It is one of those cases where the devil is in the details. When the Brexit referendum machine got into full swing, not one Little Englander gave a thought or a damn about the border between Ireland the Republic and the 6 counties on the north-eastern tip of the island. That border ceased to exist with the ratification of the… Read moreFrom one border to another border
On Thursday, the fearless leader of the (still)UK showed his face in Scotland. It might have had something to do with the fact that the SNP published its roadmap to an Independence Referendum this Monday. Or that the Scottish Tories lost a vote in Holyrood on Wednesday that called for planning the referendum to be postponed because it’d be “reckless.”… Read moreThe timorous beastie ventured North
The ink is barely dry on the Christmas-timed Trade Deal with the EU. A few important aspects are still to be sorted, hundreds of industries to be considered when creating the actual agreements, let alone the real red tape when several arrangements (aviation, Northern Ireland, etc.) expire in six months. GB needs all the goodwill it can get, both from… Read moreDiplomacy is overrated, obviously
Take a good look at the above picture. Count the items, realise what they are. And now come up with a meal plan using above ingredients, and nothing else, that provides 10 lunches for one school kid. No, seriously; one meal a day, five days a week, for two weeks. Struggling somewhat? Yeah, me too, and just about everyone else… Read moreThe Hunger Games – UK style
Britain got there first. On 2 December last year, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) approved the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for use in the UK, the first in the world. The MHRA did a “rolling review” to get started, checking data the moment it came in, as opposed to waiting on the entire row of binders neatly typed… Read more3 weeks? 3 months? Same diff!
