A New Vision for Scottish Independence
"For many of those on the fence, the problem with Scottish independence is that the SNP's vision of independence is the only game in town."
"For many of those on the fence, the problem with Scottish independence is that the SNP's vision of independence is the only game in town."
"Now that all the police are gone, it was just a matter of time before someone else took charge, and the person that has taken charge is a "heavily-armed" rapper named Raz Simone…"
"With our departure, the European Union has lost of its biggest contributors to its budget and no one is willing to foot the bill."
"... it is not the business of civil servants ... to challenge settled decisions, most especially not a decision with such explicit Prime Ministerial imprimatur."
"A breakaway faction ... wants independence for the South and to end the five-year war with the Saudis. But this might start an entirely new war in Yemen."
"... where Chinese investors have been gradually but steadily acquiring Italian businesses, immigrant labourers from China make up the bulk of the workforce."
"... 25% of Americans would like their state to secede from the United States peacefully."
"If the Commander-in-Chief says he has directed the US Navy to "shoot down and sink" Iranian vessels harassing our warships, that IS the ROE."
"Even Jacques Delors, the 94-year-old former European Commission president and architect of both the post-Maastricht EU and the euro, made a rare public intervention, warning that the lack of solidarity in the face of the virus posed a ‘mortal danger’ to the EU."
More than two million ballots were also sent to the wrong address.
"...this decision shows the unfortunate tendency of EU law to judicialise questions that should not be judicialised..."
"The dithering response by the EU and its belated nation-based reactions could turn out to be a fatal political incompetence with consequences of huge death toll and ruinous economic impact."
"Now that we are exiting the EU, the time has surely come when we should reform the terms of the EAW, or any extradition warrant, so that the receiving British court may examine the evidence already gathered against the suspect, assess it, and if it thinks it is manifestly insufficient, refuse the extradition request. "
There has also "been a lot of talk that rural countries in Virginia could try to secede and join West Virginia, and West Virginia’s governor Jim Justice has publicly said that he would welcome those counties “with open arms”…"
"The Court of Justice has repeatedly shown its contempt for democracy."
"The removal of power over one’s circumstances, together with the creation of ongoing financial dependence, is poisonous for a body politic. It saps motivation and breeds resentment."
"What are the implications for the UK and Ireland of Sinn Fein’s gains in the Irish elections?"
"I asked Maria if she would speak to the Russians."
"The European Union just lost its first major battle against the people it rules with a disdainful technocratic fist."
"But regardless, if you haven’t read either of them, forcing someone to provide false witness (against themself) is a big “no-no” in both the Bible and the U.S. Constitution and if Flynn is innocent then this is a major victory for the U.S. Justice System."
"We don’t allow the EU to sell oil and gas licences in our territorial waters so why would we treat fishing access any differently?"
"If they can do that, they will have succeeded in reverting the power structure within the federal government, reverting it to something much like the government of the Articles of Confederation."
"So, Boris Johnson has now won the election with a very comfortable majority ... Corbyn has lost decisively, and Jo Swinson was not even re-elected."