Tag: brexit
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A poem for Brexit
Who is in charge of the Brexit train?The logistics creak, and the ferries strain.Ten minutes behind at Dover. Yes!And we’re twenty now to the bad—no less!At every mile we a minute must gain!Who is in charge of the Brexit train? Why, ego and hubris, as a matter of course!You may talk of iron, and prate of force;But,…
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a-Fisking we shall go – Captain Corelli’s Maudlin Rambling in the FT
So Louis Smart, or as he likes to call himself, Louis de Berniers, author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, has a rambling load of illconstructed reminisce as to why he voted to leave, in the FT. Its a doozy Link here ; and a fisk below the line.
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Thinking about hard borders post brexit
As we move closer and closer to the purported Brexit end game, although never quite getting there like the paradox of Zeno, the pressure mounts on Ireland to save the brexiteers blushes. Not just the UK media but elements within the Irish media have begun to mutter and muse on whether we should not perhaps,…
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a-Fisking we shall go : Ray “Bertie” Basset in the S*n
Every now and again, to remind us that there are worse comentators than Andrew Lillico, Ray “Bertie” Basset opines in some English newspaper. Today’s screed is from the S*n . No, I wont link to it. Google it. Herewith a fisk,
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a-fisking we shall go. Liam Halligan in The Spectator
So, Liam is at it again. Sigh…. Maybe sales of the aul book are flagging coming up to Xmas?
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a-Fisking we shall go – Ray Bassett in the Belfast Newsletter
Good old Ray. He keeps the IREXIT pot stirred, even when its boiled dry. Below, a fisking of his latest brexity irexity musings in the Belfast Newsletter.
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a-Fisking we shall go: Jonathan Stanley in Think Scotland
Sometimes an article so boneheadedly wrong appears one has to take an hour or so to see if its a mistake, pisstake or real. Thus it is with this risible piece of nonsense in Think Scotland (please do….)
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a-Fisking we shall go – Hugh Bennett in Brexit Central, again!.
Hugh Bennett (@hughrbennett) is the gift that keeps on giving. A rambling piece, devoid, nay utterly ignorant, of history and full of nonsequiturs and misdirection, his latest in BrexitCentral is a hodgepodge of jejune attempts at debating legerdemain, historical inaccuracies and whataboutery. So, standard Brexit stuff really Read on. For an alternative, just as cutting,…
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a-Fisking we shall go : David Raynes in Conservative Woman
Boneheaded stupidity fisked. goodwill, and blockchain unicorns cannot solve the Ireland border no matter how hard the brexit bunch wish it.
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How badly hurt might Ireland be by a hard Brexit?
Another week, another report on the costs of a hard Brexit. Ireland, unlike the UK, has shown a willingness to engage in open and frank debate on Brexit costs. So, how much will it hurt? The report from Copenhagen Economics, on Brexit, was the latest in a series – the ESRI, the government, the EU-…