been shut down by the father of lies”. The BBC referred to "robust exchanges". If this is meant to be meaningful …
The Lib Dem Revokers
EU Remainers are by definition those who voted to ‘Remain’ in the Brexit Referendum to leave the European Union on 23 Jun 2016. Since then, these Remainers have fallen into four categories. RemoanersRemoaners are activists in the Remain camp who demonstrate that they are bad losers by refusing to accept the result of the EU …
Donald's Thoughts 