Taking back control? 29th December 202017th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment Boris Johnson’s trade and cooperation treaty on the post Brexit EU-UK relationship contains clauses that constrain Britain in key aspects of public policy. Britain will only be able to call itself a true democracy when it has a trade deal with the EU that deals solely with trade.
Boris’s Brexit ‘deal’ won’t take back control 21st October 201917th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment Brexit has been derailed by a political class that will not accept the impulse behind it. The British people voted to take back control — they should settle for nothing less.
Why democracy must reign supreme 26th September 201917th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment Supreme Court judges have no right to rule on political matters. Their decision to rule the prorogation of parliament unlawful is an affront to democracy.
Turning the UK into an EU colony 19th November 201817th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment Theresa May’s Withdrawal Agreement makes a mockery of the Brexit vote.
May’s treaty on citizens’ rights will fracture the nature 11th December 201717th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment The PM’s capitulation to the ECJ will create two classes of citizen.
Brexit: reuniting politics with the people 16th November 201717th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment The EU has removed several policy areas from British political debate. The day we leave, the job of rebuilding British democracy will begin.
Judges have taken sides on Brexit 30th January 201717th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment In the Gina Miller case the Supreme Court should have left the law as it has been for centuries; namely, that foreign relations are matters for the executive, rather than parliament.
Jon Holbrook 