Yes. The whole Brexit debacle has seen the weight of punditry proved wrong time and time again. * The UK would not vote to leave the EU * Article 50 would not be triggered without a plan for withdraw… (View Post)

The result of the last general election, which is more recent than the referendum, gave guidance to the government on how the electorate expected the referendum result to be interpreted and implement… (View Post)

That list must cover a very small percentage of UK trade surely? Only Korea and Switzerland are outside the margin of error on trade volumes? (View Post)

I said it was the nearest comparator, not that it was exactly the same. Algeria was crisis of national identity fuelled by incompetent and weak politicians who overestimated French power and influenc… (View Post)

Yes, I think the nearest comparator in the modern era to the Brexit crisis is the French crisis over Algeria in 1958-60. (View Post)