Reading Time: 3 minutes Negotiation is an art of give-and-take, and UK prime minister Boris Johnson wants to give nothing and take all. Johnson and his so skillfully skewed cabinet that is bent on a no-deal Brexit seem to forget that not so long ago he evaluated the chances of a no-deal Brexit as one in a million. Judging […]
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“Cods Of War” – French Fishermen And No Deal Brexit
Reading Time: 3 minutes Are we going to see a “Fisherman’s Suit” movement? The colour is definitely the same. For those of you who have been to France just for your holidays, the chances are that you really do not know what the French are like. You have probably not tasted what it is like to be caught, day […]
You Shift If You Want To, Boris – The EU’s Not For Shifting
Reading Time: 4 minutes Boris Johnson is quickly gaining a reputation of being the most deluded and cynical prime minister ever. After having promised to build the Mancunians a Lego railway set for their troubles, he now insists that the bigwigs in Brussels change their tune by abandoning the damned Irish border so that the Brexit negotiations can be resumed […]
Boris Johnson Can’t Deliver Trains, Let Alone Brexit
Reading Time: 4 minutes I want to be the prime minister who does with Northern Powerhouse Rail what we did with Crossrail in London. And today I am going to deliver on my commitment to that vision with a pledge to fund the Leeds to Manchester route. – Boris Johnson 2019 There are a few words […]
The Westminster Horror Picture Show – The Ayes To The Right
Reading Time: 4 minutes It is hard to fathom what is happening at Westminster. Watching Boris Johnson’s address to the House of Commons, in staccato – almost Churchillian – fashion, made me realize that I did not have a clue on how to feel about the horror picture show that we are all being forced to endure. Boris Johnson […]
Is Boris Johnson The Best The UK Can Come Up With?
Reading Time: 3 minutes It must be a sign that my modem crashed just as the election of Boris Johnson as prime minister was being announced. In one fell swoop I was deprived of broadband, television and telephone. It was not a very funny joke for my work but I eventually managed to divert incoming calls to my mobile […]
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The Lost People Of Brexit
Reading Time: 3 minutes I came across a Facebook posting from a British citizen living in an EU-27 Member State. He, like most of us, is lost in the maze of truths, untruths, threats and reassurances that make up the Brexit jungle. It is a jungle that is rapidly turning into a morass and the continuing uncertainty is sinking […]
Connaissez-vous l’histoire d’une anglaise, d’un français et d’une irlandaise?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Non, avant que vous le demandiez, ce n’est pas l’histoire de l’anglais, de l’écossais et de l’irlandais dans un club, où l’anglais voulait partir et ils ont tous dû rentrer à la maison. C’est l’histoire d’une (ancienne) Première ministre britannique, d’un négociateur français et d’une frontière irlandaise. Tous trois ont attendu près de deux ans […]
Brexit, 3 Years On – Lies, Post-Truth Or Bullshit?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Brexit guru Boris Johnson is one of those people who thinks that you can make your own truth as long as you believe hard enough in yourself. 2016 was a good year for those politicians who occult the real truth and make up their own, with Donald Trump leading the way for overt lies, post-truth […]
Brexit Means Brexit, But What’s EU Citizenship?
Reading Time: 5 minutes The chips are ready and the cooking oil is piping hot. EU citizens in the UK and Brits in the EU are just about to be immersed for the umpteenth time in a deep pan fryer that will finally scar for good any last remaining ounce of citizens’ rights as we knew them. I may […]