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Spare parts for humans after Brexit

If you get broken in some way, your friendly local NHS human engineer will sometimes require some spare parts in order to bring you back to…

Jul 24, 2018

Spare parts for humans after Brexit

Jul 24, 2018

Alan Bell

Notices to Stakeholders

The EU has been patiently spelling out the consequences of the choice made by the 52% for the UK to leave the EU. They have been doing this…

Jun 1, 2018

Jun 1, 2018

Alan Bell

A less stupid way to do Brexit — the Reverse 49

The people voted for Brexit. Slow handclap, you idiots. Now, because democracy, we have to do the stupid thing. You used a powerful tool…

May 26, 2018

May 26, 2018

Alan Bell

We really are leaving the EEA

To leave the EEA (roughly the same thing as the single or internal market, encompassing EFTA and the EU) one normally has to give notice, a…

May 4, 2018

May 4, 2018

Alan Bell

The Softest USA-Canada Border Crossing

There has been some talk of the USA Canada border crossing being a useful model for the future arrangements for the land border on the…

Mar 29, 2018

The Softest USA-Canada Border Crossing

Mar 29, 2018

Alan Bell

Another Brexit dividend, the return of the Apple Snail?

I have recently become aware of a new reason for doing Brexit. If you are a keen aquarist in the UK you might in the past have kept a few…

Feb 16, 2018

Another Brexit dividend, the return of the Apple Snail?

Feb 16, 2018

Alan Bell

EU Notices about Brexit

Thanks to the utterly stupid letter David Davis sent to the Prime Minister whining about the EU preparing for Brexit it seems that our…

Jan 10, 2018

Jan 10, 2018

Alan Bell

The Amendments to the Withdrawal Bill

There are 191 pages of amendments to the withdrawal bill. Each one is a little patch to apply to the bill as introduced and they don’t make…

Nov 14, 2017

Nov 14, 2017

Alan Bell

Think of a number

The UK is currently deadlocked on talks with the EU over how to not have a border on the island of Ireland (no idea) how to settle citizens…

Oct 19, 2017

Think of a number

Oct 19, 2017

Alan Bell

Musings on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

On 29th March 2019 a large chunk of the law that we have to follow in the UK will vanish. The treaties of the EU (TEU and TFEU) will no…

Sep 7, 2017

Sep 7, 2017

Alan Bell

Alan Bell

Here I write about politics, science, fiction, and stuff that annoys or intrigues me, which is a fairly wide scope. Opinions may change subject to evidence.

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