Seems everywhere you look at the minute, it's all about finding ever more creative and outlandish ways to try and thwart Brexit. Today, of course, it's Labour pumping up their Conference with threats to vote down any deal that amounts…
The ritual humiliation of the UK and its Brexit negotiations continued last week with the Salzburg meeting. Well over two years have passed since the UK Government was given a clear mandate to extricate the UK from the European Union,…
This article was originally published on the Prospect Magazine website. We’ve had the vote and it’s been ratified in parliament. A rerun would be untenable—and risky for both businesses and the public sector. My erstwhile colleague, Nigel Farage MEP, has said…
I am fortunate in having a number of close colleagues outside the European Union and they give some interesting insights on our current debates in the EU and the Parliament over Brexit and the future. I found particular common ground with…
The debate on Security continues, heightened by the latest Brussels attacks so soon after Paris. One can only feel compassion for the Brussels attack victims, as one did for the Paris victims. As Lord Reid said in a TV interview,…
I recently carried out an analysis of David Cameron’s letter to Donald Tusk (see here). There are now further developments, which have been reported by Reuters, the highly-acclaimed News Agency. Reuter says that: “European Union leaders are not only unlikely to reach…
“Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country”. These are the immortal words spoken by former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and I make no apology for using them given how pertinent they are…
I had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Nigel Farage UKIP leader and Ray Finch MEP in Margate to launch the Say No to the EU tour. The venue, The Winter Gardens, didn't even have standing room available on the night as…