Beyond Brexit… Conservative Apocalypse? A Risk Assessment for Conservative Constituencies. 08/06/201810/06/2018 Note 1: This article was first published in Country Squire Magazine on 8th June 2018. Note 2: Schedules 1 and 2 which are lists of Conservative MPs who have been…
Brexit… Lemmings in the Lords 06/05/2018 In the bleak tundra of the far north of Canada, Scandinavia and Russia, live a number of species of rodents which are very closely related to our more familiar voles.…
Balance of Trade… Brexit – will it lead us into an economic abyss? 19/08/2017 The past few months have seen the wailing and gnashing of teeth by those who voted Remain, reach some sort of crescendo. James Chapman, former Daily Mail political editor, director…
Brexit… IpsosMORI – we need to talk about your tiny sample size. 24/05/201624/05/2016 Summary and Conclusions The EU referendum on 23rd June is attracting a great deal of media attention. With it has come a continuous flurry of polls from the mainstream polling…
Balkans… The cost of EU expansion to UK taxpayers. 25/04/2016 1.0 - Preamble It is well known that the EU is constantly seeking to expand its boundaries beyond the original confines of Western Europe and into former Soviet Bloc eastern…
Brexit… The declining half-life of Osborne’s credibility. 19/04/2016 The half life of a radioactive element is defined as the time it takes for half of that substance to decay into another element. For example, half of any quantity…
Balance of Trade… Farmers, Risk and Brexit – Part 3 (Tariff barriers and who loses) 08/04/201608/04/2016 The analyses in Part 1 and 2 of this series looked at the total tonnage of livestock products and dairy that was traded with both the EU and Non-EU countries.…
Balance of Trade… Farmers, Risk and Brexit – Part 2 (Dairy) 06/04/201606/04/2016 In many ways, the dairy industry is the jewel in the crown of UK agriculture. Traditionally, the dairy farm, often at the heart of the village, is seen as the…
Brexit… Lies, Damned Lies and Friends of the Earth 31/03/2016 You would have thought, wouldn't you, that the environmental groups would be able to get their act together and all sing from the same hymn sheet. Like this one from…
Brexit… Post Brexit: Will there be more turds on the beach? 25/03/2016 One Saturday morning, when I was about five years old, my father took me into work to see the jetty they were building on the banks of the River Thames…
