The message to come out from the UK general election is loud and clear. Parliament has passed the withdrawal agreement and Brexit will happen on 31 January. Three and a half years of bickering and both the UK and the EU will leave the divorce courtroom and go their separate ways. Never mind about the […]
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Boris Johnson’s License To Get It Wrong
In football, you would say that the scale of the victory was largely due to the weakness of the opposition. You can still win handsomely by fielding a second string team if you are playing against amateurs who have spent more time at the local pub than on the training field. Boris Johnson’s large majority […]
Brexit – “Enough Is Enough!”
This post may offend or even classify me as a Leaver, but I maintain the firm conviction that enough is enough. The UK has struck a deal with the EU, and that should signal the UK’s departure from the EU. It may be easy for me to say that, covered by my dual citizenship and […]
BREXIT – La Lettre de Monsieur Johnson
Oliver Letwin a mis une clé dans les roues de mon chariot galopant à toute vitesse vers le Brexit, sous la forme d’un amendement me contraignant à vous écrire cette lettre. Les hommes peuvent faire tout ce que font les femmes. Nous avons d’abord eu Gina Miller qui a arrêté Theresa May dans […]
Archimedes’ Principle, The Floating Border And Brexit
It is said that Greek legend Archimedes of Syracuse stepped into a bath and discovered a principle – the buoyant force on an object submerged in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid that is displaced by that object. More than 2000 years later, the DUP leader Arlene Foster has just discovered […]
La France Accepterait-Elle Un “Backstop” Corse?
Les commentaires d’un lord anglais lors de l’émission Newsnight de la BBC ont jeté un doute sérieux sur la capacité qu’ont les anglais soutenant le Brexit de comprendre vraiment ce qui se passe, notamment en Irlande du Nord. Au sujet du fameux “backstop” irlandais, Lord Peter Lilley a suggéré que si la France quittait l’UE, […]
Lord Lilley’s Remarkable Comment – France Would Reject A Corsica Backstop
Lord Peter Lilley’s comments, on the BBC’s Newsnight programme, cast serious doubts as to whether politicians supporting Brexit really understand what is going on, especially concerning Northern Ireland. On the subject of the Irish backstop, he suggested that if France were to leave the EU, the beautiful island of Corsica would not tolerate a border […]
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The Day Theresa May Insulted My Identity
Never underestimate the power of words because their psychological impact can be quite disturbing. The day after the EU referendum I felt, like many, that my whole world had changed. Having been born in the UK where I obtained my professional qualification, moved to France in 1984 and living in the Netherlands since 1999, my […]
ROYAUME-UNI: Les Revenants – La Politique Sombre de Boris Johnson
Le conseil de Boris Johnson au parlement britannique sur la meilleure façon de rendre hommage Jo Cox est tout simplement honteux. Jo Cox, députée du Labour, a été brutalement assassinée lors de la campagne référendaire de 2016, par un fasciste dérangé qui cria “La Grande-Bretagne d’abord” lors de l’attaque. Pour un homme aussi puissant, Boris […]
Populism In Manchester
Boris Johnson was simply being himself at the Conservative party conference in Manchester. Full of energy and wild metaphors, he captured an already captive audience, sent Jeremy Corbyn into orbit and got Brexit done. All this, and more, with a panache that Cyrano de Bergerac would have been proud of and a sense of optimism […]