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Brexit: The final countdown. Maybe.
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
Brexit: d’Hondt leave me this way
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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Tagged Article 50, Brexit, Confirmatory public vote, Eton College, Heidi Allen, People's Vote, Second referendum
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ET claim/case numbers: the new normal?
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
From here to Brexternity
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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Tagged Article 50, Brexit, Meaningful Vote, People's Assembly, People's Vote, Plan B
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Brexit: WHEN will it all end? HOW will it all end?
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
Brexit: Nothing (much) has changed!
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
Brexit: Nothing has changed!
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
