What’s in a name
In respect of Open Europe it is becoming increasingly obvious that one of their spokesmen, Mats, will shortly become a non-Persson if he continues to write the rubbish that he does – and just has....
View ArticleBack to Switzerland and ‘democracy’
Two snippets of news that seemed to escape the British media – as far as I can see – is, first, the hint by Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf about Switzerland’s willingness to discuss possible...
View ArticleLiar, liar, pants on fire
“Liar Liar Pants On Fire” is a phrase that children like to scream at each other whenever they think the other is lying. They also like to scream it at adults who tell them fairy tales. The fact that...
View ArticleAnd yet another voice on Article 50
“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.” Winston Churchill In a recent post on matters EU, Richard North EUReferendum linked to the...
View ArticleBy George, he’s got it!
Or perhaps that should be By Andrew, he’s got it. Other than the lone voice of Christopher Booker, this is the first piece I can recall seeing in the MSM that believes Cameron’s “renegotiation tactics”...
View ArticleArticle 50 – and a “nag” or two…….
There has appeared on the blog of The Boiling Frog three articles on the above subject which should be required reading for all those interested in matters EU. Besides being highly informative TBF...
View ArticleCridland – or should the first vowel be a ‘u’?
Richard North, EUReferendum, links to the words of the head of the CBI – whose vacuous verbosity knows no bounds – hence my querying whether Richard North had made a “typo” where this man’s name is...
View ArticleEU Referendum now!
So goes the cry from sections of the political bubble, each with their own “agenda” and each determined not to explain to the electorate just what is their “agenda”. We have the ‘In’ crowd, comprising...
View ArticleThis I can’t wait to see…….
The BBC reports that David Cameron, on a visit to Crewe’s Bentley carpark where a Cameron Direct Q&A session/meeting was held, stated that: “I think a greater uncertainty would be to put your head...
View ArticleWell, that’s a “priti” poor article……
Ms Patel, the “acknowledged” Eurosceptic Conservative MP for Witham, has an article on ConservativeHome in which she argues that the recent first tranche that has been released about EU competences...
View ArticleConfusion
On Wednesday I caught sight of a tweet asking for signatures to this petition, with the plea it should be signed: to withdraw from the EU using article 50 before QMV takes effect on 1st Nov 2014. What...
View ArticleSuggesting the impossible
Prior to David Cameron’s ‘big speech’ to the Tory faithful today, Daniel Hannan has a few words of advice on how he could convince the country that he ‘means business’. Hannan lists 9 points;...
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