‘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…
Brexit- Getting Down to Brass Tacks!
There is currently much talk of ‘hard-Brexit’ verses ‘soft-Brexit’, and with the Conservatives not getting an overall Commons majority in the general election, the talk is all about: how Theresa May wanted a hard-Brexit; how the result of the general election signals that the British people don’t want a hard-Brexit; and how so many in the Tory camp will revolt if Theresa May sticks to her guns and tries to negotiate a hard-Brexit. The truth…