thomas

I stand with Catalonia

29/09/2017 thomas 2 Comments

Catalonia will hold its independence referendum on Sunday. It’s currently uncertain exactly how it will happen, but it seems clear

26/09/2017 thomas 3 Comments

Pete Wishart has written an article in The National today, which rather puzzled me. In it he writes this: Brexit

16/09/2017 thomas 0 Comments

History seems to develop in sudden bursts (the punctuated equilibrium theory) – nothing happens for decades, and suddenly everything changes

06/09/201706/09/2017 thomas 5 Comments

The Home Office’s leaked paper on EU citizens was sadly rather predictable. They clearly want to deal with EU citizens

05/09/2017 thomas 2 Comments

Everybody seems to be delighted by the Scottish Government’s legislative programme, which Nicola Sturgeon announced today. I’m not happy, though.

01/09/2017 thomas 1 Comment

How do countries join the EU? I’ve noticed a lot of confusion about this. In particular, there seems to be

31/08/2017 thomas 3 Comments

Rational people (including most Remainers) have been assuming that the UK and the EU of course would negotiate a reasonable