I rarely blog about politics, the last one was on 2nd January this year, but with the exit of the UK from the EU coming in a month I thought I would get something written. The exit day is in the middle of Lent and I will be blogging on other things through that time. …
Tag: Brexit
Another referendum will not change anything, and why we need one.
Another Brexit blog You may say, "That's just what we need, another blog about Brexit, as if the internet is not already full of too many of them," and you would be right. So why am I, so early in the New Year writing about this? It is because the call for a second referendum …
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Everyone loses
There are no winners. The UK General Election 2017 that is. Prime Minister Theresa May called a General Election to be held just eleven days before the Brexit negotiations were about to start. There was no need to call one, her party had a majority in the House of Commons. Whatever her motives were it …
W.M.M.D?
W.M.M.D? What may May do? She took me by surprise, I was not expecting that at all. Theresa May has called a General Election. After constantly saying that this government would go full term, she has suddenly announced an election. It seems that unlike our previous female Prime Minister, this lady is for turning. I …
Who is in charge?
The politics of me. Who runs the country? Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned, and will no longer be Prime Minister, the Parliamentary Labour Party have revolted overwhelmingly against their leader, Jeremy Corbyn, and UKIP leader Nigel Farage has stood down. Post Brexit Britain is in turmoil. Over on the other side of the Atlantic …
Give us time
EU referendum notes for both sides For those who voted remain. You no doubt woke up on Friday morning and were disappointed by the referendum result. We all were. That disappointment may have left you feeling numb, or angry, or depressed. Different people will be affected in different ways. In the days to come …
Coming soon, Brexit poll 2?
Here we go again? There is a petition to parliament has been launched to re-run the British referendum on membership of the EU. I think that is a very bad idea. To have a referendum in the first place was a bad idea. I voted, and what I votes for was not the majority position. …
Liar verus liar
Just another Brexit blog. Cost of membership £18 billion Recent figures from the leave campaign talk about the cost of Britain being in the EU. It costs around £240 each they say, based on the membership of £18 billion per annum they say. They have a point. That is what British membership costs up front. …
