Politicians generally don’t give much thought to risks and risk management. After all, risks are part of the downside of their policies (or ‘bright ideas’) and they try to airbrush or spin them out of the narrative. Whilst risks and […]
During last year’s referendum campaign, one helpful piece of advice we were given was to make sure we made a differentiation between “Europe” and “the European Union”. My experience was typical inasmuch as our opponents – deliberately, so it seemed […]
When anyone says they want “a deep and special relationship” you know they are only looking at their side of negotiations and are oblivious of the other side’s position. The EU isn’t in a position to give us such a […]
This interesting speech about David Cameron was given by Sir Ivan Rogers, the former UK permanent Representative to the EU. at Hertford College, Oxford, on 25th November. It is a long article, some 18 pages long, and even though the […]
This letter was sent by our Chairman, Edward Spalton, to the Scottish Daily Record in response to an article which appeared in the paper on 27th November. Sir, ( I was visiting, so chanced to read your article “Dublin Down” […]
A number of our members and supporters have been in touch after signing the petition to stop the Common Fisheries Policy being adopted into UK law post-Brexit. They have received a reply from the government e-petitions site which includes the […]
