“If you’d like to push me and speculate on what might happen in a no-deal scenario in Ireland, I think it’s pretty obvious – you will have a hard border.” said Margaritis Schinas, chief spokesman of the European Commission on 23 January. If there is no deal, “We will have to find an operational way … More Backstop or Backstab?
Should ill-informed voters be able to choose who governs? Do the EU’s intentions justify its means? What did they who voted to leave the EU really want? Have our Commissioners merited their roles? Why do youngsters think only they should decide Europe’s future? Why does the EU treat the UK like an escaped prisoner? Since … More Snippets-2
Should the UK government offer voters a second, ‘People’s’, referendum, and/or should it declare that leaving without a deal is off the table? Since the Prime Minister’s Withdrawal Agreement (WA) was massively voted down there now appears to be no way the House of Commons can agree a way forward. More politicians are backing the … More Off the Table!
The draft Withdrawal Agreement was rejected by the UK House of Commons. We offer some of our own reasons why this was the right thing to do, with quotations from the draft. The WA is as dead as a dodo, slain by a massive defeat in the Commons. It is no more, it has gone … More A Withdrawal Agreement
The EU does not have an independent judiciary, its top court, the CJEU, is an arm of government and the judge of its own behaviour. ‘Nemo judex in causa sua’ is a Latin phrase that is usually translated as, “no-one should be a judge in his own cause.” This is among the basic principles of … More Unnatural Justice
Who would want to leave a society that offers peace, prosperity and the rule of law; works together in harmony for the common good; gives citizens the right to choose who rules:? Has anything gone wrong with the European Union? The EU was deliberately designed so that the people would be guided on the right … More Brexit: A Brief Summary
Monetary union was attempted by a different union of nations but in a very similar way to the eurozone; can the latter succeed where the former failed? It was Christmas 1991 when the Soviet Union was formally ended by the Russian Parliament. A month later the Maastricht Treaty was signed which mandated the creation of … More The Future of the Euro – 2
Edmund Burke told his voters in Bristol that an MP “owes you, not his industry only, but his judgement; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion”. His constituents agreed, they elected another candidate. A majority in Parliament is intent on wrecking Brexit. It was asked by popular vote … More Resign, You Cowards!
Our previous post ‘celebrated’ the twentieth anniversary of the euro (The State of The Euro); we described how monetary union has failed to increase growth or converge the economies of the eurozone countries. The common currency doesn’t suit the heterogeneous economies of the eurozone equally. Will it fracture the political union it was meant to … More The Future of the Euro – 1
The euro (€) was 20 years old on New Year’s day 2019, so now’s the time to ‘celebrate’ its birthday. The start of another year is also a traditional time for reviewing where we’ve been, where we’re going and for setting quizzes. Let’s do all these things to celebrate the common currency’s emerald anniversary. Our … More The State of The Euro
This EU Won't Work 