According to reports of the Brexit negotiations, the second round of talks this week may be stopped ‘because the UK is not ready‘. Over a year after the EU Referendum result, we may wonder how that can be. In the table below, I have summarised the negotiating position papers published by the European Commission and…
“I’m beginning to think that Brexit may never happen” – Vince Cable
“I’m beginning to think that Brexit may never happen.
“The problems are so enormous, the divisions within the two major parties are so enormous. I can see a scenario in which this doesn’t happen.”
How do the UK and EU27 positions on EU/UK citizens’ rights compare?
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…
How the UK became a global laughing stock thanks to BrexitShambles
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…
The “sheer irresponsibility” of Theresa May
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…
D-Day: Who will pick up the Brexit ball dropped by Theresa May?
.@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…
D-1: UK heading for authoritarian rule outside the EU?
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…
D-2: Dementia tax and the collapse of the NHS?
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…
D-3: It’s no longer OK not to understand how the internet works
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…
D-4: Controlling immigration & the internet = controlling terrorism?
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…