A précis of previous posts on this theme This is another in our series of posts reviewing our comments on major themes regarding the European Union. Each brief comment is followed by a link to the post to which we refer. The linked posts are presented in chronological order. A. In March 2017 the EU … More Themes-3: Negotiations
These are the characteristics of the EU that we believe are driving it towards a United States of Europe federal government, or so they hope. Ambition , Distraction, Unification, and Division (the EU Turtle’s arithmetic) Every so often we try to find good arguments from Remainers to test our Leaver arguments against. Invariably we are disappointed; our opponent’s … More Ambition, Distraction, Unification and Division
EUObserver has reported some interesting details of the process by which the EU agreed to extend the Brexit date to 31 October: (https://euobserver.com/eu-election/144641). The special meeting of the European Council took place on 10th April, extending into the early hours of the 11th while they made up their minds. We believe that the extension is made … More October ‘Dead’line
A précis of previous posts on this theme This is another in our series of posts reviewing our comments on major themes regarding the European Union. Each brief comment is followed by a link to the post to which we refer. Unlike the first theme post, this one presents the linked posts in chronological order. … More Themes-2: A Future for EU?
A précis of previous posts on this theme This is the first in a series of posts, each of which gathers previous posts into a single theme. We provide a brief summary of each selected post. A. Parliament has not been wholly sovereign since 1973 (when Ted Heath signed us up to join the EU), … More Themes-1: Politics
From its founding, to advocate abolition of the UK’s corn laws, the weekly newspaper The Economist has been an advocate of free trade, free markets and deregulation – until now. The Economist (TE) is reliably anti-Brexit. The newspaper regularly supplements its reporting of the wonders of the EU with snide, disdainful comments against those who … More Remaining: Round the Bend
Is Democracy a Nuisance? In EU member countries, their constitutions oblige governments to put themselves up periodically for re-election, or dismissal. The ‘constitution’ of the EU (i.e. the treaties) does not require this inconvenience. This is a designed feature not an accident. To achieve its goal of a federal state in Europe the EU must … More It’s the Ideology
In August 2016, two months after the Referendum and seven months before Parliament agreed by a huge majority to begin the process of withdrawing from the EU, we posted a review of how Brexit was shaping up. It is astonishing how little has changed and how much remains relevant nearly three years on. For this … More Remains of the Fray
An examination of several topics, including: law, subsidiarity, the European Parliament, the draft withdrawal agreement and the British government’s response. The post has many links, to more details and to supporting evidence. As another example of what we’re witnessing (see Summertime), Kate Hoey (Labour eurosceptic MP) asked the Speaker of the UK Parliament whether the … More Law-abiding or Abiding-law?
Clock-changing is one issue (the only one we have found) that is to be re-delegated (sort of) to the member states. We look at what this means in practice for subsidiarity, and some broader implications. At the weekend just after un-Brexit Day, when the UK was supposed to leave the EU, the clocks were set … More Summertime, and the Living Ain’t Easy
This EU Won't Work 