English politicians are prone to playing lip service to the unity of the United Kingdom.Theresa May even made sure she visited Northern Ireland on her whistle-stop one year until Brexit tour last week. May leads the Tory Party that is officially called the Conservative and Unionist Party.But how deep does this caring for Northern Ireland really go when it comes to … [Read more...] about England: goodbye to Northern Ireland, hello to Hard Brexit?
Poking Scotland in the eye on the EU
Back in 2012, prior to the Scottish Independence Referendum, I wrote a blog post entitled Answering how an independent Scotland would work in the EU is much more mundane than anyone seems to want to admit.While the title of that blog post remains true, the state of play on this issue has moved on – after Scotland did not vote for independence, but the UK did vote for … [Read more...] about Poking Scotland in the eye on the EU