This is all true, you could add that the UK news media delights in
spreading lies, it does it purely for the lulz.
But... In 2016 only political lunatics had strong opinions one way or
another on the EU, and nobody here thought that there would be any
significant change whatever the result of the
On 16 Oct 2018, at 9:54, James Wallbank wrote:
Well, quite clearly I'm beginning to sound like a member of the
tinfoil hat brigade - but seriously, the level of democratic failure
and delusional thinking at the highest levels of governance are hard
to explain in other ways.
I agree with your
Dear Ian,
thanks for posting this.
I do think there are some carefully choreographed theatrics involved in this
depressing circus.
And there is a going to be quite a lot of calculation (possibly agreed by both
the EU and the UK civil
servants) that a dramatic last minute battle that goes down
Hi David, Hi All,
I've been a continual participant in online discussion of the national
insanity that is Brexit, and have come to a few conclusions. For those
of you not based in the UK, the whole debate and internal conflict may
appear utterly incomprehensible - but I believe it has brought
Dear David/all.
I have never posted here before (but long been a lurker!), however this
thread on Brexit presents an opportunity to share a recent twitter thread
on Brexit, which I came to indirectly via social media. As far as I am
aware, the author of the following twitter posts is a well-known
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
(W.B. Yates.. The Second Coming)
Its a critical juncture in a very very complex moment of a 4 dimensional
chess that the UK pretends to be playing with an opponent, but is
actually playing with itself (in every sens