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The Delay to Brexit!

Posted on October 23, 2019

Now that the rushed withdrawal agreement has been delayed, it is time to grow up and have a full and detailed economic and geopolitical impact study into the future after Brexit. The Government have done these assessments before but never released them. This could be because they don’t make pleasant reading and may sway public opinion. Alternatively, it could be due to concerns that people might spontaneously combust with excitement at the ...

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Starmer Steps Up as the DUP Turn on Johnson

Posted on October 21, 2019

Imagine a situation when you are in the process of buying a new home. You are pretty confident that it is all going through when, out of nowhere you get a call from your surveyor. He is concerned that initial understanding that the house had passed all NIEIC (electrical) standards was not backed by evidence. In fact, any previous mention of it had been removed. You may go on impulse and hope for the best, but the chances are that you will halt ...

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Brexit – No Extension, No Deal?

Posted on October 17, 2019

Here’s a thing to think about if your brain has any Brexit capacity left. You will need to use your imagination a bit and also consider that Boris Johnson is a reckless character. Also, please just take this as an unlikely scenario but where Johnson is concerned, it is a scenario that shouldn’t be written off entirely. We know that Dominic Cummings has always wanted a ‘No Deal’ and that he has convinced Boris Johnson of this ideolo...

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A Trip to Lancaster and the Lakes

Posted on October 14, 2019

If Jennifer’s son, Ethan, hadn’t gone to Lancaster University, it is doubtful I would have ever visited Lancaster and the Lake District. I am not sure why I have never been to that area, but I do remember a TV series in the mid 1990’s called ‘The Lakes’. It was a depressing, dark and always wet series; hardly a promotional video for the local area. Maybe that put me off? Also, it appears (according to the barman at our hotel) that ...

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With Brexit Truth Comes Brexit Denial!

Posted on October 9, 2019

Brexit was always going to get to this point. I occasionally thought that common sense would prevail but that was just fantasy really. It was so obvious that this was about right-wing ideologues grabbing an opportunity to deregulate, cash in on economic failure and hide the money in The Cayman Islands without anyone being able to touch them. Whether that was Boris Johnson’s original plan, I don’t know? He lies so much he offers only ...

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