Observations of the UK and its Earthly neighbours
It’s a shame Brits aren’t taught much of their own history. Any shortened story of Northern Ireland needs to begin four hundred years ago with the Ulster Plantation (when James VI+I was on the throne, a lasting Scottish achievement). It’s complex, and you can’t understand present cultural divisions without knowing their history. But if you …
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(Headline could have been Northern Irish Political Turmoil, but that’s a bit of a Dog Bites Man one) Edwin Poots resigned as head of the Democratic Unionist Party, the largest in Northern Ireland, tonight. He was defenestrated by his colleagues after three weeks in office. Not because he’s a creationist who believes in fairy stories …
David Frost will be remembered for That Was the Week That Was, Breakfast with Frost, his political interviews and much else. Unfortunately that one died in 2013, there’s a much less talented David Frost in the news these days. Honest Boris has a Chief European Hating and Tub-Thumping Officer called Frost. I’ve never had the …
If I said to you…There was a large group that was successful because of its scale and diversity, but a small part wanted to leave it because of imagined discrimination…might I be talking about Little England Tories and the EU, or the SNP and the UK? Can’t tell them apart really. The Part has done …
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Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve called Our Dear Prime Minister a Vacuum of Integrity on the radio. Brilliant. I can’t beat that one. We’ve had a go though. There’ve been a few attempts at Prime Ministerial nicknames in my household since the Conservative and Unionist party lost their marbles and elected him nearly two years …
A cheer for escaping the Euro-yoke! The UK’s balance of trade with the EU has seriously improved. The value of UK goods imports from the EU fell by £6.6bn in January, while exports to them fell only £5.6bn. That’s good, isn’t it? Anyway Covid will have caused some dips, and since our newly sovereign nation …
This week the UK formally applied to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (formerly known as the TPP). Excellent. The UK is showing its commitment to free trade and international co-operation. I thoroughly look forward to expanding this approach to include our major trading partners.