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You can get anything delivered these days (see below) Obviously, the Brexit Protocol has no direct everyday or economic effect on GB.  Its only function in a GB context is as a handy flashpoint theoretical sovereignty issue which enables Ms. Truss to burnish her nationalist and anti-EU credentials for the purist Brexit peanut gallery.  However,Continue reading "Truss to the rescue"

Liberal whites tend to suffer from inverted racism. They assume that all black and Asian people must be right-on (or "woke", as the incurably derivative would put it nowadays), and even lapse into disappointment when they're not. This is often a very naive and patronising white assumption. I remember being at dinner in a SriContinue reading "Britain’s AG has a point to prove"

In the run-up to the 2016 Brexit vote, the Brexiters, realising that they were losing the economic argument badly, played the racist card heavily. It worked. Elderly people in my village asked me about "when the Turks were coming": The Turkey scare story, was, of course, a lie - Turkey is not a member ofContinue reading "The Great Brexit Immigration U-Turn: vote Brexit for more immigrants!"

A hero of Brexit, apparently The pint is back!  The nasty pint-banning EU has been defeated, and all is well in Brexit land!  See the predictable headlines: In 2013, an OECD Report found that, in Britain, literacy and numeracy was much higher in the 55-64 age group than it was in the 16-24 age group. Continue reading "“A pint of lies, mate, whatever you’re having yourself”"

An old fave It’s relatively easy to find serious artists, or frivolous ones. I appreciate art which holds both aspects in suspension, without becoming fully either.  That duality is very hard to find. Tom Waits has it, of course.  However, posibly the foremost exponent of rock music which combined silliness and depth in that wayContinue reading "The Cramps"

As a driver, you are piloting a large hunk of metal, weighing between 1.5 and 2.5 tonnes, at speeds potentially in excess of that of a 9mm bullet, What about taking your eyes off the road for "just a second"? A second isn't long, no harm done, surely? Well, chew on this - at 60mph,Continue reading "Candy Crash"

Leading hardline Brexiter, Lord Nigel Dodds, out doing his bit for cross-community harmony Here, on planet earth, the head of N. Ireland's biggest pharma company reports on how his company is doing well out of the "hated" Brexit Protocol: “Having spend four years preparing for Brexit, we're finding the Protocol is pretty effective for us.Continue reading "Nigel Dodds has nothing to offer but violence"

UK emergency negotiating equipment A UK Brexit Minister is over in the US, signalling desperation. She said: "Want the prospect of a best-in-class deal on agriculture? Think you will get that from the EU?" See article <here>. What an odd mix of desperation and arrogance. Allow me to translate: "By "best-in-class" I mean that weContinue reading "Beggars must be choosers"

AirTag is a tracking device developed by Apple. It's designed to act as a key finder, helping people find personal objects. According to Apple: "AirTag is a super-easy way to keep track of your stuff. Attach one to your keys, slip another in your backpack. And just like that, they’re on your radar in theContinue reading "Apple – good for car thieves"