Fist with pen illustration by CHema Skandal!
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
This week I welcomed Matthew Alford to discuss all things Brexit. We kicked off the show by talking about Boris Johnson’s rise to power. Matt talked about Johnson’s public persona as an “inbred upperclass twit,” and how this has shaped his political career. Next, we dove head first into the ongoing drama of Brexit. Matt […]
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the Irish economy and Brexit represents threat to Ireland’s economic business model.
If the UK leaves the EU with a no-deal Brexit, London, according to The Scotsman online, will be able to repatriate all the turnover of multinationals that is currently re-routed to Ireland and tax it at the UK rates.
The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss how the UK appears to be willing to make concessions to its plans for the Northern Ireland border after Brexit.
This follows a meeting last week at a country house in the north-west of England, between Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar, where the two leaders agreed that there is a “pathway to a possible Brexit deal.”
Today I was walking toward the restaurant where I always take luncheon on Tuesdays. I passed the Cafe Imperio in the same street. Since I was thinking about a talk I am to give in Macau the term “empire” crossed my mind more than once. The sign of the Cafe Imperio also said it was founded in 1973. Well, I thought, did the owners imagine that a year later there would be nothing left of the Portuguese empire? In 1974 the Salazar/Caetano regime was overthrown after more than 40 years. The last pretense that the empire was, in the French sense, Portugal overseas was abandoned.
Submitted by George Callaghan…
One New Year’s Day 1801 Ireland and Great Britain merged to form a single realm. The United Kingdom was created because two parliaments had voted to amalgamate the two islands into a single state. Not everyone in Ireland approved of the Act of Union. However, for decades there was no violence in relation to this.
When you get right down to it, the big deal breaker between the Brexiteers and the EU is Ireland, and more specifically – that thing called the ‘backstop’. If you want a basic explanation of what the backstop is, you can visit this web page. But dig a little deeper, and you will find some very sensitive and fundamental issues at play which are yet to be addressed.
Submitted by George Callaghan…
Brexit is happening. Where does this leave the Republic of Ireland? It will leave us as the only EU member state bordering the United Kingdom. It looks like there will be no trade agreement between the EU and UK. The United Kingdom is the biggest single trade partner of Eire.
For divers reasons rejoining the UK is the right answer. Not least it would solve the trade issue. It would enhance our security. It would bring us under the NATO umbrella.
In Part I of this series, we gave our readers access to a fascinating interview given by Ben Shapiro and Piers Morgan on August 18th, 2019. Piers gives a fascinating and honest assessment of what has become of liberalism, while yet retaining his identity as a liberal. In this second part, we will offer the significant timestamps and points or topics addressed and some summary analysis.
The BBC World Service took its listeners to the English cathedral town of Ely, set in picturesque Cambridgeshire, during the course of a hot July 23 in an effort to take the pulse of the country. Well, at least that particular, erratic pulse. It found, for the most part, a certain enthusiasm for Boris Johnson, the fop-haired, bumbling wonder of the Conservatives, a quite literally inventive journalist, former magazine editor and Mayor of London who has become the new prime minister of Britain.
