Reading Time: 3 minutes I suppose that it’s only right that you shouldn’t celebrate a divorce by chanting it on the streets. Especially when you haven’t yet agreed on who’s going to look after the kids, and who gets the cat that kept on being sick on the Persian rug. And then there’s the delicate question of the financial […]
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BREXIT – Nous Nous Reverrons Un Jour, Mais Je Ne Sais Ni Quand, Ni Comment
Reading Time: 3 minutes Il est temps de dire au revoir. Le Brexit est devenu réalité. Nous nous sommes battus pour essayer de te persuader de rester, mais ta décision est irrévocable. Tu quittes la maison qui était à toi et tu fermes la porte. Mais le pire, c’est que tu aurais pu changer l’Union. Oui toi. Partie intégrante […]
Brexit: We’ll Meet Again, Don’t Know When, Don’t Know How
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s time to say goodbye. Brexit is upon us. We fought hard to try to persuade you to stay, but your decision is final. You are leaving the house that was your home, and closing the door behind you. Until we meet again, then. I don’t know whether to be sad, annoyed, or just relieved […]
Brexit – Turning A Blind Eye To The Blind
Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 […]
Boris Johnson’s License To Get It Wrong
Reading Time: 3 minutes 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!”
Reading Time: 3 minutes 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
Reading Time: 2 minutes 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
Reading Time: 3 minutes 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?
Reading Time: 3 minutes 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
Reading Time: 3 minutes 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 […]