The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act, 2017: The shortest suicide note in history?
It is to the The Right Honourable, Sir Gerald Kaufman, PC, the Member for Manchester Gorton and Father of the…
Year: 2017
Article 50: We told you so!
The news (https://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/4919894-latest-downing-street-reacts-to-losing-brexit-case.html#.1258-stage-hero1-1) that there will have to be legislation to invoke Article 50 was obvious all along! It has…
Saved from one's own folly!
Conolly’s Folly (above) is often derided as a waste of money. However, Mrs Katherine Conolly (one “n” not two) commissioned…
The poison chalice: Who is going to drink from it?
In yesterday’s article we discussed Mr Trump’s inauguration and reflected upon the prospects for “US assistance” from the Anglophile President.…
Inauguration Day: Two winners and two losers.
Yesterday we saw the culmination of a series of three very unlikely events coming to fruition. These were Leicester City…
Pandora (aka Mrs May) opens the jar!
The disastrous consequences of a “train crash” Brexit must fill most sensible people with dread. Whether or not we are…
Living in interesting times: Playing chicken.
We’ve all watched them, either as films at the cinema or on the TV. The formulaic “action film”. You have…