Another Nail in the Brexit Fantasy Coffin: Germany’s Car Makers Are Not Cowed
More evidence that the idea that the UK would have a negotiating advantage in Brexit talks is not well founded.
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What Next for the EU?
An informative, high-level overview of how the EU got to where it is now, its internal contradictions, and the prospects for resolving them.
Read more...Dodgy New Zealand Companies: Mapping Their Global Footprint Since 2009
New Zealand’s scam companies: a map of their global footprint
Read more...More Doubts About Brexit Fantasies
The UK still appears to be ignoring the EU’s negotiating boundaries on Brexit.
Read more...Financial Times Picks Up on Irish Growth Blarney Story…. That We Reported Months Ago
Irish growth is even phonier than the media would have you believe.
Read more...The UK Vote to Leave European Union
A judicious, high level overview of the Brexit vote and its implications, the big one being that it moves Britain to the right.
Read more...Brexit Empty Threats: The UK’s Fantasy of Becoming a Big Tax Haven
How a naive idea about the UK becoming a big fat tax haven to stick it to the EU reveals a lot about official and pundit thinking.
Read more...Crisis After Brexit: Let Us Put An End to the Old Europe of Denigrators
Europe’s tall order for combatting Brexit: “What is called for is a union so good that people will want more of it.”
Read more...Bill Black: BREXIT – Tony Blair
Tony Blair sides with the bankers and against the popular will. Quelle surprise!
Read more...Brexit: Huge Spanner in the Works – Negotiation of New UK Trade Deals Verboten Till Exit Complete
“Tortuous” does not even begin to describe how hard it will be for the UK to strike post Brexit trade deals. Negotiations cannot begin until the UK has left the EU.
Read more...Brexit: Why the UK is Unlikely to Have a General Election Soon
Explaining the not-well-understood UK general election rules and how they play into the Brexit calculation.
Read more...Brexit: Does Invoking Article 50 Require the Approval of Parliament?
Gaming out whether Parliament can or will try to stop the British Government from invoking Article 50.
Read more...Bill Black: The Terrible Cost to Democrats and Our Nation of Ignoring Tom Frank’s Warnings
A high level description of how Democrats and Labor sold out the working class, and how that served a narrow interests at great cost.
Read more...UK, EU Talk Past Each Other on Brexit Negotiations
The disconnect between the UK and EU over Brexit basics revealed yesterday was disconcerting.
Read more...How Brexit Threatens to Turn the UK Into “Borisland”
How the Tories and UKIP intend to use Brexit to impose permanent austerity and reduce workers’ rights.
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