The Special Relationship
Today Theresa May becomes the first sovereign leader to visit the newly anointed President, Donald Trump. On the surface, the two leaders could hardly be more different. Theresa May became…
Flip-flops at the ready for Brexit
For all the claims about monumental shifts in the way Britain would operate and reshape itself in the post-Brexit world, the country does not seem to be changing in the…
The Post Truth of the Situation
Selfie, vape and ……post-truth politics – the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year competition definitely took a turn away from their recent winners, including an emoji, to feature a phrase…
Ready, steady, Brexit
So according to the memo leaked to The Times, Theresa May’s Government have not yet formulated any strategy for Brexit, have no real idea what they are doing (despite having…
The Irish Problem
How do you solve a problem like the Irish Border after Brexit? It would appear that Theresa May and possibly Enda Kenny have some idea because, according to the Taoiseach,…
The EU Referendum: The logic behind the negativity
With a near constant stream of doomsday prophecies of life outside the EU, the ‘remain’ campaign has definitely earned the moniker 'project fear'. From the Treasury’s prediction that households will…
The issue that never dies
The Conservatives have always been divided when it comes to Europe. More than any other issue, membership of the EU has driven a chasm through the party time and time…