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I am not claiming any great insight here (my cynicism is probably based on an Irish school education than anything else), but almost every blog I have written about Brexit

If Phil Hogan cares one jot about how the EU Commission and how its Commissioners are *perceived* in Ireland, he will resign. He showed scant regard for public health rules

If you’re complaining about woke leftists “cancelling” you when your political persuasion has an 80-seat majority and a 10-percentage point lead in the polls, when you are one of an

Why Member States not complying with Article 2 TEU values such as the rule of law is not just an issue of morality for those States and the EU, but

“Taking back control” was never about the British electorate or its representatives acquiring a greater say. “Sovereignty” was never about parliamentary sovereignty. Both were about gaming FPTP so that Rees/Mogg

/1 There seems to be a surprisingly high number of people (with strong feelings on the subject) who do not realise the UK has left the EU. Art 50 cannot

/1 Personal anecdote: my dad, who voted against Ireland joining the EEC in 1972 and against every EU treaty revision thereafter, confirmed to me during the week that he is