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Theresa May has seen the biggest government defeat in British history. Her Withdrawal Agreement has been kicked into touch. The grieve amendment means that she has to bring Plan B back to parliament next week. Where do we go from here? It is worth reflecting for a moment how we …
Read More »Nothing has changed – Theresa May’s Brexit deal must be voted down
When Theresa May’s deal with the EU was announced in November, the Daily Globe was sorely disappointed and recommended MPs vote it down. You can read our reasoning here. Unfortunately, to use the Prime Minister’s phrase, nothing has changed. The bill that will be voted on by MPs today unfortunately …
Read More »Considering Project Fear’s No Deal Brexit Plans
Earlier last week, we found out that May had finally decided to get planning for a No Deal Brexit. This was something Brexiteers were very eager for – everybody felt that now, after two years, perhaps we could finally get somewhere and achieve what we had voted for. Perhaps now …
Read More »WTO, Single Market, UK-EU Trade – the facts with links to original sources.
The broadcast media has suppressed coverage of the actual trade figures during the UK-EU Brexit negotiations. Here is the important data with links (in bold) that you can click to see the original sources to check for yourselves. How important is UK-EU Trade? The figures above are for both Goods …
Read More »How to Leave the EU
Leaving the EU is as complicated as the UK wishes to make it. The simplest plan for Brexit would be to extend the existing customs rules for the world in general to the EU, with special provision for Ireland. There is a great deal of confusion sown by the Remain …
Read More »A View of What “Out” Looks Like- Part 1
It has been outlined before that the aim of this site is to explore arguments around the forthcoming EU referendum, helping people to make a decision based in complete information. So far, the campaign had been dominated by “official” information from the government’s position labelled as Project Fear. Exports will …
Read More »Treachery from No. 10
Some might say that treachery is too harsh a word but I use this with intent. The dictionary definitions all talk about betrayal of trust, deception, disloyalty and bad faith. That seems to be a clear description of what has just transpired in London. Charitably, we might say that the …
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