Monthly Archives: July 2016

Chiels That Winna Ding?

Posted on July 29, 2016 by davidsberry

In the midst of a Twitter storm this week, I realised that the bulk of the 3,000+ responses to a chart I published were from unionists, almost all of whom appeared to insist that the only debate that could be … Continue reading →

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Not Brexit; Engleave

Posted on July 18, 2016 by davidsberry

Three weeks on and the reverberations of June 23rd continue to cloud any clarity of the political future for Britain. The now headless Brexiter movement has slid from media view and left a new government under Theresa May to sort … Continue reading →

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Why Bait the Bear?

Posted on July 10, 2016 by davidsberry

A recent NATO summit in Warsaw agreed to deploy four multi-national battalions (from USA, UK, Germany and Canada) to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The British are to be in overall charge and the contingent is to consist of a … Continue reading →

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Foreignacy

Posted on July 4, 2016 by davidsberry

Opinionated though it may be, it’s not often that this blog has the temerity to launch a new word into the already crowded seas of English vocabulary. But the second decade of the 21st century, the world appears to be … Continue reading →

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