Boris Johnson’s ‘managed no deal’ is a myth and he will have to find the stomach to swallow the withdrawal agreement
BBC’s Radio 4 morning news Today programme has regularly interviewed British and EU politicians about the possibility or likelihood that the EU will at the last moment blink and make radical concessions to the UK demands on Brexit. This illusion seems to be based on a stereotypical view that EU summits, particularly fisheries and CAP […]
How can we believe the United States’s claim that Iran attacked Japanese and Norwegian oil tankers in the Straits of Hormuz last week?
Mike Pompeo formally blamed the explosions on two tankers – one Japanese, one Norwegian – in the Straits of Hormuz on the Iranians. Are we to believe him? The US released video footage of what they say was an Iranian naval boat recovering an un-exploded limpet mine from the side of one of the tankers. […]
A Brexit-touting trump is no friend to Ireland or the EU
North America and Europe should see each other as friendly and supportive regional partner economies. Culturally the two regions have common roots and a conflict between them is unthinkable. The North Atlantic regional economic zone is and will remain the dominant economic force in world affairs. That was not always so. Normandy in 1944 was […]
Trump wants a war to make 2020 a khaki election
We have many reasons to be very worried in May 2019. There is every reason this weekend to fear that a phalanx, including Trump, Netanyahu, Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman, Jared Kushner, John Bolton and Mike Pompeo, is plotting a war against Iran. The pretext for this war is – wait for it – secret […]
We should be very, very worried about the consequences of a no-deal Brexit
Donald Trump will shortly arrive in Europe to commemorate the D Day landings in June 1944. As part of his European tour, it is likely that he will meet Theresa May, the rapidly disappearing Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In addition, he will meet Taoiseach Leo Varadkar somewhere in Clare. The Houses of the […]
There was no Green wave – prosperity, jobs and housing will dictate the next election
Let’s get a grip on political reality. The results of the local and European elections are really not that surprising. There was a low turnout by voters. These elections, held every five years, tell us very little. They will change very little. The Irish vote will not affect the EU very much, if at all. […]