THE ABHORRENCE over the backstop in the Withdrawal Agreement misses the point that much of what’s left of Britain’s fishing industry won’t survive the proposed “transition” or “implementation” period it is designed to establish. Fishing ...
Especially for St Valentine's Day we bring you this true and touching story – it is an adult theme and may not be for those of a delicate or sensitive disposition. Enjoy, if you can...
AS THE PARTY considers its policy options well before the 2021 elections, in the first of three articles Tom Miers considers some ideas that would make a winning agenda for Scottish Conservatives.
Strategy, ...
FIFTEEN THOUSAND Cuban intelligence operatives and ‘military advisers’ bar the path to democracy in Venezuela. Luis Amalgro, Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States, has described them as “an occupation army that teaches ...
17.4 MILLION OF MY FELLOW BRITS voted to leave the European Union. It is the biggest mandate in the history of British politics and the message from the voters was clear. We voted to take ...
THE STREETS OF CARACAS can be unnaturally quiet. But this is no blissful moment of peace between mass demonstrations. Public transport in Venezuela, in common with the rest of the country, is ceasing to operate ...
IT WAS BAD ENOUGH that the SNP’s draft Budget published last month widened the income tax gap between Scotland and the rest of the UK, but this week the Finance Secretary Derek MacKay went even ...
NOTHING ENDURES but change. “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” because each time the person and the river changes. It ...
I'VE CRACKED. I've never known my eyes to roll so often. I thought I could manage until Brexit day on March 29th but I've slipped I think and I'm not sure how to get up.
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IN AN INTERVIEW following the hammering of Mrs May’s “deal” Jacob Rees-Mogg took Channel Four’s Krishnan Guru-Murthy to task for using the term “crashing out of the EU”. Rees-Mogg gave him a quite robust ticking off for ...
…or a glimpse at our debatable future
BRITAIN’S PROTRACTED DEPARTURE from the European Union had led to a decade of upheaval in central politics. By 2031, new parties were replacing what quickly came ...
I’M FED UP to the back teeth of Brexit and I suspect I’m not alone. I’m fed up to the back teeth of our elected politicians and I suspect I’m not alone.
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