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Tag Archives: EU
Our new Prime Minister deserves a kipper for his Breakfast
Its fascinating how a man who is so heavily predicted to be our next Prime Minister is willing to stand up in front of his party members in the days before the results are declared and admit how he has … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy, Youth Issues
Tagged Boris Johnson, Brexit, EU, Kipper, Stanley Johnson
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The truth is hard to live with
The fact that our departure from the EU will cost us dearly is hard to explain if you are a newspaper who constantly promoted our departure throughout the referendum campaign. The Express told many lies throughout that time and is … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Journalism, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Aurora Bosotti, Brexit, Daily Express, EU
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Why a second EU referendum is vital
I confess to being someone who voted to remain, and would do the same again today if a referendum was being held (being a Thursday it is more likely today than tomorrow). However despite this my view that a second … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged China, Christopher Nieper, Cobra Beer, EU, India, Israel, Karan Bilimoria, Nigel Farage, USA
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Polls are often wrong
The latest poll from YouGov suggests that many of the people who voted to Leave the EU are not concerned if our departure has a damaging impact on the UK economy. I hope that the poll is wrong, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged EU, EU Referendum, YouGov
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The importance of a prepared exit route
We live in a nation that is struggling to make sense of how to leave the EU in a manner that is not destructive for either the UK or indeed the EU itself, which will remain our closest and largest … Continue reading
An independent sovereign nation
When Liam Fox launched the Grassroots Out campaign in January 2016 he stood in front of 2000 people and said how he wanted to live in “an independent sovereign nation”. Last night he was interviewed on BBC Newsnight and spoke about … Continue reading
The Feelings index!
When David Cameron first became Prime Minister, he proposed finding a way of measuring our happiness as a nation. The plan which was estimated to cost some £2M was that from April 2011, the Office for National Statistics would ask people … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged EU, European Union, Feelings, Happiness, Office for National Statistics, ONS
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A man to unite the whole country?
In the light of our vote to leave the EU, by 52% to 48% there could not be much more evidence of division within the nation. The fact that only 72% of us did turn out means that in one … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged #Takecontrol, David Davis, EU, EU Referendum, Haltemprice and Howden, Vote Leave
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A sobering set of statistics
This graph makes it crystal clear how disproportionately low our exposure to asylum applications is when compared to nearly all of our European Neighbours. One of the few positive outcomes from the many debates taking place yesterday is that our Government along with France … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Calais, Conservative Party, EU, Kent, Laour Party, West Sussex
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Lets cut more, faster
Its time for our Politicians to show some leadership and prepare us to cut energy use, much faster than they are contemplating at present. Thanks to an as yet unpublished EU report, we know that if we adopted more aggressive energy use targets, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Energy Effeciency, EU, GDP, UK
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