The external factors such as the pandemic hit all western countries. The internal responses differed but that differentiation was not Brexit related. It was a series of policy decisions by those then… (View Post)

These truths we hold to be self evident. My summation, both before and after Brexit, was that there was simply far too much noise to allow a clear conclusion that Brexit had been bad or good for us. … (View Post)

I agree with that. We would have said no (which is why Blair and Brown ducked out of course) and that would have forced some more variable geometry on the EU that we may well have been able to live w… (View Post)

Well, in fairness, his father has some serious previous for that in Sodom and Gomorrah, the great flood, the plagues of Egypt, the plague on the Assyrian host etc etc. (View Post)

With all due respect to our former Queen, a plebiscite is the only way to resolve such issues. She was wrong on this. (View Post)