“European Flag” (CC BY 2.0) by rockcohen It’s a question that many Britons have been asking themselves ever since 52% of the people voted to leave the European Union in the referendum held over there on June 23rd 2016. Now, a year later, negotiations have begun between the UK Government and the 27 member states of the EU […]
The absurdly exaggerated reaction to the British vote to leave the European Union demonstrates the complacency and incompetence of the governing elites in Britain and Western Europe, and how those attitudes rippled out, unchallenged, in the international media and financial markets. There is some analogy with the comeuppance given the American political class by the […]
CFN – All of the usual responses quickly occurred after the Scottish referendum last week: The defeated separatists, although their leader announced his retirement from politics, claimed that they represented the forces of history and that having got from a standing start to 45% on their first try, they would cross the finish line next […]