An analysis of nineteen recent BBC news stories shows that the BBC is routinely using omission of news to bias its reporting. News omission and suppression to bias stories is an almost daily occurrence. The BBC frequently “tucks away” key parts of news reports on its web site to avoid …
Read More »Great news: UK-EU Trade heading in the right direction.
Large economies like the EU Single Market all tend to produce goods and services near the financial centre of the economy or, in the case of very large countries, in two or three economic centres. Having been produced centrally the goods are then sometimes finished locally or distributed from local …
Read More »Are Astra Zeneca Vaccine Reactions a Scapegoat for the EU?
I once spent several months operating the adverse reactions database for a major pharmaceutical company. Most drugs and vaccines had at least one death associated with their use such as anaphylaxis or skin rashes so terrible that the patient died. When millions of people are exposed to any novel substance …
Read More »The EU shows its true colours.
Only one major Western Country has started a vaccine war, undermined confidence in vaccinations and signed a trade and investment agreement with China. That country is the European Union. The mainstream media liberally condemns any behaviour by the UK or USA that fails to make it onto the latest moral …
Read More »EU covers slow vaccine approval with spats against drug companies.
It now seems that the EU’s European Medicines Agency may approve the Astra Zeneca vaccine at the end of January. They also delayed approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine by almost a month compared with other countries. The slow approval process means that the drug companies invested in countries such as India and the …
Read More »Morality and Politics
The process of democracy evolved to allow those with different ideas of what is moral and right to co-exist in a society. The democratic process involves people freely expressing their opinions and then a vote being taken to decide which group of people should govern for a fixed period. Political …
Read More »Back soon in 2055
Nicola Sturgeon said that Scotland will be back soon in Europe. Where does she think we are now? Does she think that somehow Scotland has sped up the process of plate tectonics so that we are somewhere near Jamaica now. If so, why isn’t it warmer? Worse if Scotland is …
Read More »Rejoining the EU is impossible now
Britain has left the EU with a deal. We will continue to trade freely with the EU. There will be no tariffs or quotas. But we will not have to follow EU laws or regulations. We will not be part of the Single Market and we will not be part …
Read More »A no deal nail in the SNP coffin
All through the independence referendum in 2014 I campaigned on the basis that a Yes vote would mean Scotland had to leave the EU and how this would have negative consequences for Scotland. This was a true and a legitimate argument. But it wasn’t really about the EU. The SNP’s …
Read More »Trade Deals: The EU-UK deal is the least important.
The objective of Trade Deals is to increase bilateral trade without creating large or future deficits. In the context of the huge escalation in UK debt during COVID the avoidance of future deficits is crucial. The current round of trade negotiations involve two types of deal. The first is emergency …
Read More »Culture War or Class War?
I met a friend who works for the BBC yesterday. She was horrified at the way Brexit would lead to problems with the Northern Ireland border. When I pointed out that the Belfast Agreement meant that Northern Ireland would secede from the UK within a decade or two whatever happens …
Read More »Biden our time
In most European countries there is only a moderate amount of coverage of American politics and American elections. They are interested of course in who wins, but they are not that interested. They don’t follow all the day to day details of American political life like we do in Britain. …
Read More »Ireland and the EU are damaging the Peace Process
The British Government is taking steps at present to prevent the EU Withdrawal Agreement being used to put Northern Ireland into the position of France, Germany or any other EU member state in the event of Britain leaving the transition period without a deal with the EU. Some people think …
Read More »The Lessons from History
Our history tells us that gradual change is the answer, we should be proud of our history and not be derailed by those who think the history of this country lies in the long gone British Empire. The British Empire is the province of upper class guilt, the guilt of …
Read More »Do not extend the Transition Period for Brexit
The decision on whether to extend the transition period must be made by 30th June. Does it need extending? Barnier says that the biggest obstacle is that “the EU will not agree to any future partnership that does not include a balanced and long-term agreement on fisheries” (Euractiv). If that …
Read More »Could Scotland join the EU?
The UK is now definitely going to leave the EU. What does this mean for an independent Scotland joining the EU? 1. Political union. Scotland would have to promise to accept the aims of the EU. The EU aims to achieve monetary, fiscal and political union. It might have been …
Read More »How Remainers Colluded with the EU to Frustrate Brexit
The triggering of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which would set the negotiating period of the UK’s departure from the EU, kicked off on 29th March 2017. Negotiations were set to be long and hard, and it soon materialised that the UK was not only fighting against an EU …
Read More »Finger of fudge
It seems that a new Brexit deal has finally been agreed, for the time being at least. There are still hurdles to leap, not least in EU and British parliaments. Have developments been sufficient to give us all a treat? Juncker has outlined a summary of intent: “There will be …
Read More »Reasons for Independence
Many users of Social Media have stated that they cannot find any reason for Independence. Here are some of the main reasons with links to further articles that explain them more fully. The immediate reason for Brexit is the Lisbon Treaty (2009) and the completion of the transitional arrangements that phased …
Read More »The EU must pay the price for punishing Britain
When Britain voted to leave the EU, we hoped that the split would be friendly and mutually beneficial, but the EU set out to punish Britain. All we ever really wanted was free trade. We have that at present. We already conform to all EU standards. It would be easy …
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