Why we’re in a hurry
History seems to develop in sudden bursts (the punctuated equilibrium theory) – nothing happens for decades, and suddenly everything changes
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Author: thomas
The leaked paper: What will Scotland do?
The Home Office’s leaked paper on EU citizens was sadly rather predictable. They clearly want to deal with EU citizens
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Ceterum censeo Caledoniam esse independentem
Everybody seems to be delighted by the Scottish Government’s legislative programme, which Nicola Sturgeon announced today. I’m not happy, though.
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The road to EU membership
How do countries join the EU? I’ve noticed a lot of confusion about this. In particular, there seems to be
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Entering the Brexit endgame
Rational people (including most Remainers) have been assuming that the UK and the EU of course would negotiate a reasonable
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No more referendums?
I believe Brexit is going to such an epic disaster that stopping it is much more urgent than achieving Scottish
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The UK cannot move for embarrassment
Rafael Behr had a rather interesting wee article in The Guardian recently, but I fear many might have ignored it
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