Category Archives: Nationhood

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

Posted on October 18, 2019 by Robert Henderson

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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Is Boris Johnson walking into an EU trap?

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Robert Henderson

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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Stand fast must be the order of the day for Leavers

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Robert Henderson

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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Brexit: an object lesson in elite betrayal

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson On 15  January Theresa May suffered the  greatest defeat of any British Prime Minister  when she put the draft deal she has  struck with the EU to a vote in the House of Commons. The deal was  rejected … Continue reading →

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The Bruges Group meeting 28 March 2018 – Too many loose ends remain untied

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Robert Henderson

 Robert Henderson    There was a healthy attendance for the first meeting of 2018 The speakers were John  Redwood and the economist and journalist   Liam Halligan.  They were both good value judged purely as speakers but I ‘m afraid Redwood … Continue reading →

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Don’t listen to the ” keep Theresa May at all costs ” Brexit siren voices 

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson    There are plenty of voices saying stick with Theresa May because that is the best hope of achieving Brexit. This goes against all the evidence about her  intentions that we already have from her behaviour over the … Continue reading →

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The logic of Brexit

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson Remainer  determination to subvert Brexit  is shamelessly alive and kicking. Since the referendum on 23rd June 2016 those who voted to remain in the EU have given a ceaseless display of antidemocratic and profoundly dishonest  behaviour in their … Continue reading →

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Brexit and surviving Mrs Maybe

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson The shamelessly   anti-democratic remainers are queuing up to cheat the British electorate of Brexit. Those in the media and the likes of Gina Miller  shriek that a hard Brexit is dead and it is already  reported that remainer … Continue reading →

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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland spending much more on public services than they collect in tax

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson The Office for National Statistics (ONS)  has produced  its first regional analysis of UK  public spending  and tax collected. The ONS describes the statistics as experimental and their  methodology can be found here at the beginning of the … Continue reading →

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What would be the effects  of a radical reduction in immigration to the UK?

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson Ukip has embraced a nil  net  immigration policy based on a one in one out to leave the population unchanged by immigration. In the year ending Sept 2016   596,000 people came to the UK  and 323,000 left giving … Continue reading →

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