by Chris Rogers | 22 Dec 2016 | Politics
Let’s be honest. 2016 hasn’t been a banner year for the Westminster bubble when it comes to communicating with the rest of the world. What have we seen? Well, for starters, there were the campaigns to Remain and Leave the EU. One became known as Project Fear, and the...
by Chris Rogers | 9 Dec 2016 | European Union, Politics
Supreme Court shenanigans All eyes were on the Supreme Court this week, as Britain’s 11 most senior judges heard the Government’s appeal against the High Court ruling that MPs must be consulted before article 50 is triggered. While outside the court protestors – on...
by Chris Rogers | 2 Dec 2016 | European Union
Softening up? In comments that came as something of a bolt from the blue, Brexit Secretary David Davis admitted this week that the UK could pay for continued access to the Single Market even after leaving the European Union. Mr Davis contextualised his thoughts as an...
by Chris Rogers | 26 Nov 2016 | European Union, Politics
Heads have rolled, quite literally, in the past when unelected and unaccountable elites have positioned themselves as the opponents of the will of the people. The British Constitution, though unwritten, is finely balanced and risks being seriously distorted by the...
by Chris Rogers | 26 Nov 2016 | Uncategorized
What a pickle the Brexiteers find themselves in since the High Court ruled that Parliament must have a say on the triggering of Article 50. Having spent the past forty years campaigning for the restoration, in their words, of Parliamentary sovereignty, they have now...
