Why are we so green?

Why are we so green?

Green isn’t always positive. If you are so green you would make a cabbage blush; it means you are naive at best, ignorant and thoughtless at worst. That seems pretty much to be us, the voters. If we had taken proper care to safeguard the short lived Green...
Towards the last post?

Towards the last post?

Next week, we may see a five-day Post Office strike in the 300 Crown Offices which are mainly in city and town high streets. It’s maximally inconvenient and will be grim if it happens. Cue huge amounts of spluttering from government spokespeople, and...
All Hail Wallonia!

All Hail Wallonia!

The decision by the Wallonia regional government to refuse to sign up to CETA has been greeted by a fascinating set of reactions. They range from ‘hooray, it’s David and Goliath’ to ‘obscure region blocks necessary trade deal for socialistic...
The most important thing

The most important thing

Sometimes things are clear but we feel as if we can’t do much about them. And sometimes things become clear and it is evident that we can do something about them. We’re in that position with the role of Parliament in the negotiations to leave the European...
What I did on my holidays

What I did on my holidays

Travelling in Europe now has a new extension to the social interactions we are used to. As well as the ill-pronounced phrases of delight at the wine/vistas/frescoes/accommodation of whichever more civilised country we happen to be in, there’s now a new pantomime...