Author Archives: Robert Henderson

How England subsidises the Celtic Fringe

Posted on April 18, 2020

Robert Henderson  Population estimates – Office for National Statistics https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04033/ Public spending by country and region  Published Friday, December 13, 2019 Philip Brien This note provides information on levels of public spending per head in the countries and regions of the … Continue reading →

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Escaping the  European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019.

Posted on October 18, 2019

Robert  Henderson   The EU may  have  overreached themselves.  On  9th October the president of  the European parliament David Sassoli  suggested  that a n extension  under Article 50 should only be granted if  either a General Election  or  a second referendum  is  held during … Continue reading →

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Slaying some Brexit Monsters

Posted on August 28, 2019

Slaying some Brexit Monsters Robert Henderson The island of Ireland   Throughput the Brexit negotiations about  Ireland  ‘s position, both north  and south, the Irish tail has been wagging the British  dog.  This is both ridiculous and dangerous.  At best … Continue reading →

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Is Boris Johnson walking into an EU trap?

Posted on August 20, 2019

Robert Henderson The Daily Telegraph reports (3oth July) that Boris Johnson has said that the UK could stay in the customs union and single market for another two years.   This is potentially fatal for a true  Brexit. Consider what Johnson … Continue reading →

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Adapting to different forms of cricket

Posted on July 30, 2019

The modern complaints about the difficulty of adapting to different forms of cricket does not stand up. Cricketers have had to adjust far more dramatically in the past, for example, in 1973 county cricketers had to play 20 Championship matches … Continue reading →

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Stand fast must be the order of the day for Leavers

Posted on March 27, 2019

Robert Henderson “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which” .(The last sentence of  Orwell’s Animal Farm ) This … Continue reading →

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Speaker Bercow  may have  radically changed the rules of the Brexit game

Posted on March 20, 2019

Robert Henderson Recently there has been a sense of resignation in the leave camp, a  feeling that we  were at the mercy of  our treacherous remainer politicians who appeared to hold all the best  cards because of their domination of … Continue reading →

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