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."
29 July 2020 - 10:01
It Only Took Two Days for Seattle’s “Autonomous Zone” to Descend into Chaos…
"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…"
12 June 2020 - 08:39
Scarlett Spencer: Das Ende?
"With our departure, the European Union has lost of its biggest contributors to its budget and no one is willing to foot the bill."
1 June 2020 - 17:08
Gwythian Prins and Sir Richard Dearlove: Satellites in a Two-Year Political Orbit
"... it is not the business of civil servants ... to challenge settled decisions, most especially not a decision with such explicit Prime Ministerial imprimatur."
12 May 2020 - 07:33
Yemen Ceasefire Between Houthis and Saudi-Backed Forces Takes New Turn
"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."
7 May 2020 - 10:21
John Douce: Why the European Union’s COVID-19 Response Is Ineffective
"... where Chinese investors have been gradually but steadily acquiring Italian businesses, immigrant labourers from China make up the bulk of the workforce."
28 April 2020 - 00:48
Coronavirus Color-Revolution: California Declares Nation Statehood as Trump Moves to Quell ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’
"... 25% of Americans would like their state to secede from the United States peacefully."
24 April 2020 - 20:48
A Few Words on Roles and Limitations…
"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."
23 April 2020 - 07:34
Anna Bailey: Turning a Crisis into a Calamity – the EU’s Coronavirus Failure
"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."
16 April 2020 - 17:12
Report: Twenty-Eight Million U.S. Mail Ballots Went Missing in the Past Decade
More than two million ballots were also sent to the wrong address.
14 April 2020 - 15:06
Why We Need a Quick Exit from EU Legislation
"...this decision shows the unfortunate tendency of EU law to judicialise questions that should not be judicialised..."
2 April 2020 - 13:48
Covid-19 Shatters the Facade of European Union
"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."
20 March 2020 - 14:31
What’s Wrong with the European Arrest Warrant and the European Court of Human Rights
"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. "
7 March 2020 - 10:48
Greater Idaho? Conservatives in Oregon Want Twenty-Two Rural Counties to Secede and Become Part of Idaho
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”…"
19 February 2020 - 22:48
The Imperial Court across the Sea: Why Those on the Left Who Long to Rejoin the EU Will Be Conveniently Ignoring the Court of Justice
"The Court of Justice has repeatedly shown its contempt for democracy."
18 February 2020 - 16:48
Simon Cowan: Brexit Lessons
"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."
15 February 2020 - 04:48
Bill Blain: Markets, the Coronavirus and Ireland
"What are the implications for the UK and Ireland of Sinn Fein’s gains in the Irish elections?"
11 February 2020 - 16:48
Gibraltar Leaves the Sinking EU Ship
"I asked Maria if she would speak to the Russians."
3 February 2020 - 19:48
Tom Luongo: On Brexit Day, the Times They Are a’Changing
"The European Union just lost its first major battle against the people it rules with a disdainful technocratic fist."
1 February 2020 - 22:48
Flynn’s Guilty Plea Reversal Signals a Very Different Trump Second Term
"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."
20 January 2020 - 19:48
Equivalence for Fish? Err, That’s Not a Deal
"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?"
20 January 2020 - 14:48
If Trump Is Removed, Will the Speaker of the House Not Be the Sovereign?
"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."
20 January 2020 - 04:48
Brexit Done, Bar the Shouting?
"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."
14 January 2020 - 22:48