Britain Leaves The EU. Then Complains Why It Is Treated Differently By The EU!
Having hectored, cajoled and bullied its way through the uncivil negotiations around Brexit (“British exit”) and Trexit (“Transition exit”) itContinue Reading
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DUP Decries Constitutional Change While Denying Any Change
One of the more enjoyable aspects of last week was watching the mental gymnastics of Arlene Foster and other representativesContinue Reading
A New Year, A New EU As The UK Exits Stage Right
And so it ended, the United Kingdom’s decades-old membership of what is now the European Union, not with a bangContinue Reading
UK Leader Boris Johnson Heads For No Deal Cliff But Will He Jump?
Tick-tock goes the Brexit clock. Or more accurately the Trexit clock since Britain has already exited the European Union andContinue Reading
Mary Lou McDonald: “A United Ireland Will Happen Within A Decade”
I’ve some mixed views on the British journalist Owen Jones, who cleaves a little bit too much to the censoriousContinue Reading
The Irish Sea Border, Brought To You By The DUP
It’s somewhat ironic that one of the worst newspapers in the country, the editorially repugnant News Letter, is also homeContinue Reading
Slugger O’Toole. Just Another Right-Wing Voice In The Irish Media?
The phrase “jumping the shark” describes the moment when a once popular television show attempts to revive its fortunes byContinue Reading
The Britishers’ Flexible Interpretation Of International Law
While the exact origins of the term “Britisher” are unknown, the Dutch or German influence in the formation of theContinue Reading
UK Drags Out Talks With EU While Demanding Access To EU Systems
An interesting report from Bloomberg News on the more strident tone that has been adopted by the United Kingdom inContinue Reading
The Day Brexit Britain Leaves The EU
There is a short scene in the acclaimed British political satire The Thick Of It where the lead character ofContinue Reading
The Weak Arguments Against A United Ireland
Given recent events in the United Kingdom, with Brexit representing a glorified if long delayed sulk by the British atContinue Reading
Post-Election UK Returns To No-Deal Brexit Threats
Here we go again! From the New York Times: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will use the prospect of aContinue Reading
That Tory Victory And Labour Defeat In The UK General Election
Many explanations have been offered for the humiliating defeat of the Labour Party in the UK general election but perhapsContinue Reading
The UK General Election Gets Dirty
Watching the general election campaign in the United Kingdom from this side of the Irish Sea the Brexit-fuelled contest betweenContinue Reading
Dominic Cummings: A Sinister Attack On Foreign Citizens In UK
Dominic Cummings, the leading Brexit campaigner and controversial Special Adviser to the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has returned toContinue Reading
Boris Johnson And The Conservatives On Course For Reelection In the UK
Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Given the events of the last fortnight, that Shakespearean quip is as goodContinue Reading
The Orange Card: Justified By The DUP, Tories, Labour And Lib Dems
On the 16th of February 1886, Lord Randolph Churchill, a member of the troublesome “Fourth Party” backbench faction of theContinue Reading
Remainer Or Leaver, Ireland Has No True Allies In The UK Brexit War
By now it must be clear to even the most optimistic or obdurate Remain-supporter in the United Kingdom that soonerContinue Reading
The Emma DeSouza Case: The UK Has Effectively Broken The Good Friday Agreement
A tribunal in Belfast has ruled that the residents of the Six Counties are British subjects, and British subjects alone,Continue Reading
An Irish Sea Border, The DUP And Loyalist Threats Of Bombs
Judging by the more informed speculation in the Irish and international press it seems that after two years of prevaricatingContinue Reading
Brexit Hooligans: UK Issues Threats Against Its EU Neighbours
Following on from claims by anonymous sources in the UK government that Britain would seek to sabotage the workings ofContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s Brexit Plan: Fake, Fatuous And Futile
A “scam”. That was the description offered during the week by Jonathan Powell, the former United Kingdom chief negotiator atContinue Reading
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