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 […]
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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 […]
A Day At The Beach In The Name Of Freedom
Frail men in their late nineties gazed into the Normandy sky at what may have been. A grateful president saluted them with the respect that underscores the grandeur of their courage. Fifteen thousand people listened to the wise words of a world leader who is too young to have known the calamities of war and […]
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 […]
Madame May, Partez Et Emportez Votre Brexit!!
Theresa May a finalement compris que personne ne l’aime et certains la détestent – en tant que premère ministre, bien entendu. Si je suis honnête avec moi-meme, je me sens en partie désolé pour Madame May. Elle me rappelle une belle-mère avec qui vous vous disputez sans cesse mais qui vous rend très triste quand […]
Democratic Britain? EU Citizens Denied Vote In European Elections
Today, under Theresa May, many EU citizens have been denied the right to vote in their own elections. What would happen tomorrow under Boris Johnson? Reports that many EU citizens living in the UK have been denied voting rights in the European parliament elections defy belief. It was so easy for me to […]
City End Up 32 Points Ahead Of United
For City, it’s no longer a question of being “noisy neighbours,” as Sir Alex Ferguson famously said. No, City have sold their house and gone to live in a neighbourhood that United simply cannot afford. Well, I’m relieved that I didn’t have to hide in the downstairs cupboard like I did […]
Make Someone Happy – Take Buzby Huawei!
Little did I know that I was carrying a time bomb in my back pocket. It’s a Huawei P9, a smart little phone (forgive the pun!) whose makers have the potential to cause a lot of us a lot of trouble. Gone are the days when we had to phone the local butcher to make […]
Why It’s Time For The UK To Leave The European Union
In times gone by, the European Union was something that was never mentioned in rural England, despite its continuous presence. Like a morning mist that never lifts, the scent of the EU lingered daily above the Yorkshire dales, well into the afternoon before briefly disappearing, only to return with a vengeance at dusk. Since the […]