‘Car Crash Brexit’ – The New ‘Millenium Bug’
On 6th January 2000, after the turn of the millennium had come and gone without mishap, the Economist magazine reported that ‘Y2K’ had turned out to be ‘Y2OK’. Only weeks beforehand however, and for some years, there had been dire warnings of computer crashes, aircraft falling out of the sky, power stations exploding and a veritable apocalypse, so much so that Labour minister Margaret Beckett was appointed ‘Minister for the Millenium’ and so important was…
The Passion and Political Crucifixion of Mrs May
As Christmas draws near many among us who are Christians turn our thoughts to the birth of Christ, the story of the Nativity and beyond to Easter next year and the Passion, the story of the ordeal that Christ endured at the hands of the Romans, ending in his crucifixion on Mount Calvary, and it is this second story that has particular symbolism for we British at this time as we witness a passion play…
EU Referendum – Let’s Get Out While We Can!
Today David Cameron set out his reasons why Britain should remain within the European Union in a speech he made at the British Museum. His office released a full transcript of the speech and below I reproduce the main points of that speech together with my own rebuttals exposing the many flaws in his arguments: David Cameron began by rightly stating that the decision before the British people is a momentous one and one that…