Prorogued: UK Parliament Suspended Amidst “Coup” Outrage
While the decision by the Boris Johnson-led government in the United Kingdom to “prorogue” or suspend the parliament in WestminsterContinue Reading
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While the decision by the Boris Johnson-led government in the United Kingdom to “prorogue” or suspend the parliament in WestminsterContinue Reading
There was a fair degree of surprise in Britain when it was announced that the new Prime Minister Boris JohnsonContinue Reading
As the car crash efforts by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union are upgraded to the status ofContinue Reading
Following another night of parliamentary chaos in London I’m reminded of the (apocryphal) demand by King Henry II of England,Continue Reading
Nicholas Watt of the BBC’s Newsnight current affairs show explaining the response of a senior Cabinet minister in Theresa May’sContinue Reading
Despite some British press claims to the contrary there seems to be precious little evidence that the so-called European ResearchContinue Reading
From 1900 to 1902, during the height of the Second Boer War between the expansionist British Empire and the allied EuropeanContinue Reading
The British radio presenter James O’Brien tackles the hardline Conservative Party MP Jacob Rees-Mogg on his LBC show in a rareContinue Reading
On the 15th of November 1985 at Hillsborough Castle, south-west of Belfast, the government of the United Kingdom signed an internationalContinue Reading
The Irish actor Stephen Rea explores the impact of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union and theContinue Reading
Talking of political inanity, Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom’s former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and theContinue Reading
Over the weekend the press in the UK carried a number of leaked recommendations from a draft report by the EuropeanContinue Reading
Brexit fanaticism in full effect as the Conservative Party politician Jacob Rees-Mogg, one of the main leaders of the anti-European campaignContinue Reading
Turning from the ridiculous to the sensible, a rather enjoyable view from the United Kingdom on Brexit and the resultantContinue Reading
Less than two weeks after announcing a much derided compromise plan to solve the United Kingdom’s failed Brexit negotiations withContinue Reading
The weekend publication by the Sunday Times newspaper of a leaked “no deal” Brexit study by a group of governmentContinue Reading
If we are to believe the reports from the Irish and international press, it seems that Theresa May, the lacklustreContinue Reading
When Theresa May made her speech this morning at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, very few people indeed couldContinue Reading