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 […]
ROYAUME-UNI: Boris Johnson – Le Bouffon De Sa Gracieuse Majesté
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ce n’est pas un hasard que mon modem soit tombé en panne au moment de l’annonce de l’élection de Boris Johnson au poste de Premier ministre du Royaume-Uni. D’un seul coup, j’ai été privé de ma connexion haut débit, de télévision et de téléphone. La mise hors tension du modem a détourné mon attention sur […]
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 […]
Why Ann Widdecombe Got Her French “Leave” Terribly Wrong
Reading Time: 2 minutes A trilogy of posts on Ann Widdecombe! I cannot believe that I’m wasting my time on an old lady who is well past her “sell-by” date. I promise that you will not see another post on her from this particular IP address. Promise that, I do. But it sprang to my attention that no one […]
Return Of The Hooligans – Ann Widdecombe In Europe
Reading Time: 3 minutes It was an outburst that initially made me laugh, such was the clumsiness, inaccuracy and frankly vaudeville nature of Ann Widdecombe’s rant at the European parliament. Having heard that she is unrepentant and will not apologize in the least for her pathetic performance that was so out-of-place in Strasbourg, I now not only feel embarrassed […]
Ann Widdecombe – Science May Cure Being Homosexual But Brexit Won’t Cure Being British
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ann Widdecombe’s rant at the European parliament was just about par for the course for someone so openly patronising and who firmly believes that science has the cure for homosexuality. I am all for vivid analogies, strong language, and somewhat controversial views. God knows my posts do tend to ramble on with poetic soliloquies and […]