We will leave it to others to provide a blow-by-blow account of the progress of the second reading of the European Union (Withdrawal) bill through Parliament. Yesterday saw the start of eight days’ scrutiny of the Bill by the House […]
(1) A BLAST FROM THE PAST – I mentioned that my father had devised a milk replacer food for baby calves. It was government policy during the war and for a long time afterwards that as much milk as possible […]
It would be easier for Fisheries if the UK would invoke Article 50 and do nothing more. This would mean that at the end of two years, we would start with no baggage and a clean slate. We would obviously […]
Although the proposal to “Repatriate” EU law into UK law has been made both by the hardest of Brexiteers and by the Prime Minister, many independence campaigners are still distinctly uneasy at the idea that large parts of the “Acquis […]
The Devil, we are told, can appear as an angel of light and keen Europhiles can masquerade as sturdy defenders of parliamentary sovereignty when it suits them. Twice during the campaign, I heard senior Europhiles deplore the referendum for detracting […]
Our cross-party Campaign (known as CIB) was formed in 1969 by concerned parliamentarians and organisations, opposed to membership of the EEC. When they failed to prevent the passage of the European Communities Act 1972 by a margin of eight votes, […]
