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Theresa May has seen the biggest government defeat in British history. Her Withdrawal Agreement has been kicked into touch. The grieve amendment means that she has to bring Plan B back to parliament next week. Where do we go from here? It is worth reflecting for a moment how we …
Read More »Chancellor Philip Hammond isolated in predicting Brexit will be bad
We have been warned by the BBC that Philip Hammond thinks Brexit will be bad for the UK economy. What do other sources of economic “wisdom” predict? The IMF Predicts the UK will have some of the strongest growth in European big 5 after Brexit: The World Bank in its Global Economic Prospects Predicts the UK …
Read More »There are 4 possible outcomes from this Brexit chaos
The Brexit crisis hardly needs an introduction, and the past few days have demonstrated the utter nightmare that we are in. Theresa May published her draft Brexit agreement and it was immediately criticised from nearly all politicians and senior figures. The draft agreement does not fulfill the wishes of Brexiteers …
Read More »The EU Withdrawal Agreement – Full Facts
Many people will have noticed that there has been very little discussion of the contents of the withdrawal agreement between the UK and EU. Here is a link to the snappily named: “Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and …
Read More »No Surrender!
Another day, another cave by Theresa May. Today, it appears that Theresa May is willing to keep the entire UK bound in perpetuity to the EU Customs Union. It also appears the Prime Minister has plans to betray her allies in the DUP and Northern Ireland by having EU regulations …
Read More »Considering Project Fear’s No Deal Brexit Plans
Earlier last week, we found out that May had finally decided to get planning for a No Deal Brexit. This was something Brexiteers were very eager for – everybody felt that now, after two years, perhaps we could finally get somewhere and achieve what we had voted for. Perhaps now …
Read More »We still have our fingers
The Brexit White Paper agreed by the Cabinet at Chequers has more or less already been rejected by the EU. They want still more concessions. So a plan that amounted to Brexit in Name Only, where the UK would mimic the EU Single Market and Customs Union, where we would …
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