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Month: June 2017

How do the UK and EU27 positions on EU/UK citizens’ rights compare?

June 27, 2017 by obhi

Today, Theresa May finally revealed the UK Government’s counter-proposal regarding the rights of EU citizens in the UK to the essential principles published by the EU27 two weeks ago. According to George Osborne, she was the only Cabinet member to have prevented this commitment being made unilaterally a year ago. So how do the two…

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How the UK became a global laughing stock thanks to BrexitShambles

June 25, 2017 by obhi

I think this one pretty much sums up the situation pic.twitter.com/o7d9krjzoS — Jacob Christensen (@jacobchr) June 19, 2017 In today’s Observer, Andrew Rawnsley writes that ‘That jeering sound you can hear is Europe laughing at Britain‘. Though European leaders are too polite to put it so bluntly, they think that this country, once thought to…

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The “sheer irresponsibility” of Theresa May

June 10, 2017 by obhi

Theresa May “should be ashamed” & should resign – Lib Dem leader Tim Farron https://t.co/8xOR0z6PJc #bbcelection #hungparliament #GE2017 pic.twitter.com/ITNtYhtaVS — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 9, 2017 As usual, the speech by Liberal Democrat party leader Tim Farron at the National Liberal Club after the General Election received little media coverage. The full transcript (see…

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D-Day: Who will pick up the Brexit ball dropped by Theresa May?

June 8, 2017 by obhi

.@faisalislam points out that according to the #ExitPoll, a “progressive alliance” could have as many seats as the Conservatives #GE2017 pic.twitter.com/Zk5bNdoZSD — Sky News (@SkyNews) June 8, 2017 On 6 June 1944, the largest seaborne invasion in history began the liberation of German-occupied northwestern Europe from Nazi control and contributed to the Allied victory on…

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D-1: UK heading for authoritarian rule outside the EU?

June 8, 2017 by obhi

As you will have understood from this series of blog posts, I will be dismayed but not surprised if Theresa May and the Conservatives win this General Election, in spite of all the gaffes and scandals which emerged during the election campaign. The song ‘Liar, Liar’ in the video above reached Number 2 in the UK music…

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D-2: Dementia tax and the collapse of the NHS?

June 8, 2017 by obhi

Long-standing followers of this blog will remember that I started to take a special interest in healthcare and particularly dementia after my father started to decline towards what was eventually diagnosed as frontotemporal dementia. I was so shocked by what I discovered that I made the feature-length investigative documentary You must be nuts! – The business…

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D-3: It’s no longer OK not to understand how the internet works

June 7, 2017 by obhi

After the London Bridge terrorist attack, Theresa May found the culprit – the internet: “We cannot allow this ideology the safe space it needs to breed,” May said. “Yet that is precisely what the internet and the big companies that provide internet-based services provide.” “We need to work with allied democratic governments to reach international…

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D-4: Controlling immigration & the internet = controlling terrorism?

June 5, 2017 by obhi

Flowers lain and signs of unity posted on Southwark Street after #LondonBridge terror attack:@LBC pic.twitter.com/0wxtN5ye1c — Vincent McAviney (@Vinny_LBC) June 4, 2017 In my previous post, I asked whether controlling immigration would make the UK and better, safer place. The other belief stirred by certain UK politicians and media is that controlling immigration from the…

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D-5: Controlling immigration = a better, safer UK?

June 5, 2017 by obhi

News of Saturday night’s terrorist attack on London Bridge emerged just as I was finishing this post. I decided to defer its publication and return to the topic of terrorism in my next post. This was the UK Border Control at the Eurotunnel terminal in Calais on Friday night. Every single vehicle is stopped and…

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D-6: Beggars cannot be choosers

June 2, 2017 by obhi

We’ve seen the @WhiteHouse video about the #ParisAccord. We disagree – so we’ve changed it. #MakeThePlanetGreatAgain. pic.twitter.com/8A92MBwe6c — France Diplomacy🇫🇷 (@francediplo_EN) June 2, 2017 While preparing to turn Brits into Europe’s untouchables, Theresa May spoke to President Trump and expressed her “disappointment” that he had just binned the Paris Climate Accord. Meanwhike, the leaders of…

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