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2023-11-21
Nigel Farage with a succinct review of Brexit as it has (and hasn't) unfolded.
He rightly points up the problem of getting our politicians in Parliament to actually both represent and implement the will of the people.
Of course he doesn't touch on the reasons why they don't, so until we can get a proper handle on that, it's going to be business as usual. Still, as far as it goes, it's a fair summary.
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2023-09-02
Just in case anybody is still unaware, Mahyar Tousi spells out the effectual truth for us:
"We are apparently still a member of the European Project"
(except of course our "membership" doesn't extend to allowing Nigel Farage or any other UK MEPs back into the European Parliament - it's an "à la carte" unofficial membership with all the costs and responsibilities - such as open borders - and none of the benefits)
Quelle Surprise.
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2023-03-18
We made a brief comment previously on the Sunak Northern Ireland Protocol agreement (the "WIndsor" agreement) but now we have a rather ore complete assessment of what it means, courtesy of Global Britain. No, it isn't good news for our future independence, but is that what you were expecting?
"There was a break in Johnson’s deal, imperfect as that was. We had the legal right to rip it up. Now Sunak’s deal cannot easily be broken as the EU authority over Northern Ireland and critically the sole authority of its Court of Justice will be embedded in international law"
So one of the major safeguards for our independence has been cut away, leaving the way open for as much future harassment as the EU sees fit to impose, with no longer any fear that we would just walk away.
"We have reached the utterly surreal position where, three years after Brexit, the entire UK will become subject to new laws made in Brussels with the stated aim of ‘protecting the UK’s internal market’ and ‘Northern Ireland’s place in the United Kingdom’. Isn’t that the job of the British government and the sovereign UK Parliament?"
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2023-02-28
After so many years of tortuous negotiations with an EU that still and always resents our leaving, the Northern Ireland Protocol Question has been fixed!
But has it been truly fixed, or has it been fixed into permanent position?
The very fact that the EU has approved it indicates the latter. The EU does not do climb-down, and see the matter as furthering the probability that sooner or later, Ireland will have to be reunited - under their governance of course.
That means that the "solution" needs to keep the pot simmering, even if it does go some way toward resolving the incompatibility with the Good Friday Agreement. Future wrangling over detail should ensure plenty of opportunity for both simmering and complexity to flourish.
Of course the other option - Irexit - also remains available and may make economic sense, even if currently politically impossible. A combined independent Ireland outside both the UK and the EU could make free trade deals with its neighbours as it pleased and might yet achieve popular support across the board. Given the increasing unpopularity (not to mention fragility) of the EU, this may come about sooner than we think.
Meanwhile, the pot continues to bubble ...
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2022-12-29
The CIB (Campaign for an Independent Britain) publishes their view on why the Northern Ireland Protocol is no more than "a sham and a deceit".
Harsh words, but apparently warranted none the less.
Surely our friends and partners across the Channel would never indulge in such measures?
Well, of course not Minister.