The fact that it is even a political contest is absolutely nuts to me. (View Post)

Common sense would tell you that you are more likely to have a dispute with your neighbours than some other country on the other side of the world. (View Post)

I do broadly agree with that, but with one slight but important condition, we will only know where the dangerous boundary for step 2 lies when we cross it. It may then be too late to do much about it… (View Post)

No the Tony Blair institute thingy did polling on this, and even Remainers were overall opposed to free movement. 70% of people think we should have a closer relationship with the EU, but only a thir… (View Post)

It's only when you get into the detail you realise what a gulf exhists between the rhetoric and practicalities. We couldn't even join the EEA nevermind the EU if the public still oppose free movement… (View Post)