Regulatory Divergence

Since the EU referendum, it’s interesting that there still seems to be some reluctance to articulate what the benefits of leaving the EU are. Throughout the referendum, we were told that EU regulation strangles businesses yet there didn’t seem to be anyone...

Stop Mucking About

Well, that was funny. An election that went contrary to everything I predicted but has essentially left us in exactly the same position that we started from. The most important constitutional issue of a generation has reached a critical point and we are still none the...

Would a progressive alliance work?

Another day in an unwanted election campaign and another blog post. I’ve barely touched this blog in years and now I’m posting on consecutive days. I must have a fire in my belly, a fire for POLITICS (I haven’t). Since the election was announced I’ve seen lots of...

It’s an election

Give me an unexpected political event and I’ll give you a largely incoherent mass of political predictions that, more often than not, won’t come true. Whilst I say unexpected political events, many were predicting the General Election of 2017. I wasn’t. I was busy...

Brex-t Steps

Back to blogging not particularly well thought through ideas about the EU Referendum. It’s like the old days. The halcyon days of late Summer 2016  when it looked like the country was willing to sacrifice everything we have on a vague promise of a return to the...

Is there an ethical basis for ignoring the Brexit result?

I’m not proposing a middle class revolution but I do wonder if there is an ethical basis for ignoring the EU Referendum result. So that’s my question, is there? I’ve read many different blog posts setting out the potential legal hoops that might be brought into play...