tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post8497204623224771209..comments2024-03-28T09:46:24.020+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : 'No Deal' seems doomed - a prolonged punishment beating for Britain is impendingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-90454777289595203852019-01-13T16:24:04.826+02:002019-01-13T16:24:04.826+02:00Had an Illinois politician not liked having sex in...Had an Illinois politician not liked having sex in the garden Barack Obama would not have been president. Had Sir Keith Joseph not said that the working classes were having too many children Mrs Thatcher would not have been Prime Minister and nor would Mr Blair had John Smith not liked climbing MonrosPolitical Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-10340795910069824292019-01-13T13:44:09.903+02:002019-01-13T13:44:09.903+02:00‘Heightening fear through raising the spectre of t...‘Heightening fear through raising the spectre of the IRA is unacceptable,” Sam Gyimah tweeted, in response to Chris Patten’s warning that Brexit he doesnt “want to go back to the days when people were being shot and maimed”. Vince Cable dismissed “Project Terror”. David Lammy said that “history shows us appeasement only emboldens the Republican movement”. Nor was the condemnation restricted to politicians. Others laid in too. Jane Merrick, the political commentator, got to the heart of the criticism when she described Patten’s words as a “threat”.<br />As the ‘meaningful vote’ approaches, apply buckets of salt to all Government news<br />As most of our readers will have worked out by now, none of this happened when, last March, Lord Patten raised the prospect of violence returning to Northern Ireland in the event of Brexit. There was scarcely a cheep of protest from prominent Remain and Soft Brexit supporters. Compare this to the buckets of ordure emptied yesterday over the head of Chris Grayling, who warned yesterday that cancelling or delaying Brexit could provide an electoral boost for the Far Right. We have adapted the remarks from Lammy, Cable and Gyimah about Grayling’s words to make the point, substituting “the Republican Movement” or “the IRA” for “the Far Right”.<br /><br />What did Grayling actually say? As follows: “We risk a break with the British tradition of moderate, mainstream politics that goes back to the Restoration in 1660. MPs need to remember that Britain, its people and its traditions are the mother of Parliaments. We ignore that and the will of the people at our peril.” The Daily Mail added that he ‘stopped short of predicting riots if Brexit is weakened or reversed. But he added: “People should not underestimate this. We would see a different tone in our politics. A less tolerant society, a more nationalistic nation. It will open the door to extremist populist political forces in this country of the kind we see in other countries in Europe.”<br /><br />So, unlike Patten, Grayling steered clear of suggesting that people might be “shot and maimed”: indeed, he was careful to avoid raising the prospect even of riots. But he was excoriated none the less when Patten was not.<br /><br /><br />https://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2019/01/grayling-patten-the-far-right-the-ira-brexit-the-speaker-and-the-difference-between-threats-and-warnings.htmlPolitical Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-47097875623719453962019-01-13T09:16:31.549+02:002019-01-13T09:16:31.549+02:00'Professor Tombs is supportive of Gina Miller&...'Professor Tombs is supportive of Gina Miller'<br />No.<br />' But if it had not been for Miller Theresa May would simply have pushed her Withdrawal Agreement through.'<br />The law of unintended consequences...Tomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-25412448139648164102019-01-13T09:08:27.215+02:002019-01-13T09:08:27.215+02:00Professor Tombs is supportive of Gina Miller and t...Professor Tombs is supportive of Gina Miller and the case she brought to court in retrospect.<br /><br /> “I thought the Brexiteers should have been passing a vote of thanks to Gina Miller. I thought it was a very bad idea what she did. And many academic lawyers thought the Supreme Court came to the wrong decision. But if it had not been for Miller Theresa May would simply have pushed her Withdrawal Agreement through.” Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-66764315403017800122019-01-12T18:11:56.956+02:002019-01-12T18:11:56.956+02:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcfPi59d1BMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcfPi59d1BMTomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-88590786451892944992019-01-12T17:01:00.775+02:002019-01-12T17:01:00.775+02:00Brussels, prepare to kiss 39 billion goodbye
Good...Brussels, prepare to kiss 39 billion goodbye<br /><br />Good to know that big companies are betting on a no-deal Brexit... <br />Who would have guessed?<br />All the morons out there watching Animal Planet in EU must be happy they won't get to miss a payment for the privilege.<br /><br />Tomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-45137306207962555592019-01-12T06:18:48.961+02:002019-01-12T06:18:48.961+02:00
Jeremy Corbyn remains committed to Brexit – it’s ...<br />Jeremy Corbyn remains committed to Brexit – it’s his key to Downing Street<br /><br />Jeremy Corbyn remains a convinced Leaver, as only outside the EU does he see more Left-wing economic policies as feasible. He wants a general election, but he wants Labour to fight it as a pro-Brexit party. His view of a second referendum is that if it happens it should ask the electorate to choose between different versions of Brexit.<br /><br />What has been notable about Corbyn’s leadership since the 2016 referendum is his continued refusal to countenance overturning the Leave result. Indeed, in an interview with Der Spiegel last month Corbyn flatly rejected the option of staying within the European Union. <br /><br />Crucially, Corbyn did not say that he would support an in/out referendum. He simply said that if there isn’t an election, then Labour would back ‘the option of campaigning for a public vote to break the deadlock’. A public vote to break the deadlock, of course, could be an out/out referendum: May’s deal or Corbyn’s deal.<br /><br />What’s more, Corbyn expressed his strong preference that a general election ought to take place instead of a referendum should May’s deal fail. Corbyn did not propose a general election as a way of stopping Brexit. Instead, Corbyn suggested that Labour would enter the next general election, once more, as a pro-Brexit party. <br /><br />Richard Johnson is a Politics Lecturer at Lancaster University<br /><br />https://briefingsforbrexit.com/jeremy-corbyn-remains-committed-to-brexit-its-his-key-to-downing-street/<br />Tomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-42647276620290675772019-01-12T00:11:57.450+02:002019-01-12T00:11:57.450+02:00London, prepare to kiss a billion pounds goodbye. ...London, prepare to kiss a billion pounds goodbye. Although of course the money didn't matter, right?<br />https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-11/discovery-turns-to-netherlands-for-base-as-no-deal-brexit-looms?fbclid=IwAR1RBcs6-0hSn_yYRbCxongFmf0FIAOjC3FdqGZe65aG1Ff0zLAUKUMsMuoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-2261994033404169322019-01-10T22:59:06.510+02:002019-01-10T22:59:06.510+02:00Podcasts
How Labour’s pro-Leave position on #Brex...Podcasts<br /><br />How Labour’s pro-Leave position on #Brexit will help it to win the next General Election<br /><br />4 hours ago by Briefings For Brexit 137 Views 3 min read<br /><br />https://briefingsforbrexit.com/how-labours-pro-leave-position-on-brexit-will-help-it-to-win-the-next-general-election/<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.com