Brexit is a fantastic opportunity for the European Union, they just don’t realise it yet. Of all the countries in the EU, the UK has been holding it back. It didn’t join the Euro currency, and it didn’t join the Schengen area. It’s only still a member because it got in on the ground floor. …
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Brexit – Why I’m Marching
Warning: unedited stream of consciousness. Next Saturday, I’ll be attending a protest march in London. I know the government won’t listen, I know that nothing will change. Sometimes protests make change happen – not very often though. So why march? Well, there’s not much I can do to stop Brexit. My local MP defied Labour’s …
In defence of my rights
Our new government wants to take away our human rights. Well, specifically, they want to take away the Human Rights Act which allows us to prosecute breaches of the European Convention on Human Rights in this country. The main narrative for this is to “bring it home” and “stop the unelected judges in Strasbourg ruling …
I don’t like being called a Nazi
On Saturday, I joined a few (reports vary between ten and over twenty thousand) like-minded people on a stroll through London to let David Cameron know that we aren’t very happy. The reason is the Pope’s state visit to the UK. I’d been thinking about joining a protest since I found out about the visit …
I never realised this would become a political blog…
So, the British Nationalist Party managed to get on Question Time and almost the entire audience was wanting to ask questions about Nick Griffin’s nasty policies. I have to say that I think to anyone who sees the BNP as just another political party (whether or not they would actually vote for them), Griffin presented …
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