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 […]
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Ann Widdecombe – Science May Cure Being Homosexual But Brexit Won’t Cure Being British
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 […]
Connaissez-vous l’histoire d’une anglaise, d’un français et d’une irlandaise?
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?
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?
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 […]
Brexit Musings (44) – Mister Johnson, I Presume?
We have just been traversing a terrifying jungle ridden with dangers and now come face to face with an unexpected creature who is just waiting to finish us off. He answers to the name, Mister Johnson. Is it just possible that Mister Johnson represents the missing link between the rational and the irrational? Or am […]
Citizens In Distress – The Mental Strain Of A No-Deal Brexit
If we reflect on the situation of EU citizens in the UK and British citizens in the EU-27, nothing has really changed since the referendum vote three years ago. Although an agreement concerning our fate was reached in December 2017, it very much depends on the whole withdrawal deal being accepted by Westminster. This is […]
Internal Affairs – How Marine Le Pen And Emmanuel Macron Misused The European Elections
I cannot deny the truth. Marine Le Pen won the European Parliament elections in France, with a whopping 23% after just over half the electorate had decided to go out and vote. Her new party, the Rassemblement National, has performed just as well as her old party, the Front National, did in the European elections […]
European Parliament – 50 Shades Of Green
If the newly elected Green MEP’s can convince the others to bike it between Brussels and Strasbourg, voting Green will not have been a waste of time. Not that I voted Green, of course. Shame on me. Has my subscription to an electronic version of Nature Climate Change (no dead trees for me) tought me […]
Bye-Bye Mrs May And Take Your Brexit With You!
Theresa May has finally realised that nobody actually likes her and many more even hate her – as a politician, that is, not as a person. I am not to judge what sort of person she is. If I’m honest, there’s a part of me that feels sorry for Mrs M. She reminds me of […]