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About wonkypolicywonk

Wonkypolicywonk is a recovering policy minion, assigned wonky at birth.

Brexit: a progress report to the EU27

Posted on June 7, 2019 by wonkypolicywonk

Back in April, when the EU27 agreed to grant the UK another six and a bit months to decide what Brexit means, they wisely thought it prudent to use their regular Council meeting on 20-21 June to take a rain-check … Continue reading →

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Brexit: Remainers have a credibility problem

Posted on May 29, 2019 by wonkypolicywonk

Earlier this week, while walking the stage of the Thames Path from Windsor to Marlow, my bestie Jane and I trudged through Maidenhead, the constituency of our soon-to-be-former Prime Minister. We didn’t see Theresa May, but we did agree that Maidenhead … Continue reading →

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Brexit: the People’s Dilemma

Posted on May 15, 2019 by wonkypolicywonk

So, MPs are busy piddling away another four days of the precious little time they have left to at least get started on ‘sorting’ Brexit before the EU27 take a rain-check on the Hallowe’en Article 50 extension at their Council meeting … Continue reading →

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Brexit: The final countdown. Maybe.

Posted on May 3, 2019 by wonkypolicywonk

So, the local elections are done and dusted, and we move onto the next of this year’s psephological treats: the European Parliament elections on 23 May. Apparently, the trouncing of the pro-Brexit Tories and UKIP, a disappointing night for the … Continue reading →

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Brexit: d’Hondt leave me this way

Posted on April 30, 2019 by wonkypolicywonk

A couple of weeks ago, while walking the section of the Thames Path from Chertsey to Windsor, my bestie Jane and I found ourselves gazing towards Windsor Castle across the playing fields of Eton. The playing fields on which, according … Continue reading →

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ET claim/case numbers: the new normal?

Posted on March 16, 2019 by wonkypolicywonk

Nine months ago, in June 2018, I noted on this blog that Employment Tribunal (ET) claim/case numbers had still not settled at a new, post-ET fees normal. Having seemingly stabilised in Quarter 3 of 2017/18, the numbers had then increased … Continue reading →

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From here to Brexternity

Posted on January 24, 2019 by wonkypolicywonk

So, we’ve had one Meaningful Vote, and next Tuesday we will have another. Which begs the question: How many bloody Meaningful Votes do there have to be before anything meaningful happens? Because Theresa May’s defeat in what future historians will … Continue reading →

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Brexit: WHEN will it all end? HOW will it all end?

Posted on January 3, 2019 by wonkypolicywonk

So, the xmas break is over, and in Parliament the Brexit bullshit is about to start all over again – with knobs on. For my sins, I work in Parliament and, if I had a penny for everyone who asked … Continue reading →

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Brexit: Nothing (much) has changed!

Posted on November 20, 2018 by wonkypolicywonk

So, another month has passed, and my rash prediction of the outcome of the UK’s tortuously bungled negotiations with the EU27 is just about still in the race. Last month on this blog, I concluded that “while anything could still … Continue reading →

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Brexit: Nothing has changed!

Posted on October 23, 2018 by wonkypolicywonk

Another Monday, another oral ministerial statement to MPs on progress (or not) in the Brexit negotiations. Two weeks ago, following the somewhat less than triumphant informal EU summit in Salzburg, the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, Dominic Raab, … Continue reading →

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