In, out – the EU Hokey Cokey

On 30th September 1938, the British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, gave an impromptu press conference on his return to London from negotiations on mainland Europe.  He hailed his negotiated settlement as a success for Europe, declaring it to be “Peace for our time”.  Rarely has a Prime Minister offered such a hostage to fortune and…

You read it here first

Back in June 2015, The Mumbler offered a suggestion in Be Careful What You Wish For that far from resolving the problem that many see of immigration, a withdrawal from the EU could exacerbate the problems.  If Brexit lead to the French abandoning the Le Touquet Treaty, then British border control would move from Calais and Dunkirk…

Re-arranging the deck chairs

On 14th April 1912, in the North Atlantic, RMS Titanic was carrying over two thousand people from Southampton to New York on her maiden voyage.  Some of the passengers were being transported in the highest level of luxury possible, others were being treated like livestock. Just before midnight she hit a large iceberg and sank.  One thousand…

Be careful what you wish for

Two weeks ago, when David Cameron was making it clear to the press that he would be expecting the Ministers of his Cabinet to vote in favour of staying in the Europe Union, and then making it clear that he had said the complete opposite, Sir Edward Leigh was interviewed by the BBC and stated…

Why the politicians lie about immigration

In the 12th Century a Norman author wrote a story about an Anglo-Saxon King, which later became a myth.  The story was that of King Canute seeking to show his courtiers that the power of a King was as nothing when compared to the power of God.  He sought to prove this by sitting on…

On yer bike – a Tory Connundrum

In 1981, the United Kingdom was in the depths of an economic recession.  The Government of Margaret Thatcher was on the point of abandoning its economic experiment in monetarism, but not before it had crushed the life out of the Country’s  industrial base. Unemployment passed the three million mark and whole communities were devastated.  The…