Worrying times. The EU/UK relationship is getting more toxic by the day. The situation with the Northern Ireland Protocol clearly demonstrates that the EU has only one objective here which…
Oh, Edwin Poots! I did think of titling this post “Poots, Poots, Poots, marching up and down again” but thought better of it. I’ve gratuitously used it here instead. So…
Lots happening recently. I had my second Covid vaccination a couple of weeks ago, relevant because it might throw some light on the English election results. Labour went hard on…
The news has recently been flagging some issues that UK expats are facing in Spain. In no particular order: A planeload arrives in Spain and are then promptly refused entry…
Well, it would take a heart of stone not to laugh at the prospect of Salmond & Sturgeon ripping chunks out of each other and it does clarify the importance…
I’m wondering what the EU – specifically Von Der Leyen and the Commission are thinking – if indeed they are. It’s increasingly clear that VDL cannot do big picture strategy…
Some thoughts on the recent furore over ‘decolonising’ buildings, syllabi, history et al and the accompanying flagellation about historical figures, the British Empire, slavery and so on ad infinitum. The…
A week or so after the debacle around Von Der Leyen’s invocation of Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol and the ongoing fiasco of the EU vaccination programme it…
Some thoughts on Covid from a UK perspective. I’m constantly amazed at how the media is reporting this. Perhaps the worst example in my opinion is reporting the fatality rate…