Tag: Remain
Taunted for her tears: the nastiness of newspapers on behalf of...
WHAT exactly is this ‘peoples’ revolution’ I keep hearing about? Did I miss the explanatory memo from the People’s Revolutionary Committee or something?
Oddly, the...
Not ashamed to be British: ashamed of our leaders
It’s time for a public retraction. When, to my horror, the UK voted for Brexit on 23rd June, and particularly when the result was...
Brexit debate: passing beyond satire
Okay, this is the last blog I shall write before the EU referendum. I cannot wait for next Friday. I dread our voting for a...
I’m taking Voltaire’s advice on the EU Referendum: Cultivate your garden
VOLTAIRE'S Candide had the work/life balance just about right: “We must cultivate our garden,” he responded to the relentless assertion of Pangloss, his erstwhile...
In or Out? Part 3 of our Polite Guide to the...
Jean and Peter Watts, a retired professional couple who live in Berwick-upon-Tweed, have tried to provide VoiceoftheNorth followers with as honest and factual a...
Brexit debate now completely bananas
It’s not over yet: far from it. In fact we’re barely entering the final strait before the misery of the European referendum campaign, but...
No Nazis and no war scares – a polite guide to...
Jean and Peter Watts are a retired professional couple who live in Berwick-upon-Tweed. Before that they lived for some years in rural France. Both,...
Mavericks, nutters, but no true leaders
"Cameron is no Gandhi," wrote Keith Hann yesterday. He’s right! But who is a great leader in our time? So many disappoint. Meanwhile, those...
Geoffrey Who? But his EU debate SHAMES our politicians’ lies
BARRING extraordinary coincidence, you will never have heard of Geoffrey White. Neither had I until today, when I came across his Facebook views on...