Independence movements and Realpolitik
The current independence projects don’t seem to be going too well: The Kurds are losing huge areas to the Iraqi
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Author: thomas
Brexit: Choosing between the plague and cholera
“To choose between the plague and cholera” (“at vælge mellem pest og kolera”) is a Danish idiom, which basically expresses
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The infuriating – but necessary – European Union
The EU is not like the US, where the President and the federal administration are extremely powerful. The European Commission
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I stand with Catalonia
Catalonia will hold its independence referendum on Sunday. It’s currently uncertain exactly how it will happen, but it seems clear
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If you see disaster coming, it’s your duty to avert it
Pete Wishart has written an article in The National today, which rather puzzled me. In it he writes this: Brexit
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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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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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