What is the future for England?
Friday, October 2nd, 2020The following paragraphs were written as tweets. Each was, then, constrained to 280 characters. And as they were posted separately, and not as a thread,
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The UK Internal Market Bill is a threat to Scotland and Wales, as well as to Northern Ireland and our international relationships
Wednesday, September 16th, 2020Building on yesterday’s video, which looked at the impact of the UK Internal Market Bill on the UK’s external international relationships, this video looks at
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The price of a protocol: thoughts on the shredding of the UK’s international commitments
Tuesday, September 15th, 2020Recorded yesterday, before the UK Internal Markets Bill Got is second reading. But nothing has been changed because of that: The Northern Ireland Protocol is
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The UK Internal Markets Bill effectively ends many devolved powers within the UK. This Bill is an international affront externally and within the UK
Monday, September 14th, 2020There has been much, appropriate, furore over the consequences of the UK Internal Markets Bill for Northern Ireland. There should be at least as much
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We have to face the possibility that our government is planning economic destruction for its own political ends - which are the demise of the state as we know it
Sunday, September 13th, 2020I have never made any pretence of my opinion that the post coronavirus recession in the UK is going to be ghastly. However, events of
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We now have what looks on the basis of all reasonable analysis to be a fascist government
Sunday, September 13th, 2020Fascism does not gain power by way of revolution. Nor need it take to the streets, at least in its early days. That only happens
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We have a corrupt, neofascist government. The media needs to say so
Friday, September 11th, 2020I noted this tweet from Robert Peston: “Notwithstanding the ‘breach of international’ law†the cabinet secretary “has determined that ministers and officials are operating in
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We have no clue as to what is going to hit us economically as a result of a No Deal Brexit as yet, but whatever we assume it will probably be much worse than we can imagine
Thursday, September 10th, 2020I believe these comments are coming from an informed source: Let’s be clear, all the forecasts from the likes of the Office for Budget Responsibility
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The abuse of the Northern Ireland is not the work of liars or scoundrels, because that’s too polite a description
Wednesday, September 9th, 2020It is very hard to believe what the UK government is saying today with regard to its planned renunciation of the EU Transition Agreement with
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