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EU Common Defence

July 20, 2016 No Comments

This is one to watch: Germany eyes EU defense union without Britain Germany and France want to forge closer defense cooperation in the European Union following the departure of Britain, which has “paralyzed” such initiatives in the past, German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday. Presenting a report on German security policy, […]

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Europe Politics UK

Possibilities…

July 6, 2016 No Comments

Andrew has posted some interesting and plausible futures for the UK post #Brexit. Worth keeping them in mind as things unfold.

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Europe History Politics UK

The week that contained years

July 5, 2016July 5, 2016 No Comments

Lenin once said that “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” This has been one of those weeks. I don’t think I’ve ever experienced such a sense of compressed events; news breaking like waves. The fallout from this week will last years. Politically, most of the action, or perhaps […]

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Europe Life UK

Brexit Bubble

June 30, 2016 No Comments

I’m quite concerned about the potential impact of a BREXIT, and have been avidly following events on Twitter. At some point you do need to pull yourself out of the Twitter bubble and take a reality hit. Today was the day I did that, and it’s also the day I realised that this isn’t an […]

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Europe Politics UK

Brexit Days 3 & 4

June 29, 2016June 29, 2016 No Comments

This ‘Brexit’ event is surely the greatest existential crisis for the UK since Suez back in 1956, which was the moment the UK realised it was no longer a global power, able to dictate events on the world stage alone. Sunday was a day where the complete lack of direction from Westminster really started to […]

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Europe Politics UK You Couldn't Make It Up

Brexit, Day 2

June 26, 2016 No Comments

A summary of events: UK politics update:Government: PM resigns, but not quite yet. Opposition: Tearing itself apartScotland: Leaving https://t.co/I741HiBLvC — Lorcan Roche Kelly (@LorcanRK) June 26, 2016 Quite.

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Europe Jesus Wept UK You Couldn't Make It Up

Farage post Brexit: Nothing to do with me, Guv

June 25, 2016 No Comments

“I would never have made that claim…” Watch Farage move sideways fast here: WATCH: @Nigel_Farage tells @susannareid100 it was a ‘mistake’ for Leave to claim there’d be £350M a week for NHShttps://t.co/JNkl5k8IlK — Good Morning Britain (@GMB) June 24, 2016 Breathtaking.

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Europe UK

Brought freedom

March 1, 2016 No Comments

Lovely piece by Deborah Orr in the Guardian, about how much the EU project has done to provide a free and open Europe for all it’s citizens: Given the limited nature of the project, it’s a wonder that the EU has achieved as much as it has. And yet, it has offered millions of people […]

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Europe Politics Society

Clinging to the wrong certainties

February 26, 2016 No Comments

What I find most odd about the age we live in is that even though fear is the predominant emotion, people still take the relative peace and prosperity we have in this continent for granted and thus tend to discount just how large a part the EU plays in all that. Despite fearing change enough […]

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Europe Sport You Couldn't Make It Up

Ordinary decent men

December 31, 2015 No Comments

A tale of finance, power and bribery in the Times today. Against a background of major clubs paying non-triers up to a million a month, endless hoopla and hype around the aptly-titled transfer market, phoney melodrama on the managerial merry-go-round, venerable clubs used as money-laundering operations by oligarchs bearing stolen billions, and much else along […]

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EU Common Defence

Possibilities…

The week that contained years

Brexit Bubble

Brexit Days 3 & 4

Brexit, Day 2

Farage post Brexit: Nothing to do with me, Guv

Brought freedom

Clinging to the wrong certainties

Ordinary decent men

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