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Isolation Day 2 – is it over yet?
Took the opportunity of darkness to bury my hand sanitizer in the garden. Nobody else is getting it. Plotted the location, saved it in a file, encrypted the file with a 24 character password. Heard my neighbour out with a … Continue reading
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Isolation Day 1 – 100 days of toilet paper
Day 1 of isolation, I was supposed to go to the dentist but new guidance means I am considered potentially infected so I am not allowed to be treated. As of next week I will probably be advised to self-isolate … Continue reading
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Carbon footprint 2020
I started working out my carbon footprint for next year to see if it could be reduced. It was an interesting exercise. There are a lot of things I can’t change quickly – for example my electricity tariff lasts till … Continue reading
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Post factual faith based politics
I started to look through some of the “unexpected” votes recently. One thing that strikes me is that there seems to be a real pressure for change where the votes have taken place. The other thing is that the votes … Continue reading
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Getting on with Brexit
So here we are, heading to Brexit, then the court says – wrong way, then there is an appeal, then the people look set to march on the courts. I wrote to the cabinet office before the referendum because I … Continue reading
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Self preservation
Just picture this. You are the director of the FBI. A couple of weeks before the presidential election and the polls are showing that is the current trends continue there will be a clear win for Donald Trump (personally I … Continue reading
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Why do we need to wait for a vote in parliament for Brexit?
There is a legal challenge going on at the moment over Brexit. I have no doubt this is partly to do with people trying to delay Brexit. And others see it as a bunch of poor losers trying to stop … Continue reading
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What is this European Union that we are leaving?
Okay, lets start this one by looking at the legal definition. We start with the European Union Referendum Act 2015, which says: A referendum is to be held on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union. … Continue reading
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Brexit is easy – just repeal one act…
Thanks to Graham Smith for pushing me into writing this one. So we will have Brexit. It’s easy – we just repeal the European Communities Act and it’s done. Well, maybe it isn’t that easy. A couple of examples to … Continue reading
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Brexit hold-em poker
You hear the news – no informal negotiations before Article 50 is triggered. Wonder why? Well this is just like a game of poker with bluffs and double bluffs. The EU is sitting across the table from us and trying … Continue reading
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