News roundup for week commencing 10 February 2020, and phew, what a week!Podcast episode topics this week are:* The Jamaican Deportation Flight* The UK Government Cabinet Reshuffle* The  influence of the right-wing European Research Group (E.R.G.)* The Boris bridge* The Corona Virus* Brexit hasn’t happened yet* Gish Gallop (more…)

Brexit is underway, and the sunny uplands are beckoning! Personally I can’t wait, but hang on, there’s an Ipsos Mori poll here that says people don’t think those sunny uplands exist. That can’t be true, can it? I look into it and explore more. (more…)

I’m sure you’ve read in the press by now that the Government has recently being picking and choosing which journalists to see and which ones to leave on the wrong side of the rug. In the podcast, I look at recent events and postulate as to why this is happening now.  (more…)

As Brexit continues to rumble on with no end in sight, the newspapers continue to report each little screech as an essential event. Today’s screech is the accusation that Dominic Raab is sabre-rattling. Which, in effect, he does seem to be doing. I suppose he’s riding the crest of the wave produced by the hugely successful Brexit deliverance. I jest, of course! We’re nowhere near the end of this journey!What we need to bear in mind are all the details of the rules quoted and some uncomfortable facts about potentially available trade agreements, that is, if we don’t manage to get anything better and fail to ensure we get anything at all. (more…)

Months ago I was thinking about launching a podcast and subsequently dabbled with the infrastructure needed but today was the trigger needed for the very first episode. Brexit, like it or loathe it, it’s here to stay and it will change things. Whether that’s for good or bad remains to be seen but in this episode I outline some recent events that got us to this point and invite you, the listener, to write in to vent your spleen. Figuratively speaking of course!  (more…)