The Withdrawal Agreement is tantamount to a Remain Agreement. The Backstop is a distraction which masks its many other failings. Even eliminating the Backstop does not make the Withdrawal Agreement in any way acceptable. The existing EU Withdrawal Act 2018 is the Law, and that Act of Parliament takes us out of the European Union,…
Accountability Representation and Independence
Success in business requires focus and determination. Set out your ultimate goal and then put together a plan of how to get there. Politics is the same. And when your Primary objective is NOT economic prosperity for all, then don’t be surprised if the people rise up against you. In the words of Bill Clinton,…
International Treaties under the UK Constitution
Despite all the sound and fury, it is STILL a fact that only the Crown negotiates international treaties. Only the Crown controls the treaty ratification process. Only the Crown may revoke or extend mechanisms in international law. And is also STILL a fact that Parliament has ‘sovereignty’ over domestic law ONLY. As always: this ENTIRE…
What is good government ?
Stephen Marchant 18 Jan 2019 5:31PM I recall my school years where the head teacher asked our class “Do you think you live in a free country”? Most responded yes and a few kept quiet not knowing what the answer should be. Then he asked “Are you free to steal”? “Are you free to murder”?…
Supremacy of Reason
In drafting the Declaration of Independence, Franklin made only a few changes, some of which can be viewed written in his own hand on what Jefferson referred to as the ‘rough draft’ of the Declaration. The most important of his edits was small but resounding. He crossed out, using the heavy backslashes that he often…
The Vote Breakdown
EU Referendum reminder.. By constituency: 406 Leave, 242 Remain By voting area: 263 Leave, 119 Remain By party: Labour 148 Leave, 84 Remain. Tory 247 leave, 80 Remain By MP: 248 Leave, 400 Remain MPs are the problem. Elected to serve but only serving themselves & the rancid EU.
Risk Premium
Which option do you prefer?I flip a coin. Heads, I give you $100,000, tails, you get nothing. I give you $1000. Of course, like 90% of people, you’d take the $1,000, even though the expected value of the gamble is $50,000. In economics, the $49,000 difference is called risk premium. If you’re willing to take…
Post Brexit Britain
None of us can predict the potential fallout from Brexit, good and bad. What began as a vote of confidence in our institutions has shown them to be dangerously fallible. A country where people usually rub along together is now marked by a cultural and emotional rift. If Brexit does continue to dominate our politics…
Legal Status of the Referendum
Legally it was advisory. But it was an offer of contract, which was accepted and acted upon by the electorate, breach of which will lead to serious consequences if the imbeciles in Parliament thwart Brexit. Furthermore, although the people have historically been satisfied that “Parliament decides” is an acceptable way of doing things, since the…
The Secret Brexit People
They have given us into the hand of new unhappy lords,Lords without anger or honour, who dare not carry their swords.They fight by shuffling papers; they have bright dead alien eyes;They look at our labour and laughter as a tired man looks at flies.And the load of their loveless pity is worse than the ancient…