I did link to Your texts in a thread dedicated to Brexit on a message board from time to time. (I think only Chris Grey and Gerhard Schnyder surpassed You in being mentioned.)
You are right: the probability of taking the decision of Brexit back is not an option at the moment. But the alleged need of the public to move on is a fabricated one (even by MSM like Channel 4 where Gary Gibbon claimed towards remainers in June this year that the majority of Britons doesn't want to discuss Brexit anymore).
Reality though is: Brexit had nearly never been discussed honestly in British Media. And as long as the British Media landscape is what it is there won't be any honest discussions on why the UK should become a member again. You will see it once the discussions about ECHR will be refired again.
The most still open question that every British journalist should ask every former member of the governments is what the official postBrexit economic model was and where it had been possible to look it up (important for investors). There had been so many (Singapore-on-Thames, Britannia Unchained, WTO Brexit, ...) and every Brexiteer thought the unique model of his wishes had been followed all the way through - besides of those who claimed openly having been betrayed by a wrong Brexit.
Any work on any movements forward has to begin with the work on British media, its business models and its regulators.
Thanks Nick for your excellent writing and great insights. So many elements of news and current affairs content basically repeat each other, but you keep coming up with original thought, expressed intelligently and with dry humour. I will miss the Thursday morning narrowcast.
Labour and to some extent, the LibDems have put the EU issue into a box and buried it into frozen tundra. You can thank our victorian, sail powered voting system for that. You need as many stupid and clever people as you can get to vote for you in every geographic location inside an artificially created ( sometimes gerrymandered) boundary, in order to win seats in Parliament. So for now the EU issue had to be buried for them to win.
I would say that we are starting our potentially longish journey back into the EU and having 72 LibDem MP's will underpin that journey with their 4 stage plan back into the Single Market. Starmer is aligning UK standards with the EU and is pushing for a Vets agreement, both excellent The UKCA mark is totally useless, an international joke, soon to fall by the wayside. The sooner this process accelerates, the sooner we have a chance of getting back to normal levels of growth and restoring public finances. Otherwise we are deep into an era of national decline, mainly managed by Tories, but which Labour will only manage to slow outside of the SM & CU.
Much for keeping going so long. As co-Chair of the West London European Movement I’ll add all our thanks. You’ve been an invaluable source of info for our campaign. We’re not giving up. And, you’ve made it clear, nor are you. Jennifer Monahan
Thanks Nick for keeping me on the current these 3 years. I really appreciated this since I don't live in the UK but in the country that had is own Brexit when it seceded in 1776. May be it's an idea to publish once a month or fewer a compilation from the best bits and pieces of your ongoing publications. Just to amuse and keep a permanent tie with all your admirers.
Thank you Nick. I have enjoyed your blogs. It has been good to know that there are others who feel as intensely - and as FURIOUS- as I do about it. I’m surrounded by people who reluctantly accept the status quo even though they concede that it has ruined our lives. I hope you keep writing …
I'm sorry you're stopping this, but totally get why.
I haven't given up hope, nor the willingness to fight to rejoin, but I think perhaps you've underestimated the public's need to 'move on'. My feeling is that if this issue is pushed too quickly and too obviously by any of the political parties, it would backfire. But once the economic damage to the UK becomes clearer and the pain we're in for becomes more obvious there could be the opportunity to make a much more serious case that we NEED to rejoin whatever past arguments were.
I believe that we also need to ditch FPTP. I can't see how the country could present itself as a serious / stable aspiring member without it. Not unless the Tories become a full-on rejoin party, which I can't see happening. (I think we also need PR - and devolution - to address some of the other fundamental problems that bedevil this country and which led to so much of it feeling, rightly, neglected for so many decades.)
I think the Lib Dem strategy is the fight one, though I understand Labour's too. The key question now is how flexible Labour will be. I'm not surprised they're not wanting to just come out with "surprise - you voted for one thing and we're now going to do the opposite"... but they won't be able to fix the country without sharing power and responsibility for what needs to happen and without regaining the benefits of Single Market membership so I think there is still all to play for.
Three years shows remarkable stamina Nick. Well done. Thanks for flying the Euro-flag for so long and against the headwinds of the swivel-eyed loons. Best of luck your new project as well.
As so many have said, thanks Nick, and also thanks to the merry band of beneath the line here, as well as to the sundry Brexit malcontents whom you find in the Guardian , some of whose monickers appear here as well, or the likes of the inestimable Chris Grey and his flock of commentators -- you've all helped to keep my family from despair over this both ludicrous and terrible time
Dear Nick, this is a massive shock to me and I’m going to miss reading all your anti Brexit stuff so much. you have cheered me up and kept me going. I absolutely will stay subscribed and look forward to whatever comes next. Look after yourself and I hope you change your mind after a little break. You can always count on me. Sue
Thank you for the blog. I've enjoyed it (as much as anyone can 'enjoy' the topic). It takes a lot to write something new and sensible about something that has so painfully failed. You're definitely not alone in your opinion. However, it's hard on social media to gain any sense of scale of feeling. Brexiters churn through accounts and many Labour supporters, to me, lack courage and are too far enough removed from the day to day damage to understand the nature and speed of decline.
Thx for Your work, Nick Tyrone!
I did link to Your texts in a thread dedicated to Brexit on a message board from time to time. (I think only Chris Grey and Gerhard Schnyder surpassed You in being mentioned.)
You are right: the probability of taking the decision of Brexit back is not an option at the moment. But the alleged need of the public to move on is a fabricated one (even by MSM like Channel 4 where Gary Gibbon claimed towards remainers in June this year that the majority of Britons doesn't want to discuss Brexit anymore).
Reality though is: Brexit had nearly never been discussed honestly in British Media. And as long as the British Media landscape is what it is there won't be any honest discussions on why the UK should become a member again. You will see it once the discussions about ECHR will be refired again.
The most still open question that every British journalist should ask every former member of the governments is what the official postBrexit economic model was and where it had been possible to look it up (important for investors). There had been so many (Singapore-on-Thames, Britannia Unchained, WTO Brexit, ...) and every Brexiteer thought the unique model of his wishes had been followed all the way through - besides of those who claimed openly having been betrayed by a wrong Brexit.
Any work on any movements forward has to begin with the work on British media, its business models and its regulators.
Thanks Nick for your excellent writing and great insights. So many elements of news and current affairs content basically repeat each other, but you keep coming up with original thought, expressed intelligently and with dry humour. I will miss the Thursday morning narrowcast.
Labour and to some extent, the LibDems have put the EU issue into a box and buried it into frozen tundra. You can thank our victorian, sail powered voting system for that. You need as many stupid and clever people as you can get to vote for you in every geographic location inside an artificially created ( sometimes gerrymandered) boundary, in order to win seats in Parliament. So for now the EU issue had to be buried for them to win.
I would say that we are starting our potentially longish journey back into the EU and having 72 LibDem MP's will underpin that journey with their 4 stage plan back into the Single Market. Starmer is aligning UK standards with the EU and is pushing for a Vets agreement, both excellent The UKCA mark is totally useless, an international joke, soon to fall by the wayside. The sooner this process accelerates, the sooner we have a chance of getting back to normal levels of growth and restoring public finances. Otherwise we are deep into an era of national decline, mainly managed by Tories, but which Labour will only manage to slow outside of the SM & CU.
Thank you so
Much for keeping going so long. As co-Chair of the West London European Movement I’ll add all our thanks. You’ve been an invaluable source of info for our campaign. We’re not giving up. And, you’ve made it clear, nor are you. Jennifer Monahan
Thanks Nick for keeping me on the current these 3 years. I really appreciated this since I don't live in the UK but in the country that had is own Brexit when it seceded in 1776. May be it's an idea to publish once a month or fewer a compilation from the best bits and pieces of your ongoing publications. Just to amuse and keep a permanent tie with all your admirers.
Thank you Nick. I have enjoyed your blogs. It has been good to know that there are others who feel as intensely - and as FURIOUS- as I do about it. I’m surrounded by people who reluctantly accept the status quo even though they concede that it has ruined our lives. I hope you keep writing …
I'm sorry you're stopping this, but totally get why.
I haven't given up hope, nor the willingness to fight to rejoin, but I think perhaps you've underestimated the public's need to 'move on'. My feeling is that if this issue is pushed too quickly and too obviously by any of the political parties, it would backfire. But once the economic damage to the UK becomes clearer and the pain we're in for becomes more obvious there could be the opportunity to make a much more serious case that we NEED to rejoin whatever past arguments were.
I believe that we also need to ditch FPTP. I can't see how the country could present itself as a serious / stable aspiring member without it. Not unless the Tories become a full-on rejoin party, which I can't see happening. (I think we also need PR - and devolution - to address some of the other fundamental problems that bedevil this country and which led to so much of it feeling, rightly, neglected for so many decades.)
I think the Lib Dem strategy is the fight one, though I understand Labour's too. The key question now is how flexible Labour will be. I'm not surprised they're not wanting to just come out with "surprise - you voted for one thing and we're now going to do the opposite"... but they won't be able to fix the country without sharing power and responsibility for what needs to happen and without regaining the benefits of Single Market membership so I think there is still all to play for.
Three years shows remarkable stamina Nick. Well done. Thanks for flying the Euro-flag for so long and against the headwinds of the swivel-eyed loons. Best of luck your new project as well.
As so many have said, thanks Nick, and also thanks to the merry band of beneath the line here, as well as to the sundry Brexit malcontents whom you find in the Guardian , some of whose monickers appear here as well, or the likes of the inestimable Chris Grey and his flock of commentators -- you've all helped to keep my family from despair over this both ludicrous and terrible time
Thanks for the hope and humour over the last couple of years.
Thank you!!
Thanks for the clarity in all your writing.
I get why you want to change your workload . We are all wondering how the government can resolve the Brexit problems now and in the near future.
They will have to make the moves.
What I agree most with you concerns the sheer self harm of Brexit and the illusory benefits to all but the currency speculators.
Brexit by its nature is an aggressive act of putting spanners In the works of the EU.
There is no upside , those who confidently predict it will all be fine in fifty years should stay silent until then.
Thanks very much for the last three years of writing. i really appreciate it. Keep the faith!
Thanks Nick, it’s been a good read. 👍
A massive thank you for this blog. The blog and your writing have been amazing. It's a shame you are stopping this one but I will keep following you.
Dear Nick, this is a massive shock to me and I’m going to miss reading all your anti Brexit stuff so much. you have cheered me up and kept me going. I absolutely will stay subscribed and look forward to whatever comes next. Look after yourself and I hope you change your mind after a little break. You can always count on me. Sue
Thank you for the blog. I've enjoyed it (as much as anyone can 'enjoy' the topic). It takes a lot to write something new and sensible about something that has so painfully failed. You're definitely not alone in your opinion. However, it's hard on social media to gain any sense of scale of feeling. Brexiters churn through accounts and many Labour supporters, to me, lack courage and are too far enough removed from the day to day damage to understand the nature and speed of decline.