This blog entry is in response to a blog post by a certain Doctor Andy Williamson, called 10 points to comsider about Brexit and the EU referendum (see http://www.andywilliamson.com/10-points-to-consider-about-brexit-and-the-eu-referendum/). A friend suggested that I might want to write a response, but it is tough to go over similar ground time and…
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I recently watched this interview between Yanis Varoufakis and Owen Jones and was once again struck by an-all-too-common mindset on the part of Varoufakis. https://www.facebook.com/theguardian/videos/10154112914426323/ I am so bored of this rather tiresome narrative and slur that those of us who value democracy and self-determination of nations are xenophobic, racist,…
This post is in response to a posting by a friend on social media. I find it shocking that people I know are very intelligent fall for this stuff—it is no better than stuff peddled by tabloids. The meme in question is below and I have responded to each numbered…
I can’t work out whether the SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon is deceiving Scottish people through ignorance or prejudice, because it must be one or the other. An independent Scotland which rejoined the EU would not have much greater control over its affairs, all the more so since it would lose all…
Last night’s Question Time made for depressing viewing, based on the exhibited level of public awareness around the European Union and fears over Brexit. The first example of stunning ignorance which jumped out was the audience member who once again parrotted the ‘three million jobs at risk if the UK leaves’…
It’s fairly obvious that those of us who oppose the EU (for political, not xenophobic reasons, before the tired old clichés are deployed) are likely to vote no in the upcoming EU referendum. But here’s why those who are passionate advocates of the EU should vote no too. Assuming those…
I’m writing this blog entry in respect to a Twitter exchange I’ve had. In the context of an exchange on Direct Democracy and Switzerland, it would appear that my correspondent has trawled the news for some ‘dirt’ on Switzerland and come up with a story on apartheid in Switzerland. The…
Apologies in advance for the strength in tone of this rant, but I’m absolutely gutted about the result in the referendum on AV and I know exactly whom to blame… the British electorate. We are offered a chance to make our voting system more representative and fairer and 70% of…